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A child's walkie-talkie, an actual message in a bottle, a plastic topiary hedge and a trainer are just some of the unexpected finds our volunteers, on...
London’s trees are suffering from droughts and diseases as the impacts of climate change are worsening, experts have warned at a City Hall meeting.
Sir Sadiq Khan has revealed further details of his plan to build homes on parts of London’s green belt – and has explained what drove him to take the decision.
Council plans to leave park gates unlocked overnight were quashed due to residents’ fears over anti-social behaviour and funding, a report has revealed.
The proportion of waste collected in Islington that went on to be recycled has increased, new figures show.
Sir Sadiq Khan has revealed which London schools will benefit from his £2.9m Greener Schools initiative, which aims to install solar panels, heat pumps and...
Sir Sadiq Khan faced calls on Thursday to make his free school meal programme “plant-based by default” as a way of “showing climate leadership”.
Sadiq Khan has launched a £2m programme aimed at slashing schools’ carbon emissions and energy bills.
Islington Council says it is working to ensure a giant incinerator it uses to burn rubbish and make electricity has “the best emissions controls” – after...
The number of public electric vehicle chargers drivers had access to in Islington rose by more than a third last year, new figures show.
Sadiq Khan’s environment deputy has insisted that the election of “climate denier” Donald Trump as US President “isn’t going to affect” the mayor’s ambition to...
Ahead of COP 29 next week, Farringdon-based Two Blues Solar is one of the small businesses helping to drive progress in the UK's journey to Net Zero.
More than two in five private rental homes in Islington fail to meet band C energy efficiency rating
More than two in five private rental homes in Islington were rated D or below for their energy efficiency, new figures show.
Road pollution has fallen by 25 per cent in the last six years in Islington – as the borough continues to make progress on carbon emissions.
Small businesses have urged Sadiq Khan to keep support in place for them as London marks one year since the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez) expanded to cover...
People in Islington have worse access to green space than most people in London, new figures suggest.
Taking customer feedback on board, Dulux Decorator Centre is introducing an e-cargo bike service at two stores in London.
The launch of the Low Emission Zone led to an improvement in test scores among primary school children in the capital, researchers at the London School of...
Sadiq Khan has been accused of continuing to fight a “war on the motorist”, as he faced criticism over plans to remove the congestion charge exemption for...
Sadiq Khan must take “urgent and bolder action” to slash carbon emissions, cut car use and speed up buses in the capital, environmental campaigners have warned.
Only two per cent of vans successfully submitted to the Ulez scrappage scheme have been replaced with electric vehicles, as of last month.
Sadiq Khan faced off with anti-Ulez hecklers at the State of London Debate on Thursday, as he claimed Londoners had endorsed the clean air zone by re-electing...
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