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Lack
of action on climate change by London
Borough of Richmond
We have become increasingly alarmed at the
failure of Richmond Council to produce a
Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan that
will help our area to reduce its emissions
in line with national targets. The
London Borough of Richmond has the second
highest emissions per head of any London
Borough, but, after a promising start, there
has been very little progress on deciding
what to do about this since mid-2009
If you are concerned about this we suggest
that you talk to or write to your ward
councillor or to Cllr. Virginia Morris who
is the Cabinet Member for the Environment.
Their contact details can be found
here:
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Fancy a Forest?
We have just
launched a new blog on our website where
members can write short opinion pieces.
Our first post came from John Repsch on the
subject of the forest sell-off which,
thankfully, now has been called off. So a
100% success rate to date! If you’d
like to write a short post (no more than 400
words) please email info@rtfoe.org.uk.
.read the forests post
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West London Waste
Plan
– a consultation on
the West London Waste Plan has been
launched (see
www.wlwp.net) and RTFoE will be
putting in a response. We’d like
to hear your views.Read more.
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Reducing Richmond’s waste
On Tuesday 29th March we will be hosting a
talk by Sarah Dickinson the West London
Waste Authority’s Waste Minimisation
Advisor. This will take place at our
normal meeting venue, Langtons Bookshop Cafe
in Church Street, Twickenham from 7.30pm and
will be followed by drinks and discussions. Find
out more about west London waste.
Excess Packaging
What are our local
supermarkets doing to reduce packaging? The
group has written to the big 3 local
supermarkets to get a progress update, and
give a gentle reminder that they need to do
more.
Read more about what the group has been
doing and what you can do.
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To bee or not to
bee?
Bees are dying in many countries
worldwide. Bees are vital to food
production. There is strong evidence
that bees are being poisoned by the use
‘neonicotinoid’ pesticides. Four
European countries have banned these
chemicals, and their bee populations are
recovering. We are thinking of
campaigning for an EU wide ban of
neonicotinoid pesticides. Would you
like to get involved?
Find out more about what you could do.
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Ham Hydro Update.
Chas Warlow of Ham Hydro came to talk to us
about the proposed hydroelectricity project
at Teddington Weir in September. The
Ham Hydro weblog records that this involved
“a few awkward questions”: par for the
course at a Friends of the Earth event of
course, but in this case they mainly came
from an angler worried about interference
with fish breeding and not from renewable
energy sceptics!
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Public Meeting on Climate Change and the
Energy
We are organising a public meeting on
Climate Change and the
new Energy Bill with both local MPs,
speakers from national Friends of the Earth
and World Wildlife Fund and a local
councillor. This
is likely
to be at Duke Street Baptist Church in
Richmond on Wednesday 25th May.
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Fish Fight
Richmond Park MP Zac Goldsmith
launched an Early Day Motion backing Hugh
Fearnley Whittingstall’s Fish Fight
Campaign in December.
We are
also considering local campaign about
to encourage local shops not to stock
certain fish and local people to eat less
and more sustainable fish.
Would you be interested?
Read more about
the issues.
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Thank you for
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Ways to find out more:
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https://www.rtfoe.org.uk/
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Our meetings are normally held on
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the last Tuesday of the month
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7.30pm,
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at the Organic Cafe,
Langton's Bookshop, 44-45 Curch Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NT.
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New members welcome.
Find out more about getting involved.
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Find us on facebook
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Contact us at
info@rtfoe.org.uk
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