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Wednesday, 9 July 2014

"Electric 'Boris cars' are coming to London – how do they work in Paris?"

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"When the electric car-sharing scheme Autolib’ launched in the French capital, staff were advised to expect a complete disaster. Thre...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014

"London Arms Race As Protesters Crowdsource To Buy A Water Cannon To Take On Boris Johnson"

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Link to Huffington Post " 'London's has purchased three water cannon for the Met Police's armoury against austerity ...
Friday, 20 June 2014

Terence Cuneo's New Barnet railway poster

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Link to Barnet Times "A 66-year-old railway poster featuring a Barnet signal box has been sold for £2,500 at an auction – £1,000...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

NLWP: Call for Sites

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Link to web site What the NLWP is currently doing: We are consulting on the Scoping Report for Sustainability Appraisal We are seek...

'Pinkham Way Alliance' statement

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PW A5 New Threat "After the failure of the last North London Waste Plan (NLWP) in 2012, a new one is being discussed. Many of yo...
Monday, 16 June 2014

Boris and his Water Cannons

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Friday, 6 June 2014

Sat 7 - Sun 8 June: Open Studios and Art Trail

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Back for our third year, we've grown again. Showcasing 44 creatives in 2014.   On 7th and 8th June, artists, designers and craftspe...
Thursday, 5 June 2014

Wed 18 June: Woe is Me, Woe is Me

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Friday, 30 May 2014

Anaerobic digestion plant explodes

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Link to Shropshire Star "A power plant using farm waste today exploded at Harper Adams University, spilling tonnes of slurry. ...
Sunday, 18 May 2014

Sun 25 May: Pinkham Way Alliance fund-raiser

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Wednesday, 14 May 2014

TruthOut: " 'Devastating' Impacts of Climate Change Increasing"

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Link to web site "A massive collapse of an ice sheet in Western Antarctica has begun and, according to scientists , is most like...
Monday, 21 April 2014

Daily Telegraph: "Global solar dominance in sight as science trumps fossil fuels"

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Link to web site "Solar power has won the global argument. Photovoltaic energy is already so cheap that it competes with oil, di...
Saturday, 29 March 2014

The Guardian / Unilever: "Food waste around the world"

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Link to web site "Jeong Ho-jin dons a pair of plastic gloves to show off his most proud achievement as a district official in Se...

Surrey Comet: "Lawyers brand Sutton Council's incinerator decision 'unlawful'"

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Link to web site "Lawyers have branded the council's decision to give the go-ahead to a controversial in incinerator 'unl...
Thursday, 27 March 2014

Ham & High: "BBC chief backs education centre plan for Alexandra Palace’s TV studios"

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Link to web site "The BBC’s director general has thrown his support behind the plans to transform Alexandra Palace’s television s...
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Edie.net: "Call to launch landfill bans to create 47,500 jobs in the UK"

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Link to web site "The UK could create 47,500 skilled jobs if it kept five key waste materials out of landfill, according to new r...
Thursday, 20 February 2014

BG&DRA: "Urgent response required to Pinkham Way consultation"

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"You may have seen via the PWA that a new consultation process has started on what’s called a 'Site Allocations – Development P...
Friday, 7 February 2014

Wed 12 Feb: "Hammersmith ‘flyunder’ options to be revealed"

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"The draft findings of the council’s investigation into options to bury Hammersmith Flyover are set to be discussed at a public me...
Thursday, 6 February 2014

The Guardian: "The Enfield Experiment: London's fortunes distilled into a single borough"

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"The Guardian's senior economics commentator kicks off a new series looking at the challenges facing the London suburb where he g...
Tuesday, 28 January 2014

First Capital Connect: The Hertford Loop

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First Capital Connect (Hertford Loop) [Dr William McCrea in the Chair] 2.30 pm Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con): It ...
Tuesday, 14 January 2014

WIRED: "Mozilla Calls on World to Protect Firefox Browser From the NSA"

