Recent Comments
Joseph Flynn on It’s ex-teacher v… Chris Cooke on Perry couldn’t fix the f… Peter kudelka on It’s ex-teacher v… insidecroydon on It’s ex-teacher v… Christopher Myers on Perry couldn’t fix the f… Joseph Flynn on It’s ex-teacher v…
Category Archives: Extinction Rebellion
Yes we CAN? Four MPs lobbied to support vital climate Bill
Residents who have become increasingly concerned about the climate emergency have taken their protests to the doorsteps of Croydon’s four MPs. Campaigners from the Croydon Green Network rounded off their lobbying by meeting Croydon East MP Natasha Irons, ahead of … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged CAN Bill, Chris Philp MP, Climate and Nature Bill, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon Green Network, Croydon South, Croydon West, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
8 Comments
Five years on, climate protesters ask: What has been achieved?
It is now five years since Croydon Council grandiosely issued its Climate and Ecological Emergency statement – and a group of environmental organisations are planning to protest on the steps of the Town Hall ahead of Wednesday’s meeting of full … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Waste incinerator
Tagged Climate and Ecological Emergency, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tony Newman, Tory, XR Croydon, XR Sutton
1 Comment
Croydon’s canaries down a coal mine warn of fossil fuel danger
Environmental protesters in Croydon today joined demonstrations across the country to oppose plans to open a coal mine in Cumbria, claiming an early victory as five major insurers gave guarantees that they will not provide cover for the controversial planned … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Extinction Rebellion
Tagged Coal Action Network, London, Markel, West Croydon, West Cumbria Mining Ltd, XR Croydon
3 Comments
XR protesters highlight Thames Water’s crappy performance
Extinction Rebellion Croydon is demanding that Thames Water stop illegally pouring untreated sewage into streams and rivers, and that they cease the payment of all bonuses, dividends and excessive executive wages until they have fixed the growing environmental disasters caused … Continue reading
Tory MP Philp gets XR blue plaque for his services to sewage
Local protesters have installed “blue plaques” in Purley, including outside the constituency office of Croydon South’s Tory MP Chris Philp, to highlight the shocking state of the nation’s rivers and coastline due to wanton and deliberate pollution by the major … Continue reading
Climate campaigners take protest to MP Reed’s doorstep
Extinction Rebellion took their campaign to save the planet to Steve Reed’s doorstep last night, after a week in which the Blairite MP for Croydon North spoke out on behalf of the oil multi-nationals and called for injunctions and harsh … 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
Climate Commission report presents challenges for council
A council-commissioned report has been published on the borough’s response to the climate emergency. Say its authors, “The clock is ticking on climate change… we need to ensure that we are building an economy fit for the future.” The 59-page … Continue reading
Climate crisis protest brings Selsdon Road traffic to a halt
Traffic was stopped for an hour this morning on Selsdon Road when a local woman staged a sit-down protest in the street wearing a sign that read, “I’m terrified for those born after 2000 because of the climate crisis”. Identified … Continue reading
Town Hall protest over climate commission’s wasted time
Time is running out to tackle the climate emergency. That was the message of a demonstration on the Town Hall steps this morning by environmental activists Croydon Extinction Rebellion, who were protesting against the inaction of Croydon Council and its … Continue reading
XR protest demands the closure of Beddington incinerator
Extinction Rebellion activists from across south London joined forces in Beddington Park yesterday to highlight the daily destruction and toxic pollution inflicted on the capital by the Viridor incinerator. They issued a set of demands, including that the incinerator plant … Continue reading
After another year of hot air, XR Sutton give council a shoe-ing
Remember when the leaders of councils in south London declared that there was a climate and ecological emergency in their boroughs, when they were taking the political heat from more than just global warming? And what have the councils across … Continue reading
XR’s slow march highlights lack of progress on emissions
Extinction Rebellion protesters yesterday marched through Sutton town centre before delivering letters to the borough’s pair of Tory MPs, Paul Scully and Elliot Colburn, demanding action on the climate emergency. Sutton XR said, “The letter urges our MPs to publicly … Continue reading
Council accused of ‘wildlife vandalism’ to help Brick by Brick
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on suspicions that a rare wildlife habitat in suburban Kenley has suffered the cruellest cut The council has been accused of an act of “wildlife vandalism”, with some angry residents of Wontford Road and Roffey … Continue reading
Viridor breaking rules over incinerator’s pollution reports
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how 12 months after a major fire at the Beddington Lane plant its polluting operators continue to be given a free pass by the Environment Agency and local councils Viridor, who operate the waste … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton, Miguel Abellan, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Viridor, XR Sutton
5 Comments
Extinction Rebellion ‘reclaims streets’ with bike lanes in Sutton
While the covid-19 road closures and pavement widenings in Croydon have had a mixed reception so far, over in neighbouring Sutton, with its vast, polluting waste incinerator, the LibDem-run council has used the coronavirus emergency powers to do absolutely nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport
Tagged Extinction Rebellion, Sutton, Sutton Extinction Rebellion
Leave a comment
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
It’s time to vote for someone who ‘gets’ the climate emergency
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Worried about flooding locally, and climate change globally? PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, a Green Party candidate, says that these issues should be a central in the London Assembly elections Families and businesses are yet again being left to … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Caroline Russell, Croydon Greens, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Climate emergency, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Extinction Rebellion, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Tony Newman
Leave a comment
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
7 Comments
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
