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Wednesday, 13 June 2012

The Independent: "Should we be doing more to combat climate change?"

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Link to web site "Fifty years ago, few people cared about pollution, deforestation, whaling or the Ozone layer. But even with...

Pinkham Way Alliance: "Don't Go!"

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  HEARING FOR THE NORTH LONDON WASTE PLAN SUSPENDED After 90 minutes of today’s opening session for the North London Waste Pl...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Barnet Press: "Pinkham Way hearing suspended indefinitely"

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Link to Barnet Press "A PUBLIC inquiry into plans to build a major waste plant in New Southgate was suspended on Tuesday,  just ...

North London Waste Plan Inquiry: Can anything be salvaged? (Probably not)

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Click above for this 'Brent Cross Coalition' quote below (in a lengthy document) or link to the whole Brent Cross web site ...

BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING (you get the idea)

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North London Waste Plan - postponed till September at earliest - "Inspector not convinced by the Local Authorities' 'Duty to ...
Monday, 11 June 2012

Pinkham Way Alliance: "CRUCIAL DAYS AT THE NORTH LONDON WASTE PLAN HEARING"

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"A huge milestone in our campaign is here: an inspector’s public hearing of the North London Waste Plan (NLWP). It’s imperative t...

Enfield Independent: "Six-day Pinkham Way public hearing launches tomorrow"

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Link to Enfield Independent "A six-day public hearing to address the 'North London Waste Plan' will begin tomorrow . ...

The Very Large, and Us, and the Very Small

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Link to 'The Scale of the Universe' "A PROTON is about one femtometre (10-15 metres) across, whereas the Pistol Star spa...
Friday, 8 June 2012

June weekends at Ally Pally

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Click for details
Thursday, 7 June 2012

The Independent: "Rio shuts down its trash mountain"

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Link to web site "One of the world's largest open-air landfills, a vast, seaside mountain of trash where thousands of people...

Don't Forget: Alexandra Palace Consultation Now On!

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Link to consultation web page "What will happen next? "When the consultation process finishes at the end of June 2012, w...
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group: "Pinkham Way – Act before 10 June!"

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Link to web site "The challenging and complicated issue of the future of Pinkham Way is being handled expertly by the Pinkham W...
Monday, 4 June 2012

Croydon Today: "Protesters lay 'wreath of rubbish' at Croydon Town Hall during incinerator demo"

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Link to Croydon Today "Green Party spokesman Shasha Khan said the protest showed the strength of feeling against the incinerator ...
Sunday, 3 June 2012

North London Arts

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Link to web site "The North London Arts Map brings together the wide range of high quality arts and cultural venues and events ...
Saturday, 2 June 2012

London Cycling Campaign: New Cycling Provision "Dangerous and Unfit for Purpose"

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Link to London Cycling Campaign "New off-carriageway cycling facilities on the A406 North Circular in Bounds Green have been st...

BBC: "A universal power socket... at last?"

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Link to BBC web site "Three pins. Two pins. Slanting pins. Straight. Circular. In a world where there is no global standard f...

[Reposted] MyZeroWaste: "Why waste incineration is wrong"

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Link to My Zero Waste web site (from 2008) "... Taking a wide view of post-consumer and post-industrial waste reveals that the ...

Let's Recycle: "LondonWaste unveils MRF at Edmonton EcoPark"

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Link to 'Let's Recycle' web site "Waste and recycling company LondonWaste has unveiled a new materials recycling fa...
Friday, 1 June 2012

Barnet Times: "Labour party wins Brunswick Park by-election"

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Link to Barnet Times "The Labour Party candidate Andreas Ioannidis won the Brunswick Park by-election yesterday, with 50.8 per c...
Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Alexandra Palace - Have Your Say

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Link to web site "Over the past few months, the Trustees of Alexandra Palace have been developing a ‘spatial masterplan’ for the...
Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Barnet Times: "Barnet skip companies fear closure due to landfill tax increase"

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Link to Barnet Times "Skip hire companies in Barnet ... say the new landfill tax rate means they are being forced to pay more to...
Monday, 28 May 2012

Let's Recycle: "Council raises air quality concern over waste sites"

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Link to Let's Recycle " A London council is calling for the government to have greater consideration for air quality when i...
Saturday, 26 May 2012

Pinkham Way Alliance: FINAL WRITTEN SUBMISSION FOR THE NORTH LONDON WASTE PLAN

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"Our final submission for the North London Waste Plan (NLWP) inspector was made last week. The NLWP hearing starts on 12 June. ...

The Independent: "Britain's waste: Now it's coming back to haunt us"

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"A £300m criminal trade that smuggled rubbish out of the UK is so toxic that the trash is being sent home. Cahal Milmo saw it finish...
Friday, 25 May 2012

Trent Park Open House

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Foundations & Development "Unearth the foundations of the first house built for Sir Richard Jebb and the architectural dev...
Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Friern Barnet Library Campaign on BBC's The One Show

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Link to BBC iPlayer (starts at about 2 mins 45 secs)
Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Haringey Independent: "Children bake cakes to oppose waste plant"

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Link to Haringey Independent "Bounds Green children joined the fight against a waste processing plant with a cake sale on Monday...
Monday, 21 May 2012

The Guardian: Criminality in the Financial Services Industry

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Link to The Guardian "It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the global financial sector has become crimina...
Thursday, 17 May 2012

Sun 20 May: Coppetts Wood Festival

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The Pinkham Way Alliance says: "Pinkham Wood has a mirror site, north-west of and adjacent to the Colney Hatch Lane Tesco ...

BBC: "Councils 'must lower carbon emissions'"

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Link to BBC web site "Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors...

Haringey Council: "Switch to Green Energy"

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Link to web site "Haringey 40:20 discounts are now available on green energy tariffs from Good Energy, Ecotricity and Green Ener...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012

From 18 May: LT Museum: "Mind the Map: Inspiring art, design and cartography"

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Link to LT Museum "18 May - 28 October 2012 "A new exhibition about the inspiration, history and creativity behind Lond...

Barnet Times: "Protestors hold Coleman retirement party in Finchley"

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Link to Barnet Times "A group of people who fought against Cllr Coleman’s hugely unpopular parking policies are holding a party o...

The Guardian: The London Borough of Barnet and the Graph of Doom

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"Without radical change, the cost of social care could soak up every penny of Barnet council's budget within 20 years" ...
Monday, 14 May 2012

The Guardian: " 'Shameful' plastic waste to be tackled by government"

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Link to The Guardian "The government will call on councils and businesses to beef up plastic recycling capacity, and better rea...
Sunday, 13 May 2012

BBC: "Consultation launched on how to label food"

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Link to BBC web site "Food manufacturers, supermarkets and health experts are to be asked their views on the best way to label th...

Daily Telegraph: "Taking on the litterbugs: hurrah for the heroine keeping Britain tidy"

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Link to web site "Alice Arnold, the BBC announcer, has become a national heroine by tossing a plastic bottle back into a car fr...
Saturday, 12 May 2012

Barnet Labour claim victory over car park charges

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Link to Barnet Labour "Following a hard fought campaign by local residents, Barnet’s Conservative council have withdrawn their p...

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group: Inspirational low energy primary school

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Link to Ashley School Case Study (PDF file) "One of the projects we’re very excited about is our work with schools in Haringey....
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Friday, 11 May 2012

Pop-up Friern Barnet Library, every Sat, 11 till 1

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