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Islington Council must break ties with the fossil fuel industry! Drop us a message to get involved.
Islington, London
Joined September 2015
The consultation on #Islington's #NetZero plan is now open. Fancy insulated homes, loads of cycling and walking, clean air, clean fair energy, green businesses by 2030? Have your say! Thanks to @IslingtonBC for pulling this together. Let's make it stronger and make it happen!
We're asking for YOUR help in tackling the climate and ecological emergencies. The council is giving local people and organisations the chance to have their say on two important environmental blueprints. Click here to find out more:
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RT @CarolineRussell: A first step towards smarter and fairer ways of reducing traffic and bad air. In the end though, we need smart, fair,…
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Islington Council resolves to continue to roll-out people-friendly streets and to continue seeking opportunities to make streets more accessible, to help create a safer, greener, healthier borough for all. Read more about this amended motion: #IslingtonFC
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Great stuff @IslingtonGreens and @IslingtonLabour! So excited about how Islington's streets are becoming safer and cleaner. It's making such a great difference! Keep it up 🌳🛴👏🌞
Islington Council has voted in favour of Cllr @CarolineRussell's motion in support of continuing the People-Friendly streets programme, trialling interventions to reduce traffic, make our streets safer and promote active travel
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What a fabulous walk you can now enjoy from London Fields to Highbury thru Albion Sq, De Beauvoir, Canonbury East and West all along @hackneycouncil and @IslingtonBC s LTN. An amazing achievement
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RT @rachaelswyn: Lots of support for People Friendly Streets from Islington residents. #LTNs Safe streets for children, what’s not to love!…
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RT @RichardWatts01: This is very important. Definitive proof that the Fire Brigade response times haven’t been affected by Islington’s Peop…
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RT @MP_Divest: It’s vital to end fossil fuel finance via our pensions AND overseas ‘public projects’ #StopFuellingTheFire🔥
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RT @crisortunity: “Even with EVs we must also make reductions in traffic of 20-60% by 2030 if we are to achieve net-zero by 2050. This is b…
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RT @CycleIslington: Psssst ! What's your favourite family cycling route in and around Islington ? What's your go-to cafe after a play in…
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RT @SarahJ_Berry: I love @Riverford, but there’s something that could make me love them evenmore: If they shifted to delivery by cargo bike…
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RT @StudentForTrees: We are looking for young people to join our #TreeCharterFestival panel discussion on youth engagement with trees and t…
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Feeling really quite positive about climate action today! So many cities swapping cars for bikes. Timeline packed with climate justice discussion. Biden setting climate as key priority. Ambitious decarb targets in China, Japan, South Korea. EU green new deal... 🌳✊
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has confirmed his intent to have the US rejoin the Paris Agreement if he wins the White House, reports @CBSNews.
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Exciting times ahead...
What can be done on climate and energy in a @biden administration w/o Senate? Answer: plenty. e.g., executive orders, lots of regulatory & standards work, agencies & department budgets and programs, R&D, and foreign policy all provide a wealth of opportunities.
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RT @RichardWatts01: People Friendly Streets really are just that. An experiment that's working.
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RT @MP_Divest: Dear @JulieElliottMP, @lrobertsonTewks (& @GuyOpperman), Thank you for considering our evidence to help improve the Pension…
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