I don't know whether other people have seen this/ know about it, but I thought it might be of interest.

It's a petition to be handed in by a group of London Councillors to Boris Johnson and
the London Assembly this Wednesday (8th).

Many of London's parks and open spaces no longer provide respite from pollution.
Maintenance staff drive around in large trucks and use ear-splitting
power-tools. Worst of these is the leaf-blower used all year round whether
there are leaves or not. They are used by local authorities in housing estates
parks school playgrounds practically everywhere. Research shows the fumes and
dust they emit are dangerous to the public while the air blasts are cruel to
wildlife and damaging to plants.

The petition is calling for these machines to be banned from local authority use
and for petrol trucks and chainsaws to be withdrawn from parks and green spaces.

To view the petition and sign it please Google the Gopetition site and type in
'petrol-free parks' into that site's search engine or at
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/petrol-free-parks-for-london.html

Hackney have released the results of the public consultation about the idea of a wind turbine in the East Marshes and people seem keen... 87% of the 712 respondents supported the idea, and the same proportion supported it who lived in the immediate vicinity as elsewhere in the borough.

The council will now move on to the planning application stage, which will involve more, more technical consultation, and a full Environmental Impact Asssessment.

http://www.hackney.gov.uk/windturbine.htm

I've just posted Hackney and Tower Hamlets FoE's recent consultation responses for interest. One to Hackney's Housing Strategy, and one to the London Plan.

I hear that City Hall is meant to be published a Climate Change and Energy strategy for consultation soon. It should be really interesting, and may have significant implications for boroughs - particularly if it specifies annual carbon emissions reductions targets...