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Link to web site "Brendan Eich is the chief technology officer of the Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit behind the Firefox web b...
Saturday, 11 January 2014

The Independent: "Secret report shows how organised crime infiltrated judicial system as well as police, with prison service and HM Revenue & Customs also compromised"

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Link to web site "The entire criminal justice system was infiltrated by organised crime gangs, according to a secret Scotland Yar...
Thursday, 9 January 2014

"The UK remains on course to retain its throwaway culture"

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"As a new government report on waste fails to make a splash, the UK's unsustainable economy looks likely to continue to generate ...
Wednesday, 8 January 2014

"David Cameron 'very much suspects' climate change is behind recent storms"

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Link to The Guardian "David Cameron yesterday angered some in his party when he said the storms and flooding causing havoc acros...

New Scientist: "Electricity use drops as UK passes 'peak light bulb'"

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Link to web site "We have passed peak light bulb. The average amount of electricity needed annually to light a UK home fell from ...
Tuesday, 31 December 2013

The Guardian: "Planet likely to warm by 4C by 2100, scientists warn"

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Link to web site "Temperature rises resulting from unchecked climate change will be at the severe end of those projected, accordi...
Sunday, 22 December 2013

The Independent: "The gathering storm: A look back on middle-class Europe's last carefree Christmas before the onset of World War One "

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Link to web site "The Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George, said just after Christmas 1913: "Our relat...
Wednesday, 11 December 2013

"The US and China must show leadership on climate change"

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"As the European Union dithers, the world's two biggest carbon emitters must work together to help countries reach a climate deal...
Monday, 2 December 2013

"Welcome, lookers-in everywhere! This will eventually be BBC1"

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Link to web site and iPlayer "Sixty years ago today the BBC unveiled its first 'television symbol' - a moving logo to i...
Friday, 29 November 2013

Crossrail 2, to Alexandra Palace station: Transport for London speaks at last

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"We are now able to update you on the consultation results and let you know that the consultation results report is now available ...
Monday, 18 November 2013

Video: Voting YES to a new London waste incinerator

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"Councillor Fenwick's compelling argument on why pollution is good for us. Whilst the audio is taken from the Planning Committ...
Saturday, 16 November 2013

The Independent: "Stand by for a world energy crisis"

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Link to web site "Jeremy Leggett couldn’t have chosen a better time to warn that we are heading for a world energy crisis so gha...
Monday, 11 November 2013

"What happens at the recycling centre? (MRF)"

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Sunday, 10 November 2013

BBC: "Ozone chemicals ban linked to global warming 'pause'"

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Link to web site "A new study suggests that the ban on ozone depleting chemicals may have also impacted the rise in global tempe...
Saturday, 9 November 2013

FastCoexist: "By 2100, We'll Be Living In A World Of Garbage"

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Link to web site "People are moving to cities, and people are getting richer. Rich people in cities are incredibly wasteful. In 1...

BBC: "Don't Panic - The Truth About Population"

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Stick it up 'im, to link to web site "Using state-of-the-art 3D graphics and the timing of a stand-up comedian, world-famous ...
Friday, 8 November 2013

"This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time"

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"I will remember friends and comrades in private next year, as the solemnity of remembrance has been twisted into a justification for...

Rail News: "New East Coast route could be HS2 alternative" (Tunnel from Alexandra Palace?)

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Chuff-chuff to the web site "NETWORK RAIL has warned that upgrading the London end of the East Coast Main Line as part of an alte...
Thursday, 7 November 2013

Sky: "Food Waste: Six Meals A Week Thrown Away"

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"The average UK household throws away the equivalent of six meals every week, costing almost £60 a month, a study has found. ...
Wednesday, 6 November 2013

"Conservative MP Angie Bray supports Brent's concern over Harlesden/Acton waste incinerator" (and a copy of a planned incinerator in Barnet, at Brent Cross)

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Source: ' Wembley Matters ' Angie Bray, Conservative MP for Ealing Central and Acton, has spoken out against the proposed ...