All Discussions Tagged 'pollution' - Harringay online2024-03-29T15:23:36Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=pollution&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHaringey Council to cut down previously protected mature trees in St Ann's development.tag:harringayonline.com,2022-12-09:844301:Topic:15203722022-12-09T15:37:29.675ZBarbarahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/BarbaraNicholls
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10906636058?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10906636058?profile=RESIZE_710x"></img></a> Mike Hakata, Deputy Leader Haringey Council - has declared that 114 mature carbon collecting trees shall be felled for developers - previously agreed as protected with the St Ann's community involved with the planning of this space over the last ten years. So much for community involvement! An about turn agreeing with developers that they could replace with…</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10906636058?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10906636058?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a>Mike Hakata, Deputy Leader Haringey Council - has declared that 114 mature carbon collecting trees shall be felled for developers - previously agreed as protected with the St Ann's community involved with the planning of this space over the last ten years. So much for community involvement! An about turn agreeing with developers that they could replace with saplings. These mature trees have captured years of carbon and made Haringey cleaner. </p>
<p>Please note Hakata's hypocrisy of blocking our surrounding roads with miles of polluting traffic since the ill planned LTNs were introduced locally thereby creating more pollution for residents whilst claiming LTNs create pollution free communities. One solution for one area is not a solution for all. </p>
<p>So why agree to 167 new car spaces at the St Ann's development? Crazy ..inviting new owners and tenants to contribute to Haringey's pollution?</p>
<p>Does Hakata understand ANYTHING about planning and traffic management? What are his qualifications to do this?</p> School Streets in Haringey: Sign the Petitiontag:harringayonline.com,2020-10-20:844301:Topic:13185212020-10-20T20:59:32.106ZBurgoyne Bechttps://harringayonline.com/profile/RebeccaPaton
<p>I've just seen this petition online.</p>
<p>Please consider signing to make drop off and pick up safer for parents and children in the Borough. </p>
<p><a href="http://ldharingey.nationbuilder.com/school_streets_can_t_wait" target="_self">ldharingey.nationbuilder.com/school_streets_can_t_wait</a></p>
<p>More widely it raises questions about why Haringey is one of the only boroughs not to introduce safe school streets policies. </p>
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<p>I've just seen this petition online.</p>
<p>Please consider signing to make drop off and pick up safer for parents and children in the Borough. </p>
<p><a href="http://ldharingey.nationbuilder.com/school_streets_can_t_wait" target="_self">ldharingey.nationbuilder.com/school_streets_can_t_wait</a></p>
<p>More widely it raises questions about why Haringey is one of the only boroughs not to introduce safe school streets policies. </p>
<p></p> Drivers in Haringey to be Fined for Unneccessarily Idling Enginetag:harringayonline.com,2019-11-18:844301:Topic:12040172019-11-18T11:59:08.237ZHoL Site Adminhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SiteAdmin
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<p>Drivers in Haringey who leave their engines running while their cars are at a standstill could be fined to help cut traffic pollution.</p>
<p>Penalties of £20 (£40 if not paid within 28 days) will be issued to drivers in Haringey who refuse to turn off their engines when told to do so by an enforcement officer.</p>
<p>In a welcome move…</p>
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<p>Drivers in Haringey who leave their engines running while their cars are at a standstill could be fined to help cut traffic pollution.</p>
<p>Penalties of £20 (£40 if not paid within 28 days) will be issued to drivers in Haringey who refuse to turn off their engines when told to do so by an enforcement officer.</p>
<p>In a welcome move approved at a meeting of Haringey’s cabinet last week, will change driver behaviour and help to reduce pollution.</p>
<p>Under road traffic regulations, whilst drivers are allowed to leave their engines running when it is deemed necessary, such as while queuing at traffic lights and defrosting windscreens, leaving the engine running unnecessarily while a car is at a standstill is an offence</p>
<p>But in some situations – such as leaving an engine running while parked outside a school waiting for children – they are committing an offence.</p>
<p>Under the measures agreed by the council, an enforcement officer will warn drivers who are caught idling and give them a chance to switch off their engines.If the driver refuses, they will be given a £20 fixed penalty notice.</p>
<p>The council has previously had the power to crack down on engine idling but doing so was not considered “the most cost-effective means of reducing air pollution”.</p>
<p>That is because few FPNs were issued in boroughs that chose to enforce anti-idling measures.</p>
<p>Council papers say the anti-idling charge is “unlikely to have significant effect on air quality by itself”.</p>
<p>But idling was the most talked-about problem among people who responded to a consultation on the council’s air quality action plan.</p>
<p>One in ten respondents wanted stricter enforcement measures around schools and other common places for idling.</p>
