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Environment

News releases relating to the environment

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11.07.2022

Tests have started to assess the effectiveness of equipment installed to cut air pollution emitted from Port of London Authority (PLA) vessel, Driftwood II.

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Air quality tests underway after vessel’s green refit
01.04.2022

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.

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MP launches new signage for Thames litter collectors
15.03.2022

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.

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Energy study brings Port of London Authority one step closer to Net Zero goals
28.02.2022

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.

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Wharf’s green future firming up
24.02.2022

Work to reduce pollution from Port of London Authority (PLA) PLA vessel Driftwood II is nearing completion.

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Vessel's green retrofit nears completion
19.01.2022

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.

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New tanks for cleaner fuels speed PLA progress towards Net Zero
06.12.2021

Volunteer projects tackling litter and invasive non-native species (INNS) on the tidal Thames are getting a helping hand from our new Environment Fund.

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Environment Fund winners announced
24.11.2021

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.

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Laser scans show devastating impact of wet wipes on the Thames
10.11.2021

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.

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Bring on the river-lution!
25.10.2021

Shopping trolleys dumped in the River Thames near Gravesend have been retrieved by the Port of London Authority (PLA).

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Trolley folly in the Thames at Gravesend

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