Senior transport planners and climate experts have urged transport secretary Grant Shapps and London Mayor Sadiq Khan to put an immediate stop to work on the Silvertown Tunnel to re-evaluate the scheme’s environmental impact.
In a letter to Shapps and Khan, the group of 52 academics and campaigners have called for an “emergency review” to be carried out to determine if the East London project is in line with the UK’s climate change objectives. (See below for full list of signatories.)
The group of objectors cite the government’s recent decision to intervene in the Cumbria coal mine planning row – as well as the upcoming COP26 conference – as grounds for carrying out an inquiry into the Silvertown Tunnel scheme.
Academics demand emergency review of Silvertown Tunnel
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Some CEOs Are Hearing A New Message: Act On Climate, Or We ll Cut Your Pay
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Some CEOs Are Hearing A New Message: Act On Climate, Or We ll Cut Your Pay
Corporate America wants you to know that it takes climate change seriously. But how can you tell if businesses will follow through?
Here s one idea that s catching on: Cut the pay of corporate leaders if they don t meet their climate goals.
Though the practice is not widespread, several firms â including oil companies such as Shell, Murphy Oil and the refiner Valero â are embracing it, often under pressure from activist shareholders. We believe that compensation drives outcomes, says Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow, a nonprofit that works in shareholder activism. So when an executive team is incentivized to actually accomplish a goal, then they re more likely to do so.