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• Reference: 2018/5195
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

With reference to the proposed refurbishment of existing energy-from-waste plants in London your London Environment Strategy says that you will expect them: “to meet the same strict planning and air quality tests as for any other combustion source, and controls set by the Environment Agency.” Have you assessed the pollution implications of the proposed Edmonton energy-from-waste replacement plant?

• Reference: 2018/5196
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

With reference to the proposed refurbishment of existing energy-from-waste plants in London your London Environment Strategy says: “Additional powers for the Mayor, boroughs or the Environment Agency may also be needed to ensure such controls [to meet strict planning and air quality tests] are effective.” Do you have any specific concerns, and what powers are you seeking to ensure the controls are effective?

• Reference: 2018/5197
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

What was the total cost of producing your London Environment Strategy and implementation plan?

• Reference: 2018/5198
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

What was the cost of producing the climate change mitigation and energy part of your London Environment Strategy, the associated carbon budgets and analysis underpinning your 2050 zero carbon road map?

• Reference: 2018/5199
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

A number of constituents have contacted me about the difficulties they have encountered when attempting to correctly dispose of old paint and household chemicals. Has the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) examined this issue and suggested any measures that would help Londoners and councils provide appropriate facilities?

• Reference: 2018/5200
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

The latest data in the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (LAEI) in the London Datastore is for 2013 and was published in 2016. When is the next LAEI expected to be released, and to what year will the data relate?

• Reference: 2018/5201
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 December 2018

What progress have you made in delivering your pledge to protect wildlife and biodiversity by creating green corridors through the city?

• Reference: 2018/3051
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, Air pollution: outdoor air quality and health, published in June 2017, recommends: "minimising the exposure of vulnerable groups to air pollution by not siting buildings (such as schools, nurseries and care homes) in areas where pollution levels will be high." What measures in your new London Plan will protect all these vulnerable groups?

• Reference: 2018/3052
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Are you aware that at, the Barnet Council meeting on 30 October 2018, ( https://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/documents/b31273/Questions%20to%20the%20… ) the leader of the Council was asked: "Will the Leader guarantee that a separate food waste collection will be restored in Barnet?" and, in answer, he said "No." What is your response to this, given your policy requiring all London waste collection authorities to provide such a service to all kerbside properties, as a minimum, by 2020 at the latest?

• Reference: 2018/3056
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 22 November 2018

Other than divestment, does the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) have climate change policies and a decarbonisation target for its investment portfolio? If not, will you ask the LPFA to review its policies and put in place a decarbonisation target that takes account of the publication in October 2018 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Global Warming of 1.5C?