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Current Environment Issues

Step-Free Access at Kew Gardens Station.

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Step-Free Access at Kew Gardens Station Summary and update, July 2023 Aim of the project and background To provide a step-free crossing between the eastbound and westbound platforms at Kew…
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Thames Water Resources Management Plan 2024

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17th March 2023 The Kew Society does have concerns over the Thames Water plan to abstract water from the Thames at Teddington and replace it with treated sewage. See below…
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Draw Off Walk November 2022

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Draw-off of the River Thames at Richmond Walk – November 2022 Kings, Cardinals and Commoners have grown up beside the River Thames. The Thames is the chief river of Southern…
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Kew Green Proposal for Railings Expansion

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Kew Green Proposal for Railings Expansion PLEASE RESPOND TO THE CONSULTATION* BY 16 JANUARY 2023!  https://haveyoursay.citizenspace.com/richmondecs/kew-green-22 At present, low white railings are in place around most of Kew Green. The…
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Graffiti – you can help

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Graffiti – you can help The best way to limit graffiti around Kew is to report it with photographs and/or to report the vandals in action. Eventually the perpetrators will realise that…
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Greenhouse gases, climate change and you!

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Greenhouse gases, climate change and you! COP26 – the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow – is almost upon us. The great and the good (and the not-so-good)…
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Waste and Recycling

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How green is our waste? Ever wondered what happens to your refuse and recycling when you leave it outside to be collected every week? There is a great deal of…
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Richmond Borough Climate Emergency Strategy

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Richmond Borough Climate Emergency Strategy – an update Richmond Council declared a climate emergency in June 2019, recognising that the global emergency is a threat everywhere, including in our borough.…
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Archived Environment Issues

HEATHROW SUPREME COURT RULING

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HEATHROW SUPREME COURT RULING For the moment our skies are still quieter than they would have been in pre-pandemic times. However, on Wednesday 16th December, the Supreme Court decided that…
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Kew Green Gardens

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Kew Green Gardens – Winners Update 07/11/2019 We told you earlier in the Summer that “Kew Green Gardens”, the gardens belonging to 5 adjacent houses (65-73) on Kew Green which…
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Cycle Superhighway 9

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Cycleway 9 – Kensington Olympia to Brentford Town Centre Transport for London Decision Update 29/07/2019 In response to the feedback they received on the consultation on their proposals for CS9 in…
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New Noticeboard in Kew

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Community Notice Board Update 12/02/2019 We are delighted to announce that the noticeboard we have lobbied hard for has finally arrived! It is for use by the Kew Society and…
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Electric Vehicle Charging Points

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Electric Vehicle Charging Points Update 28/08/2018 Richmond Council have approved 5 locations in Kew for electric vehicle charging points, in each case with at least 3 sockets: Atwood Avenue, 93-95…
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Air Quality

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Clean Air Strategy 2108 consultation Update 13/08/2018 We have today submitted comments on the consultation by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on a new Clean Air…
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St Luke’s House open space makeover Update 12/12/2017 The little garden adjacent to St Luke’s House (Kew Studio) on Sandycombe Road is having a makeover. Richmond Council are asking for comments…
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