Local government – Red Green Labour

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If Sadiq Khan really is a green mayor, he should stop the Silvertown tunnel

A Guardian comment piece on the Silvertown Tunnel. He risks ruining his legacy for a project that will bring more…

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Tunnel vision

A piece on the Silvertown Tunnel by our friend Simon Pirani, first published in The Ecologist. For further analysis also…

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Local government, climate policy and public engagement

Red Green Labour supporter Richard Hatcher writes on local government, climate policy and public engagement. On 28 June the WMCA…

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Climate in crisis – SERA must up its game

Published today on Labour Net, this article by four members of SERA, relates to serious shortcomings of that organisation and…

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‘It can’t be sustainable’: The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates

From The Big Issue. For decades, tearing down and “regenerating” council estates has been the norm – but with the…

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Doughnut Economics- five years on.

Alan Thornett reviews Kate Raworth’s 2017 book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. This article first appeared…

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How Greenwashed Is My Valley…

Sean Thompson discusses the Welsh government’s plans. Everyone wants to plant trees today. Even the Tories accept that increasing tree…

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Cold homes kill 10,000 people a year. Why isn’t retrofitting on the agenda?

Very good article from Novara Media. Alex King explains why Insulate Britain is bang on the money… An Insulate Britain activist holds a…

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Stop Silvertown Tunnel- Climate Justice Now!

From the Stop Silvertown Tunnel campaign… Our mass popular mobilisation opposing the climate disaster that is the Silvertown Tunnel is…

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‘I can’t breathe’: How racism impacts air quality and endangers life

This article from the Metro is very good and presented as part of an in depth series on racism. Why…