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Man carries a buggy containing a small baby up the spiral stairs, other pedestrians seen.

Campaigners call for Tfl to take over Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels

After years of broken lifts at both foot tunnels, campaigners are calling for Greenwich council to hand over management responsibility to Tfl.

Small crowd at event. 3 story blocks joined at entrance, red brick facade, orange/red tiles, window frames, balconies

Phoenix completes Passivhaus, affordable rent homes at Farmstead Road, Bellingham

Phoenix delivers its second scheme in Lewisham which meets the highly sustainable, low energy building standard. This will reduce residents' energy bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Trace map shows PM2.5 represented by orange dots streaming across London, SELCHP is a concentrated source o at centre

New map shows air pollution streaming from SELCHP incinerator, Deptford - a "global super emitter"

The Climate Trace project found the SELCHP plant, which burns household waste for Lewisham and other boroughs, to be in the top 10% of PM2.5 air pollution emitters across the world.

Lewisham council urges government to consider nationalisation of failing Thames Water

Green opposition councillors brought a motion calling for Thames Water to be brought back into public ownership. The Labour group passed an amended motion, but keeps nationalisation on the table.

Moving traffic on the B218 Brockley Rise

Lewisham air pollution: installing monitors but bottling the behaviour change

Council officers presented the annual Air Quality Action progress report to the scrutiny committee. Although they have installed many new monitors, officers struggled to respond to questions on impact and behaviour change.

Greenpeace activists absblock ship carrying fuel to Ineos petrochemical plan - while Ineos blocks the global plastics treaty.

Plastics: from pollution to solution

Plastic pollution is out of control and environmental groups have been pushing to secure a global agreement to tackle it. Fossil fuel lobbyists again blocked a full treaty that would cut plastic production. But the fight for a strong treaty and just transition to a reuse-based future goes on.

SELCHP chimney and plant buildings, lorry outside.

Burning plastic at SELCHP incinerator, Deptford - what's coming out of the flue?

The facility has been burning household waste since 1993, and much of that waste is plastics. But concerns about the chemicals in plastics, and the dangers of air pollution, have grown. Wales offers a vision of a different way to manage waste, with some councils recycling over 70% of waste.