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Tests have started to assess the effectiveness of equipment installed to cut air pollution emitted from Port of London Authority (PLA) vessel, Driftwood II.
Read more![Air quality tests underway after vessel’s green refit](/assets/chengfantangandsheng-weiwangthumbnail.png)
Nickie Aiken MP (Con, Cities London & Westminster) took to the Thames outside Parliament (31 March), to unveil new eight-metre long banners on Port of London Authority (PLA) litter collectors in the river.
Read more![MP launches new signage for Thames litter collectors](/assets/steven-clapperton-nickie-aiken-2000w.png)
UK Power Networks Services is supporting the Port of London Authority’s (PLA) sustainability ambitions by successfully completing an energy feasibility study to identify opportunities to integrate low-carbon generation technologies across its sites and floating structures.
Read more![Energy study brings Port of London Authority one step closer to Net Zero goals](/assets/plathamesgv27042107-2000x.png)
Carbon-cutting concrete is helping re-activate an east London wharf, acquired by the Port of London Authority to grow the use of the tidal Thames for freight.
Read more![Wharf’s green future firming up](/assets/concrete-keltbray-pouring-2000x.png)
Work to reduce pollution from Port of London Authority (PLA) PLA vessel Driftwood II is nearing completion.
Read more![Vessel's green retrofit nears completion](/assets/driftwood-ii-2-2000x.png)
New biofuel storage tanks, installed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) on the Thames in Gravesend, are accelerating an ambitious plan to halve its carbon emissions.
Read more![New tanks for cleaner fuels speed PLA progress towards Net Zero](/assets/hvo-tank-in-mid-air-1170.jpg)
Volunteer projects tackling litter and invasive non-native species (INNS) on the tidal Thames are getting a helping hand from our new Environment Fund.
Read more![Environment Fund winners announced](/assets/whale-company-paddle-and-pick-960x.png)
River charity Thames21 has today released data showing a mound created by wet wipes, which has grown to the size of two tennis courts and over a metre tall in the past six years.
Read more![Laser scans show devastating impact of wet wipes on the Thames](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/seriousissue.jpg)
Robin Mortimer, chief executive of the Port of London Authority (PLA), is looking forward to the tidal River Thames playing its part in delivering Net Zero.
Read more![Bring on the river-lution!](http://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/imhcop262nov21mt19.jpg)
Shopping trolleys dumped in the River Thames near Gravesend have been retrieved by the Port of London Authority (PLA).
Read more![Trolley folly in the Thames at Gravesend](/assets/supermarket-trolly-fraser-gray-trollies-2000w.png)