<p>This is a welcome move, but will it have much effect?</p>
<p></p> Event: A Low Traffic Future for Haringey – healthier, fairer streetstag:harringayonline.com,2019-08-29:844301:Topic:11896232019-08-29T08:36:08.393ZLiving Streets Haringeyhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/LivingStreetsHaringey
<p><strong>A Low Traffic Future for Haringey – healthier, fairer streets</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/529848504510295/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"></a>Join us – Public Event - 15<sup>th</sup> September</strong></p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> Sunday 15<sup>th</sup> September, 3pm- 5pm</p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> Green Rooms, 13-27 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 6UW…</p>
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<p><strong>A Low Traffic Future for Haringey – healthier, fairer streets</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/529848504510295/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>Join us – Public Event - 15<sup>th</sup> September</strong></p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> Sunday 15<sup>th</sup> September, 3pm- 5pm</p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> Green Rooms, 13-27 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 6UW</p>
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<p><strong>What: </strong>In the lead up to Car Free Day we are being joined by leading thinkers, campaigning groups, residents, and Haringey Council to discuss the future for Haringey’s streets.</p>
<p><strong>Speakers will include:</strong></p>
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<li>Dr Rachel Aldred, Reader in Transport, University of Westminster</li>
<li>Paul Gasson, Active Travel Campaigner, Waltham Forest</li>
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<p>The event is being hosted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/livingstreetsharingey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Haringey Living Streets</a>, Haringey Cycling Campaign, and Haringey Council. Haringey Council will present some of their ideas for low traffic neighbourhoods and active travel in the borough – sharing key learning from a recent Liveable Neighbourhoods Conference that Haringey hosted with TFL for London. There will be a chance for Q&A and a short interactive session where attendees can conduct a community mapping for healthy streets in their own wards</p>
<p><strong>To register to attend the event please <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-low-traffic-future-for-haringey-healthier-fairer-streets-tickets-70608236135?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=eventcard">click here.</a></strong></p>
<p>We are considering options for providing a small creche to enable more parents to attend the event. If you would be interested in the service please email <a href="mailto:Haringeygroup@livingstreets.org.uk">Haringeygroup@livingstreets.org.uk</a> before 10<sup>th</sup> September.</p>
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<p>Also, please be sure to like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/livingstreetsharingey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Haringey Living Streets</a> Facebook page to keep up to date with Living Streets Haringey!</p>
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<p>Many may have seen this already - appears like Hala is planning to take over China City and go from double to triple fronted. Apart from the obvious issue of the increasing homogeneity of our high street, and the fact that the triple format will contravene planning policy we also know that Hala contributes substantially to pollution in the area - as discussed recently, and caught on video.</p>
<p><a href="https://streamable.com/whbe5">https://streamable.com/whbe5</a></p>
<p>There appears to…</p>
<p>Many may have seen this already - appears like Hala is planning to take over China City and go from double to triple fronted. Apart from the obvious issue of the increasing homogeneity of our high street, and the fact that the triple format will contravene planning policy we also know that Hala contributes substantially to pollution in the area - as discussed recently, and caught on video.</p>
<p><a href="https://streamable.com/whbe5">https://streamable.com/whbe5</a></p>
<p>There appears to be no planning submission relating to this - which would of course be required if they decide to merge the premises, so it may be a good time to get the authorities on the case. </p>
<p>Apart from this it's quite unbelievable that this continues to happen.</p>
<p>There are 2 other case studies - Sira and Diyarbakir (who apparently are <a href="https://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/diyarbakir-second-bite-of-the-cherry?id=844301%3ATopic%3A1135923&page=2#comments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appealing</a> against the refusal for a triple-fronted extension.)</p>
<p>This warrants proper engagement with the council - not least because there are clear planning parameters and these opportunistic merchants of identikit cuisine appear hell bent on bending the rules. </p>
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<p></p> Update on Moselle Brooktag:harringayonline.com,2019-02-22:844301:Topic:11519552019-02-22T17:14:26.434ZEMC2https://harringayonline.com/profile/E290
<p>Just had a welcome message from Sam Balch, Haringey's Drainage Technician:</p>
