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.
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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...
Go for a #LondonLovesCycling cycle ride near you, with London Cycling Campaign this weekend.
Sadiq Khan has said he regrets the fact that voters will not be able to see data on the specific air quality impacts of the expanded Ulez until after the...
School energy costs have more than doubled in Islington over the past academic year, new figures show.
Sadiq Khan has dismissed calls for a ‘rail miles’ loyalty scheme on the Transport for London (TfL) network.
A number of vehicles handed over for destruction under London’s Ulez scrappage scheme will soon be sent to Ukraine, Sadiq Khan has announced.
Sadiq Khan has been criticised by a mayoral rival for a “slow” rate of progress in achieving net zero carbon emissions in London.
A funding boost is needed to help Londoners unlock the potential of green energy for the benefit of their communities, a City Hall report has said.
Several water pollution incidents were recorded in Islington between 2018 and 2022, new figures show.
Sadiq Khan and the Government should allow homes to be built on “low quality” areas of London’s green belt to boost the capital’s housing supply, a think tank...
The number of public electric vehicle charging points in Islington has risen by a fifth over the past year, new figures show.
Sadiq Khan has dismissed the idea of introducing a “24-hour cooldown” period for people driving non-compliant vehicles in the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez).
Millions of pounds in new funding to enable London boroughs to reduce air pollution in their local areas is to be released by the Mayor of London.
Central London is lagging behind its global rivals when it comes to the issue of ‘street clutter’, a think tank has warned.
Sadiq Khan has said he is making progress in his goal of having the Tube run on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030.
There has been a twofold increase in the number of energy-saving measures installed in low-income Islington homes, new figures show.
Islington's street trees appear to be suffering in climate emergency
Buses in Islington produced far fewer emissions in 2021 than a decade before, with passenger journeys tumbling, new figures show.
The number of electric cars being driven around the streets of Islington at the end of last year rose by a quarter, new figures show. By Andrew Dowdeswell...
North London’s ageing rubbish incinerator breached legal emissions limits more than 30 times last year.
Residents living above shops in Hackney and Islington are saving food scraps in a trial designed to slim people’s bins.
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