Save Lea Marshes

Sustainable Hackney Xmas Social Friday 12 December, from 7.30pm All are welcome to join the Xmas Social in The Pembury Tavern - come along for the whole evening or just drop in for a while to say hell... Webinars by POP (People Owned Power) Following the Screening of Power Station – Hannah Ballard, Head of Community & Marketing at POP, spoke of online sessions for people who want to bring renewable en...

The latest Sustainable Hackney Newsletter here sustainablehackney.org.uk/so/ccPhkWbe9...
@sustainhackney.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social

Good discussion on the @green-alliance.org.uk podcast about the attack on peaceful protest from successive governments , and how we must fight back . Listen now at chrispackh.am/1d0271

Stop Trump's Extinction Plan The Endangered Species Act is the world's most successful conservation law, and it's under attack again. The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive imperile...

The Endangered Species Act is the world’s most successful conservation law, but it's under attack.

The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive species closer to extinction. You can send a message from the UK >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...

Water companies have borrowed over £10bn in ‘green’ bonds The water industry issued a third of UK corporate bonds this year, according to a new Unearthed analysis - but the sewage crisis continues

“These bonds issued by water companies, given their environmental records, are not helping with the reputation or growth of green bonds in the UK."

(Water companies issued 1 in 3 of the UK's corporate bonds this year)

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...

Objection to the Lea Bridge Gas Works development The latest iteration of the Lea Bridge Gas Works development is out for consultation. We previously wrote about the development here: Here is our latest objection, which you can use to craft your o…

Save Lea Marshes objection to the Lea Bridge Gas Works planning application www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/11/26/o...

The govt has stripped out crucial protections from the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. This includes measures to safeguard nature, prioritise brownfield land and give Parliament proper oversight. https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/government-strips-protections-from-the-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/

@sustainhackney.bsky.social Films for Action Fri 21 Nov with panel discission after www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail...

Leyton ‘Oh?’ Hackney Wick stadium, rebuilt 1994 at cost of £12m, closed 1997, demolished 2003 Waltham Forest Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Leyton Orient Football Club. On its website the…

Leyton O? Waltham Forest Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Leyton Orient Football Club.

So where exactly will they be constructing their new stadium? www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...

@cprelondon.bsky.social

#walthamforest #leyton #eastlondon

Britain through the looking glass: my dead goldfish is now a registered waste disposer | George Monbiot Algernon Goldfish is long gone, but I was able to sign him up. No wonder so many crooks are illegally dumping and ruining our environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sad scenes

Upsetting to see the disrespect some people have for the environment and the wildlife we share this planet with.

#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #hackney #litter #riverlea #birds #ukbirds

Respect the Amazon - Greenpeace International Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon and protect its forests, wildlife and its people.

The Rainbow Warrior joined the flotilla calling on leaders at #COP30 to respect the Amazon, defend Indigenous lands and rights, end fossil fuels and make polluters pay. COP30 must be a COP of action for forests, for climate and for people.

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#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Labour peer blocks plans for nesting brick to aid endangered swifts The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing

Labour peer blocks plans for nesting brick to aid endangered swifts

The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Thank you for being one of the few charities that has got it together on this issue. It's heartbreaking but we mustn't give up! 🦇

Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Biodiversity policy & advocacy - Bat Conservation Trust The government published the Planning and Infrastructure Bill in March 2025, this outlined its proposals for reforming the planning process. Although th...

The @houseofcommons.parliament.uk rejected the science-based amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (244 votes to 132). We will continue to campaign to limit the damage this badly thought out piece of legislation will do.

www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...

STOP INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEE VALLEY PARK! I live in Hackney, close to the border with Waltham Forest, I have been an active campaigner for the marshes since 2012.

We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...

No more deforestation plywood for camper vans Camper vans have become increasingly popular and a symbol for recreation in pristine nature – but the truth is, they are deforested orangutan habitats on wheels. A breaking report revealed that one ro

Top camper van makers: Clean up your tropical wood supply chain -- no more deforestation on wheels! action.eko.org/a/no-more-de...

STOP INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEE VALLEY PARK! I live in Hackney, close to the border with Waltham Forest, I have been an active campaigner for the marshes since 2012.

We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...

And they complied. Nothing is sacred to these machine men and women with machine minds.

'We’re here asking you to listen to the children, to fight for our planet, and our future.’ 🌎 The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is in parliament tomorrow, and it could be devastating for wildlife and wild places 💔
Please help 🙏 ask your MP to support Amendment 130 for nature 🙏💚

URGE YOUR MP to keep Amendment 40 in the Bill The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons this week (week commencing 10 Nov). There is an opportunity to limit the damage the Bill will have but we need everyone to...

Please be aware: We have been asking supporters to write to their MPs asking them to support Amendment 130. In the new list of amendments from the Government this is now Amendment 40

Debate begins today. Act now! act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

As it stands, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will undermine species protection. Write to your MP today, it takes less than 2 minutes act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely

Photo of a Great Crested Newt underwater alongside green plants. Text reads 'A glimmer of hope for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Use our template to ask your MP to vote for Amendment 130'.

Photo of a toad submerged under water, with its eyes above the surface. Text reads 'If passed by MPs, this would remove the most dangerous element of the Bill, protecting our most vulnerable habitats and species.'

⚠️ The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will be debated by MPs again this Thursday.

Please ask your MP to vote to safeguard our most vulnerable habitats and species by supporting Amendment 130.

🔗 Download our template letter: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/lords-v...

This is URGENT ⚠️

Please email your MP today!

No cash-to-trash Nature

More than £11m spent tackling wildfires and floods in London since 2018 Fresh calls made for increased investment in the capital’s climate resilience

More than £11m spent tackling wildfires and floods in London since 2018

Fresh calls made for increased investment in the capital’s climate resilience
enfielddispatch.co.uk/more-than-11...

Make polluters worldwide pay for a greener future While the cost of living and climate crises rage on and oil and gas companies' profits soar, something is shifting… More and more of us want big polluters to pay for the damage they cause to our plane...

Big polluters caused the climate crisis - why should we pay for the impacts while they continue to profit?

Join us and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇 foe.uk/lipp6

Ask your MP to protect bat species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill - News - Bat Conservation Trust This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...

This is laudable. However, please do not include Hackney Marshes as a 'wild swimming' destination. The banks of the river are a SMINC. Even if sewage is reduced, the water is shallow and highly contaminated with leachates from bomb rubble buried underneath the marshes ⚠️

Mycena haematopus - Burgundydrop Bonnet aka Bleeding Fairy Helmet. They ‘bleed’ when cut or damaged.

Mycena haematopus. Happy Halloween 🎃 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour.

Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...