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Residents can claim unused council land to grow food under new pilot

Groups of five or more people can apply for verges, vacant plots and land around council buildings, with the first ten schemes to be approved this year

Author: Hackney Citizen

Residents can claim unused council land to grow food under new pilot

City Hall to introduce new data centre policy amid environmental concerns

The Greater London Authority's Assistant Director for Environment and Energy confirmed City Hall is developing a new policy which will attempt to balance the economic benefits and environmental damage of the data centres

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Mete Coban

Latitudes review - 'Adventures in far-flung places'

Stoke Newington author Jean McNeil's part memoir, part travelogue will linger long in the memory

Author: Sarah Birch

Latitudes review - 'Adventures in far-flung places'

Climate campaigners urge council to 'lead by example' on plant-based catering

Plant-Based Hackney fears Town Hall is 'nowhere near as ambitious as it claims to be'

Author: Claudia Lee

Climate campaigners urge council to 'lead by example' on plant-based catering

Concerns raised over progress of controversial Edmonton incinerator

Campaigners now believe the £1.5bn incinerator will 'never be built'

Author: Sebastian Mann, Local Democracy Reporter

Concerns raised over progress of controversial Edmonton incinerator

Hackney school 'excited' after signing UK-first twinning arrangement to help save bees

Kingsmead Primary links up with Ugandan school to support Buzzline project

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney school 'excited' after signing UK-first twinning arrangement to help save bees

From McQueen to green

Meet Brett Mettler, the former high fashion designer teaching kids the beauty of sustainability

Author: Hackney Citizen

From McQueen to green

Joy as rewilders return small mammals to Hackney Marshes

Council praised for support in bringing local wildlife back from ‘absolute crunch point’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Joy as rewilders return small mammals to Hackney Marshes

Hackney Council backs Edmonton incinerator despite fears over 'dirtiest form of power'

Scientists warn that burning non-food waste is a 'disaster' for the climate

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Council backs Edmonton incinerator despite fears over 'dirtiest form of power'

Intersectional Grammar: Trees, Hackney Gallery, exhibition review: 'Stop by this virtual forest'

The Lower Clapton venue has put on a display of arboreal photography to mark National Tree Week

Author: Sarah Birch

Intersectional Grammar: Trees, Hackney Gallery, exhibition review: 'Stop by this virtual forest'

Hackney Council unlikely to hit target of switching to electric vehicles by 2030, officers admit

More 'realistic' transition date needed, says Town Hall's fleet manager

Author: Hackney Citizen

Waste truck

‘Very risky’: Campaigners say development plans next to Hackney Marshes could increase flooding

Housing proposal by Waltham Forest Council would impact ‘ecologically sensitive’ marshland, activists warn

Author: Joe Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Very risky’: Campaigners say development plans next to Hackney Marshes could increase flooding