Ealing Council’s Local Plan consultation document has been issued. But hidden from the reader is the fact that the policies in the plan will lead to a massive increase of population in the borough of Ealing. As the council has not come clean on this crucial issue, Ealing Friends of the Earth has estimated […]
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UPDATE Congratulations to Cllr Kuldev Sehra of the Liberal Democrats, Jess Lee of the Green Party and Bassam Marfouz of Labour, all candidates for the Ealing and Hillingdon seat on the London Assembly and who have signed the Friends of the Earth Climate Pledge. We are still waiting to hear from Cllr Henry Higgins of
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In April 2019 Ealing Council passed a motion which said “Aim to make Ealing carbon neutral by 2030.” In January 2021 the council published its climate strategy. The strategy was a substantial piece of work, with useful background information and estimated emissions from the borough of Ealing. There were however some major issues. The strategy
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In 1995, the Conservative government under John Major designated pavement crossovers as ‘permitted development’. This fired the starting gun on the conversion of the nation’s front gardens to car parks.Nearly 30 years on, the consequences of this are all too apparent. In Ealing, as in most other London boroughs and urban and suburban areas throughout
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A large and very homemade “patchwork quilt” made by members of Ealing Friends of the Earth won’t go any way to helping people keep warm this winter. But it is part of a national Friends of the Earthcampaign #UnitedForWarmHomes which is asking the government to give urgent support to people dealing with high energy bills. Housing
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Government abandons climate targets Following PM Sunak’s shock announcement that he will abandon key targets to tackle climate change, Ealing Friends of the Earth has written to local politicians to ask them to show the leadership that the government is failing to offer. Astonishingly Sunak chose to announce delays to climate action in the same
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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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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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Ealing Friends of the Earth members joined The Big One on Sunday April 22nd – a peaceful protest by Britain’s environmental groups which attracted about 60,000 people. Previous Next
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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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