Category Archives: Croydon Friends of the Earth

You can help save the bees, just like Jeremy Clarkson…

When even Jeremy Clarkson, the king of Britain’s petrolheads, says that we’re heading for an “insect annihilation”, then you know there must be something wrong. Clarkson, on his Amazon TV show Clarkson’s Farm, vowed to do something about the loss … Continue reading

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Help precious pollinators by getting your own Bee Saver Kit

There are unprecedented challenges facing the world, but our fragile food system would be put under even more strain if we lose our bees. Bees pollinate 75per cent of our main food crops worldwide, but right now they are dying … Continue reading

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Barclays record on climate crisis challenged in branch demo

Barclays Bank on North End in Croydon town centre was targeted by activists again on Saturday. A regular target for protesters over the bank’s profiting from petro-chemical multi-nationals and the world’s biggest polluters, this time it was the turn of … Continue reading

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Our world will be a sadder, lesser place without Grace Onions

PETER UNDERWOOD, who campaigned with her on a range of environmental and political issues, offers his personal tribute to iC reader Grace Onions, who has died, aged 56 Grace Onions touched the lives of so many people in so many … Continue reading

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Croydon Green Social, Spread Eagle, Katharine St, Jan 18

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For COP27 not to be a cop-out, we need action by our leaders

PETER UNDERWOOD says that Croydon has its own Nero figure, fiddling while the planet burns They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. In July 64AD, a great fire ravaged Rome, destroying three-quarters of the city, killing many and leaving … Continue reading

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Tories pose real threat to Selsdon Vale with ‘attack on nature’

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Prime Minister may have sacked her Chancellor and his replacement might have scrapped almost all of the Trussonomic financial policies announced just three weeks ago. But, says PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, there’s no sign that the Tories … Continue reading

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Shale Trail walk of resistance, Horse Hill to Brockham, Oct 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Croydon Climate Action’s Great Big Green Week, Sep 18-26

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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