05 December 2024
If waste authority bosses thought that environmental campaigners, along with campaigners for good governance, had abandoned their efforts to put a stop to the building of a new and bigger waste incinerator in Edmonton, they have been proved wrong. An open letter sent to energy secretary Ed Miliband sets out in the clearest terms yet why the mega-incinerator makes no sense in economic terms, while the reasons why operating it would be environmentally disastrous are becoming more evident almost by the day
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16 November 2024
Watch a recording of the recent webinar Front Gardens on the Frontline, with information about the problems caused by paving over front gardens, which include residential flooding, hotter cities, and loss of vitally important pollinating insects.
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12 November 2024
Climate change is making our cities hotter, to the point where vulnerable people are dying from the heat, while associated heavy downpours are causing more flooding of streets and homes and leading to sewage overflows polluting our rivers. So what can we, as individuals, do to help? CPRE London say that we can start by taking the apparently trivial step of restoring front gardens that have been paved over. Join an online talk on Thursday to find out more.
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30 October 2024
North London Waste Authority wants to know about residents' reuse habits and thoughts about single-use plastics.
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25 October 2024
Transformation of a playground at a Palmers Green primary school into a more environmentally sustainable area was celebrated this morning at a tree planting ceremony attended by the leader of Enfield Council.
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23 September 2024
The Pymmes BrookERS, a volunteer-run river action group, respond to concerns voiced about a project under consideration that would change the course and appearance of the Pymmes Brook as it flows through Arnos Park.
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29 June 2024
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Southgate & Wood Green constituency is now online. The LibDems were represented by their election agent as their candidate could not attend. As happened with the Edmonton & Winchmore Hill hustings, both the Conservative and Reform parties failed to take up the invitation to participate.
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28 June 2024
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency is now online. All candidates apart from those standing for the Conservatives and Reform attended.
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22 June 2024
Ahead of next months's general election, Enfield Dispatch, Enfield Climate Action Forum and LocalMotion Enfield are joining forces to run online hustings focussing on three of the most pressing issues that the next government has to tackle: the housing crisis, the cost of living and, last but certainly not least, climate change.
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19 June 2024
Enfield Council will be launching its updated Climate Action Plan at a "community networking and fun event" to be held at Edmonton Green Library on Saturday 22nd June.
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19 June 2024
The next four years are critical to tackling flooding and water pollution in London. To address these problems, London must urgently become a 'Sponge City-. But how - and why? And how can Londoners with front or back gardens help? Alice Roberts from CPRE London explains.
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17 April 2024
Enfield Council and the North London Waste Authority are conducting a survey to find out what residents think about single-use plastics and switching to reusable alternatives.
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10 April 2024
Quentin Given from Friends of the Earth reports on this week's climate hustings, held in Wood Green, to which four of the candidates for the post of Assembly Member for Enfield & Haringey were invited.
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20 March 2024
The final stop on the Southgate Launches itinerary on Saturday 9th March, after admiring Dan Maier's window art at the library and the two new parklets on Ashfield Parade, was the Southgate Club on Chase Side, where visitors were able to meet the designers who will be creating the Portrait of Southgate mosaics, as well as finding out about plans for rain gardens along this currently very ungreen street.
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12 March 2024
Enfield Climate Action Forum members are looking to set up an 'Eco Fashion' working group to research ways of reducing the impact of the clothes we buy on climate change and other environmental issues. To find out more you can join a webinar (online meeting) at 7pm on Wednesday 20th March.
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28 February 2024
Pippa Rowlandson from the River Lee Floating Pennywort Project invites readers to join her clearing a nuisance weed from the Lee.
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13 February 2024
'Two concerned schoolgirls' with a Palmers Green connection are behind a petition calling on supermarkets to stop packaging fruit and vegetables in single-use plastic.
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17 January 2024
An interim report published by the London Climate Resilience Review confirms that London and the UK are 'underprepared' for major climate impacts, including severe flooding, extreme heat and wildfires, with a 'lethal risk' to the most vulnerable communities. The review makes urgent and strategic recommendations for UK Government and London.
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17 December 2023
While we await the full report on the discussions that took place at Palmers Green's first community hub, held last month, Francis Sealey from Enfield Climate Action Forum (EnCAF) has released several short YouTube videos that give a flavour of what the afternoon was all about.
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29 November 2023
The Palmers Green Community Hub was held on 28th November and attracted around 120 different organisations and individual attendees. Francis Sealey celebrates a successful afternoon.
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