Wouldn’t it be great if air pollution could just be ‘turned off’. Well sometimes it can! If you are stuck in a queue, idling your engine, then your car is pointlessly polluting the air as well as wasting fuel. And the pollution affects you as well as passers by and local residents. Doctors have told […]
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When: Saturday June 10 from 11am-1.30pm. Where: At either side of level crossing on the pavements and in front of the crossing (only when the barriers are down). Friends of Friars Gardens in collaboration with the Churchfield Rd Community Association and Ealing Friends of the Earth are organising a protest to raise awareness among drivers
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The 2021 Census has shown a further big increase in the numbers of households with three or more vehicles in the London Borough of Ealing. This is often enabled by using the entire front garden for parking. Forty years ago, there were only around 2,000 households with three or more cars or vans. By the
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Thames Water supply area – from the Draft Water Resources Management Plan A response by West London Friends of the Earth to the Thames Water ‘Draft Water Resources Management Plan 2024’ consultation 1. Introduction West London Friends of the Earth is a network of borough-based Friends of the Earth groups in West London. There may
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To help clear London’s air and improve public health, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding across all London boroughs from 29th August 2023. “Exposure to air pollution has health effects at every stage of life, from before birth into old age. The damage is sometimes gradual, and may not be apparent for many
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Growth without limit is unsustainable Ealing’s population rose by 29 thousand in the decade up to 2021. Yet Ealing Council is encouraging population growth of up to 40 thousand between 2020 and 2029 . This has huge implications for the people who already live here – such as food supply, more pressure on nature, open
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7pm Thursday 2nd March, at Ealing Town Hall The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and members of the London Assembly are holding a People’s Question Time at Ealing Town Hall. The Mayor is responsible for ‘The London Plan’ and this plan dictates to a considerable extent Ealing’s ‘Local Plan’, which has just finished a public consultation.
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Read our robust response to Ealing Council’s ‘Air Quality’ consultation.
Air quality plan will “fail to save lives” Read More »
Include front gardens in climate action & healthy living policies, say Ealing Front Gardens Project.
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Air quality measurements in Ealing showed soaring levels of pollution over the weekend of 21-22 January.
Airpocalypse Now – Ealing Pollution Levels Soar Read More »