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Category Archives: Croydon Friends of the Earth
Croydon among areas worst hit by deadly climate change
Croydon is one of the areas at highest risk of being worst affected by the extreme heat, according to research conducted at the University of Manchester for Friends of the Earth. A national emergency has been declared in “Blowtorch Britain”, … Continue reading
Fire fighters air worries after IPCC’s ‘atlas of human suffering’
The country’s firefighters, the public service which is primarily tasked with responding to natural emergencies such as flooding or wildfires in heatwaves, says it is ill-prepared to cope with the kind of events which UN-backed scientists predict will occur over … Continue reading
Pollution cloud over Croydon as Mayor calls for less car use
A dirty grey smear hung above Croydon at lunchtime today, evidencing the health warnings because of particulate pollution issued this morning by DEFRA and the Met Office. Simon Birkett, the founder of Clean Air London, described the situation as a … Continue reading
Greenpeace and climate activists take message to North End
Volunteers from Croydon Climate Action, along with various community groups and organisations, yesterday hosted the first Croydon Great Big Green Festival on North End. More than 2,000 events have been held across Britain in the past seven days as part … Continue reading
The Shirley chainsaw massacre: hundreds of trees condemned
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Chop! Chop! The bankrupt council is spending £15,000 in a rush to destroy dozens of trees, many of them apparently healthy. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Cash-strapped Croydon Council is planning to fell more than 250 trees around … Continue reading
Farage supporters Sainsbury’s told they’re a load of rubbish
Sainsbury’s, the company that pays Nigel Farage’s wages by advertising on GammonTV, has received plenty of adverse publicity recently from the outstanding campaign group Led By Donkeys. And this week their store on the Purley Way was subjected to a … Continue reading
Public outcry as council off-loads historic Heathfield House
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The future of a long-established ecology charity has been placed under threat, as well as hundreds of school visits conducted annually, by a council plan to lease out a publicly-owned listed building. By our environment correspondent, PAUL … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Charity, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon parks, Environment, Heathfield, Heathfield House, History, Property, Riesco Collection, Sarah Hayward, Schools, Selsdon & Ballards, Wildlife
Tagged Addington Hills, Croydon Ecology Centre, Heathfield House, Lorraine Chatfield, Lucia Briault, Sarah Hayward, STUART KING
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Time for London’s politicians to redesign streets for people
CROYDON COMMENTARY: For South Croydon resident CONNIE MUIR, it is a manifesto from a community organisation which has impressed her most during the latest election campaign, as she’s voting with her feet During the pandemic, people in London have rediscovered … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Walks
Tagged Connie Muir, Living Streets
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Silvertown build costs Khan backing from Friends of the Earth
The hugely polluting Silvertown Tunnel scheme, backed by both Labour’s Sadiq Khan and the Tories’ Shaun Bailey, could see both candidates in Thursday’s Mayor election lose the support of Londoners who are rightly concerned about the climate crisis and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Tory
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‘It’s now or never’ for Croydon to start its Green New Deal
More than 10,000 green jobs could be created across infrastructure and care work in Croydon over the next decade, according to research published today. The data, compiled by Green New Deal UK, shows that Croydon is likely to suffer more … Continue reading
Garratt and Cummings finally agree to debate climate crisis
It took them a while but, finally, the two frontrunners in the race to be Croydon and Sutton’s London Assembly Member have agreed to take part in an online hustings organised by the Friends of the Earth’s Croydon Climate Action … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Climate Action, Friends of the Earth, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Tory
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Sit-down protest fails to halt destruction of 100-year-old oaks
Croydon Council’s ambivalent approach to environmental protection has been called into question once again after the destruction of trees in Waddon. Photos: PETER BALL What began as a spontaneous, one-woman sit-down protest yesterday ultimately failed to save a set of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Schools, Waddon, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Grace Onions, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon
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Environment group urges drivers to turn off idling engines
With poor air quality, parts of Croydon are among the worst places in London for cases of asthma, By PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent In one of those idle moments, when you are sitting in your car in traffic with the … Continue reading
The Ashburton chainsaw massacre as park’s trees are felled
Croydon Council, which has declared a climate emergency and claims it wants to be a green borough, is chopping down and pollarding trees in one of its parks. In the middle of the bird-nesting season. Members of the Friends of … Continue reading
Climate Crisis Commission is a last chance to make a change
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Climate Crisis Commission met for the first time this morning. PETER UNDERWOOD, one of the commission members, explains what its work will involve In the face of the growing threat of climate change, this is our chance … Continue reading
Town Hall protest as XR demand answers over incinerator
Extinction Rebellion will be staging a protest on the Town Hall steps tonight, ahead of the latest meeting of the South London Waste Partnership. The branches of Croydon and Sutton XR will want Stuart Collins, the deputy leader of Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Council, Extinction Rebellion, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Viridor, XR Croydon, XR Sutton
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Green Party opts against ‘Remain Alliance’ in Croydon Central
There’s no chance of the Green Party’s Croydon candidates running up any gas-guzzling air miles to get around their constituencies ahead of the General Election on December 12, as all three live and work in the areas they are seeking … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Esther Sutton, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Esther Sutton, Labour, Peter Underwood, Rachel Chance, Tory
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Extinction Rebellion challenge Newman’s hypocrisy on climate
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, reports on the latest effort to reduce the council leader’s dangerously high level of bullshit emissions The hypocrisy and grandstanding of Croydon Council leader Tony Newman on environmental issues – declaring a climate emergency for … Continue reading
Croydon’s links with Gatwick ‘incompatible’ with carbon target
Environmental activists have reacted with disbelief and barely disguised scorn at the announcement that Croydon Council has accepted a £75,000 sponsorship from Gatwick Airport for the borough’s newest youth centre. Extinction Rebellion protests around the capital earlier this year brought … Continue reading
Newman discovers climate emergency but offers little to fix it
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, was at the council’s ‘sustainability summit’ – staged in an unsustainable venue where guests were drinking from single-use cardboard cups – and found it to be full of contradictions Tony Newman, the Labour leader of … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Planning, Refuse collection, Shifa Mustafa, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Parking, Residents parking permits, Tony Newman, Westfield
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Extinction Rebellion wants council to call a climate emergency
As PETER UNDERWOOD reports, CROXR is pressing the Town Hall to make changes to its environmental policies It’s a stereotypically British thing to talk about the weather. So it’s no surprise that the torrential rain has been the main topic … Continue reading
Protestors meet Greta Thunberg and bring XR closer to home
At least two local residents were arrested in the past week as part of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations across central London, which saw members of a group from Sutton meet Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has captured the attention … Continue reading