<p>"At 1800hrs yesterday evening, after a full two weeks of hard work by the two engineers on site at the school, I am pleased to say that Alexandra Primary Schools misconnection was rectified. The school is no longer polluting the Moselle. The road surface is being reinstated as I type this email and the traffic management will be removed this evening. All that is left over the next two days is the reinstatement…</p>
<p>Just had a welcome message from Sam Balch, Haringey's Drainage Technician:</p>
<p>"At 1800hrs yesterday evening, after a full two weeks of hard work by the two engineers on site at the school, I am pleased to say that Alexandra Primary Schools misconnection was rectified. The school is no longer polluting the Moselle. The road surface is being reinstated as I type this email and the traffic management will be removed this evening. All that is left over the next two days is the reinstatement of the footpath and a site deep clean ready for the school to start back on Monday."</p> The Great Harringay Smog- Saturday 29th Sept 2018tag:harringayonline.com,2018-10-02:844301:Topic:11232622018-10-02T15:43:44.024ZJustin Guesthttps://harringayonline.com/profile/JustinGuest
<p>People will tell for years to come of where they were on that fateful day when Pemberton, and surrounding Harringay streets either side of Green Lanes, were overcome by what will become known as "The Great Harringay Smog". Oral history will pass the story of where forebears were the evening the Great Smog wrapped itself around Harringay for generations to come.</p>
<p>Here are first hand images for posterity. The first is the view down Pemberton on a clear night, the second showing the plume…</p>
<p>People will tell for years to come of where they were on that fateful day when Pemberton, and surrounding Harringay streets either side of Green Lanes, were overcome by what will become known as "The Great Harringay Smog". Oral history will pass the story of where forebears were the evening the Great Smog wrapped itself around Harringay for generations to come.</p>
<p>Here are first hand images for posterity. The first is the view down Pemberton on a clear night, the second showing the plume of smoke coming from the extractor at Devran.</p>
<p>I actually had conversations with neighbours who had come out to see if something was on fire (I spoke to at least 4). The smoke was creeping into our drafty Victorian houses and filling our rooms. What was interesting was that the smoke was more of a wood smoke smell, not the normal BBQ smell. The industrial levels of smoke settling around us could not have been from a single house hold with wet wood in its fire though, it must have come from elsewhere.</p>
<p>Once inside our clothes stank and went straight into the wash, it was like bonfire nights of old!</p>
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<p>" Fighting for Air " documentary on BBC 2 this evening at 18.00 showed how residents of Kings Heath, Birmingham managed to reduce NOx pollution on their high street by 30%.</p>
<p>How ? By persuading their council to remove parking bays on the high street as an experiment, allowing traffic to move more smoothly.</p>
<p>Worth a look. On BBC iPlayer for the next 29 days.</p>
<p>" Fighting for Air " documentary on BBC 2 this evening at 18.00 showed how residents of Kings Heath, Birmingham managed to reduce NOx pollution on their high street by 30%.</p>
<p>How ? By persuading their council to remove parking bays on the high street as an experiment, allowing traffic to move more smoothly.</p>
<p>Worth a look. On BBC iPlayer for the next 29 days.</p> Oil spill on the River Leatag:harringayonline.com,2018-02-25:844301:Topic:10618372018-02-25T22:47:03.410Zpamishhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/pamish
<p class="content-body"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-wrapper"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-content"><span class="Linkify">Oil Spill - Lea Navigation. Passing on this message, it's not something I know about.This from Gill Walker on FB. <br></br></span></span></span></p>
<p class="content-body"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-wrapper"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-content"><span class="Linkify">You may have heard there has been a horrible dump of dirty oil into the…</span></span></span></p>
<p class="content-body"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-wrapper"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-content"><span class="Linkify">Oil Spill - Lea Navigation. Passing on this message, it's not something I know about.This from Gill Walker on FB. <br/></span></span></span></p>
<p class="content-body"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-wrapper"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-content"><span class="Linkify">You may have heard there has been a horrible dump of dirty oil into the River Lea, which first spread from Enfield to Shoreditch. Advice here on what to do if you meet one of the many injured birds that got covered in the oil. Please pass on to all you know who walk or cycle along the canal or river.