Matthew Taylor

Europe, London

Environment Correspondent at The Guardian

Matthew Taylor is an environment correspondent at the Guardian

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Garden waste permits available for purchase in West Lothian

1 week ago | deadlinenews.co.uk | Matthew Taylor

GARDEN waste permits need to be purchased in West Lothian for 2025/26, and the permits must be displayed on brown bins. This now means that if residents want their brown bin emptied, they will need to pay £52.75, and the permit will be valid from 1 June 2025 until 31 May 2026. However, this does not apply to food waste, which can still be emptied without a permit.
‘Polluting’ Silvertown tunnel is already out of date despite just opening, say campaigners

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Taylor

A multibillion-pound road tunnel under the River Thames will be out of date the moment it opens, according to campaigners. The first cars and lorries are due through the Silvertown tunnel in east London on Monday, passing between Greenwich on the south side of the river and Newham in the north.
What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’?

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Matthew Taylor |Damien Gayle

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What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’?

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Taylor |Damien Gayle

On the morning of Valentine’s Day 2022, Hannah Hunt stood at the gates of Downing Street to announce the start of a new kind of climate campaign, one that would eschew mere protest and instead move into “civil resistance”. Last week, three years and thousands of arrests later, in a neat tie-up exemplary of Just Stop Oil’s (JSO) love of media-savvy stunts, Hunt went to the same spot again – this time to announce the group would be “hanging up the hi-vis”.
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds

1 month ago | msn.com | Matthew Taylor

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London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds

1 month ago | msn.com | Matthew Taylor

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London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Taylor

People in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez), a study has found. Levels of deadly pollutants that are linked to a wide range of health problems – from cancer to impaired lung development, heart attacks to premature births – have dropped, with some of the biggest improvements coming in the capital’s most deprived areas. Sadiq Khan had faced severe opposition to the 2023 expansion of Ulez to outer London boroughs.
How repair shops are giving broken devices a new lease of life

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Taylor

There is a pause in the hubbub of conversation in the workshop and everyone watches as a young man plugs in the vacuum cleaner that just minutes earlier had been in several pieces on his workbench. As the machine whirs into life, the people in the room break out into muted cheers and clapping. There are smiles all round.
Letter From the Editorial Board

2 months ago | thehillnews.org | Matthew Taylor |Zach Jaworski

Share This past weekend, St. Lawrence U was hit with one of the worst snowstorms we’ve seen in years. Classes were canceled on Monday, and a travel ban was put in place for St. Lawrence County. But even with these extreme conditions, many facilities workers, Dana employees, and custodial staff showed up to campus to make sure we were safe, fed, and able to get around.
Eagles Crush Chiefs to Win Super Bowl LIX

2 months ago | thehillnews.org | Matthew Taylor |Brogan Larose

Share On the Sunday before mid-semester break, with St. Lawrence University students ready to get through their last three days of classes before the long weekend, another three – a Super Bowl threepeat – was up for grabs in New Orleans. The unbeatable Kansas City Chiefs, who hadn’t lost a playoff game since Jan.