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Saturday, 31 August 2013

United States attacks enemy country

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Thursday, 29 August 2013

LA Times: "To heal the earth, put plastic in its place"

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Link to web site "... We discard far more plastic than we recycle or reuse, much of it into rivers, lakes, beaches and, ultimatel...
Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Lynne Featherstone MP calls on rail bidders to protect local services

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Link to web site "Lynne Featherstone MP last week met with some of the rail companies who are currently bidding to run the new T...

The Guardian: "The era of climate change 'denial' is over"

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"... It rarely gets noticed that climate change sceptics have actually conceded a lot of ground over recent years when it comes to ...
Wednesday, 21 August 2013

The Independent: "Crews battle on after all-night efforts to control recycling plant fire"

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Link to web site "Dozens of firefighters have battled through the night to bring a blaze under control at a large recycling plant...
Sunday, 18 August 2013

The Observer: " 'March of the incinerators' threatens drive to recycle more rubbish"

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Link to web site "A rush to build incinerators to burn waste and break the UK's reliance on landfill is threatening the cou...

Barnet Times: Trains to New Southgate, Arnos Grove, Alexandra Palace,...

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Crossrail (precedes Crossrail 2 to Alexandra Palace!)

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Thursday, 15 August 2013

Scientific American: "As Asia Bakes, Scientists Predict Extreme Heat May Become the Norm"

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Link to web site "As the heat wave in East Asia drags on, hospitalizing thousands in Japan and straining power resources in South...
Saturday, 10 August 2013

Enfield Independent: "North London Waste Plan consultation affecting Enfield and Hairngey launched"

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Link to web site "A consultation about the future of how rubbish and recycling is dealt with in Enfield and Haringey has been lau...
Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Evening Standard: "Have the wheels begun to come off the Boris bikes?"

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Link to web site "It's not quite the birthday present Boris Johnson might have wished his bikes. Yesterday, days after the B...
Monday, 5 August 2013

GLA Transport Committee on Crossrail 2 to Alexandra Palace

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"London needs to build Crossrail 2, if it is to have sufficient high quality rail capacity to cope with a rapidly increasing popul...

Report of North London Waste Plan Launch Consultation

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Link to documents "We received many very helpful and thorough responses as a result of the consultation and your comments will be...
Saturday, 3 August 2013

Scientific American: "Today's Climate Change Proves Much Faster Than Changes in Past 65 Million Years"

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Link to web site "The climate is changing at a pace that's far faster than anything seen in 65 million years, a report out of ...

Daily Telegraph: "The Queen's 'speech' and Wintex 1983: How not to lift morale at a time of crisis"

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Link to web site "Papers just released by the UK National Archives cast light on a major Nato military/diplomatic exercise, know...
Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Enfield Independent: "North London Waste Authority hits back against MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, Lynne Featherstone, and Pinkham Way Alliance"

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Link to web site "A waste disposal authority has hit back after an MP supported a petition to stop a waste plant campaigners say ...
Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Evening Standard: "Crossrail 2 [to Alexandra Palace] could be worth £49bn to London, says Assembly report"

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Link to web site "The Crossrail 2 rail project linking north and south London could boost the capital’s economy by as much as £49...
Sunday, 28 July 2013

Winning Your Wings (1942)

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Saturday, 27 July 2013

WembleyMatters: "A round up of messages to the 'racist van'"

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Friday, 26 July 2013

LetsRecycle: "Councils warn Defra over 2020 landfill targets"

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Link to web site "The UK is in danger of missing 2020 landfill targets as councils are collecting more waste, recycling rates are...
Wednesday, 24 July 2013

BBC: "Arctic methane 'time bomb' could have huge economic costs"

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Link to web site "Scientists say that the release of large amounts of methane from thawing permafrost in the Arctic could have h...
Saturday, 20 July 2013

Sun 21 July: Finchley Society Alexandra Palace Walk

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"Final reminder for this Sunday's walk - meet outside East Finchley tube station at 11-45am for a 12 noon start. I have attac...

Daily Telegraph: "Floating 'plastispheres' may provide answer to disposing of plastic in landfill"

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Link to web site "A study of the fragments of plastic found floating in the oceans has revealed more than 1,000 different types o...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group: "No time for pessimism"

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MHSG founder member Nancy Hocking writes: "Professor Michael Jacobs brought good news to Muswell Hill Methodist Hall. The former ...
Sunday, 7 July 2013

Salon: "The age of revolution: 1989-2013, and counting"

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"From the Berlin Wall to Cairo, we live in an era of anti-authoritarian revolution that may transform the world" Link to web...
Thursday, 4 July 2013

Tues 9 July: "Create Solutions - Design Waste out of Our Bins!"

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Link to web site "A creative, constructive workshop to redesign the products voted as the things that most drive us nuts in the P...

Sun 21 July: A Big Ally Pally Do

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"Join us to celebrate 150 years of the extraordinary." "150 years ago, Alexandra Park was opened by the renowned lan...

Barnet Times

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Monday, 1 July 2013

Thu 25 July: "Do the Math(s) - The Movie"

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"It's on Thursday 25 July, at the Gallery Cinema , in St Margaret's Chapel , 21 Old Ford Road (just by Bethnal Green tube...

Incident at Pinkham Way Recycling Centre?

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Link to Evening Standard "Ten firefighters have been injured tackling a blaze involving 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling mater...
Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Enfield Advertiser: "Fears over North Circular fumes"

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Link to web site "TOXIC FUMES churned out by traffic along one of the busiest roads in the borough are slowly poisoning residen...

The Independent: "A bridge across London's north/south divide: Treasury gives £12bn Crossrail 2 project funds to get started"

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Link to web site "The Government is ready to announce the first steps towards building a new railway linking north and south Lond...
Thursday, 20 June 2013

[Reposted] RSA: "What is the Great Recovery - Redesigning the Future?"

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Link to web site "The current economic and environmental challenges of Take,            Make,             Dispose manuf...
Monday, 17 June 2013

The Guardian: "Trash to cash: Norway leads the way in turning waste into energy"

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Link to web site "For a country blessed with bountiful oil supplies, it may appear incongruous. But Norway is importing as much r...
Monday, 10 June 2013

Vancouver Observer: "Trashed: documentary shines light on global waste crisis"

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Link to 'Trashed' web site "Killer whales so contaminated that they were classified as toxic waste. A once-beautiful...
Saturday, 8 June 2013

Daily Telegraph: "Time Reborn: From the Crisis of Physics to the Future of the Universe, by Lee Smolin, review"

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Link to web site "Quite a few feel that an overhaul of what we mean by 'time' could lead to the next great leap in physic...
Thursday, 6 June 2013

Barnet Press: "Hundreds turn out for vigil in support of Islamic centre destroyed by fire"

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Link to web site "HUNDREDS of people came together this evening, to hold vigil outside the Islamic community centre in Muswell Hi...
Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Dailt Telegraph: "Village rallies around couple living 'The Good Life' aboard double-decker bus"

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Link to web site "A couple who live in a double-decker bus and grow their own food have won a six-year battle to keep up their ...