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="content-body"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-wrapper"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-content"><span class="Linkify">Birds cope well with the cold, as long as their feathers are in good condition, and they have a good food supply. The recent oil spill has degraded their feathers, stripping the natural oils that keep the birds buoyant, and warm. For this reason they will be trying to keep off the water and get dry. Waterlogged feathers provide no insulation and will quickly lead to hypothermia. There will be many smaller birds suffering greatly, it may not be immediately obvious they have a problem if they have dried out, but they will not be able to access their normal food supply. Coots and moorhen are very difficult to catch. Unless you are positive you can catch them*, please do not chase them and force them on the water, as they will become stressed and wet and waste the scant resources they have. Best to leave them undisturbed if possible, and provide a shallow dish of water and food. Suitable foods are grains and seeds (wheat, oats etc) brown seedy bread, moistened is best. Swan and duck pellets if clean water available. Meal-worms or 'buggy pellets'. Coots and moorhen poke about in water weed for insects, so if you are able to put uncontaminated weed where they can access it without getting on the water, that would be perfect.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="content-body"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-wrapper"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-content"><span class="Linkify">*If anyone catches a contaminated bird, please put it in a secure box with bedding, in a warm, quiet place, and call me on 07970 404 866, I will collect it and take to The Swan Sanctuary. Geese cope much better without access to the water. Their main food supply is grazing, and they tend to be in family groups or pairs, which provides better protection from predators. Due to their status under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, Canada and Egyptian geese cannot be returned to the wild after rehabilitation. For these two reasons they are usually only taken in to care if they are in poor or life threatening condition because of the oil. But please call me if you see a goose you are concerned about. Generally speaking, if the goose is on the water and it is not lower than usual, and it appears unstressed, it is OK even if it looks 'grubby'. If the bird is paddling furiously, or the water is consistently meeting over it's back so the neck appears disconnected from the body, he is water-logged and requires help.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="content-body"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-wrapper"><span class="truncate-line-truncation-content"><span class="Linkify">The main swan rescue site in London is in Shepperton, I guess they can advise you what to do, contact here: <a href="http://www.theswansanctuary.org.uk/cause/oil-river-lea/">http://www.theswansanctuary.org.uk/cause/oil-river-lea/</a></span></span></span></p> For clean air, reduce traffictag:harringayonline.com,2017-03-08:844301:Topic:9680552017-03-08T15:20:09.310ZFrederick Guyhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/FrederickGuy
<p>Can't make it to the Haringey council's <a href="https://twitter.com/haringeycouncil/status/839416228129165313">meetings, today & tomorrow</a>, about air quality. <a href="https://twitter.com/HaringeyCyclist/status/839471795069665282">I'm told</a> by the Haringey Cycle Campaign that what the Council has in mind is getting people to switch to electric cars. That would mean no near-term action on air quality - people don't replace their cars in a hurry - and, even if it were successful,…</p>
<p>Can't make it to the Haringey council's <a href="https://twitter.com/haringeycouncil/status/839416228129165313">meetings, today & tomorrow</a>, about air quality. <a href="https://twitter.com/HaringeyCyclist/status/839471795069665282">I'm told</a> by the Haringey Cycle Campaign that what the Council has in mind is getting people to switch to electric cars. That would mean no near-term action on air quality - people don't replace their cars in a hurry - and, even if it were successful, the electric cars would still clog our streets, discouraging both bus use and active transit, using an unsustainable level of energy (call me about electric cars when the electricity supply is fully carbon neutral), and polluting <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/11/polluting-effect-wear-brakes-tyres-pollutionwatch">air</a> (and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39042655">oceans</a>) with particulates from tires and brakes.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.livingwightman.org/2017/03/urgent-please-respond-to-wood-green.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LivingWightman+%28Living+Wightman%29">Living Wightman</a> - a group founded on enthusiasm born of the closure of Wightman Road to through traffic while a bridge was being replaced - alerts me to a <a href="http://www.haringey.gov.uk/sites/haringeygovuk/files/aap_med_res_16mb_0.pdf">plan by Haringey Council</a> to funnel more traffic through their road. Words about electric cars, action to increase motor traffic, does that sum up our air quality policy?<img class="wp-more-tag mce-wp-more" title="Read more…"/></p>
<p>The plan Living Wightman objects to is in connection with a plan for new development in Wood Green. There is no excuse for this - Wood Green is a major transit hub, and the new development is occasioned by anticipation of Crossrail 2, which will make it an even greater hub. As it stands, the huge number of bus lines serving the area are slowed by excessive private motor traffic. Diverting some of that traffic onto a parallel road for a short while won't solve the problem - it will just generate more traffic, which will all come back to clog bus routes somewhere else. And, of course, it will pollute the air and discourage active transport (cycling and walking). So this is overall disaster.</p>
<p>Since I can't get to these meetings I've written a case for why we should be focusing on an overall reduction in road traffic. That can be found on my blog <a href="http://wp.me/pC3u-uu" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>