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£14 billion of council pension funds invested in fossil fuels
UK local authorities have ploughed £14 billion of their pension funds into fossil fuel investments, according to new research released today.Crown Estate green roof initiative attracts wildlife to London’s West End
London’s West End may not seem the ideal habitat for wildlife, but wrens, thrushes and bats are making it their home.Most London boroughs fail EU pollution target
All but two of London’s boroughs are exceeding EU limits for a toxic gas linked to respiratory problems, ministers have admitted.Boris Johnson told to divest £4.8 bn City Hall pension fund from fossil fuels
Boris Johnson has been told by the London Assembly to pull City Hall’s £4.8 billion pension fund out of coal, oil and gas investments, after assembly members voted on Wednesday on a motion in support of the fossil fuel divestment movement.Record hot weather in 2014 is “clear evidence” of climate change, experts say
Figures released yesterday by the Met Office reveal that 2014 was the UK’s hottest since records began.Community Shop opens first ‘social supermarket’ in London
The UK’s first full-scale social supermarket starts its national rollout on Monday, selling surplus food and drink to people on the verge of food poverty for up to 70 per cent less than high street prices.Dutch green retrofit scheme could insulate 100,000 UK homes with EU funding
More than 100,000 homes across the UK could be given a carbon neutral retrofit by 2020 if the EU approves funding for a ground-breaking green social housing project this month.Capita Symonds to deliver Mayor of London’s £50m energy efficiency programme
Property and infrastructure specialist Capita Symonds is to deliver a £50 million programme to improve the energy efficiency across more than 175,000 London homes.Hurricane Bertha: 60-70 per cent remnants will hit England’s south coast Sunday
There is a 60 per cent to 70 per cent chance that the remnants of hurricane Bertha, which has been downgraded to an Atlantic depression, will hit the south of England on Sunday, according to the Met Office.UK summer ranking as one of the warmest on record
There may be showers and slightly cooler weather due across much of the UK this weekend, but even that should not dampen the hopes of those wondering if the recent warm weather makes this summer one of the hottest on record.Diesel vehicles may be charged in London
Drivers in London with vehicles fuelled by diesel will be charged an additional fee similar to the existing £11.50 congestion charge, if proposals by the mayor Boris Johnson are accepted.UK winter floods could return if flood defence cuts not reversed, warn MPs
The devastating floods of last winter could hit England again unless Government funding cuts to flood defence budgets are reversed, MPs warned Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, on Tuesday.Threat of flooding as storms set to hit England and Wales
Torrential downpours from severe thunderstorms are threatening to bring flooding back to England and Wales on Saturday, according to a warning issued by the Environment Agency on Thursday. Both river flooding and flash flooding are feared, with only Devon, Cornwall and Pembrokeshire exempt from the risk.Flood alerts issued for parts of London
The Environment Agency has issued flood warnings for parts of England, with up to 70mm of rain expected by Wednesday night in areas of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire and the Humber.Energy for London to power quarter of capital’s electricity from local low carbon sources
Boris Johnson has announced plans for the London Mayor’s office to become the UK’s latest electricity supplier with an official launch next year of a scheme aimed at lowering bills and bolstering the capital’s energy independence.
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