Environment
07 Sep 2020
Warning against hiring ‘man and van’ waste removal services through Facebook
The Environment Agency has warned those in the South West against hiring ‘man and van’ rubbish removers on Facebook Using unregistered waste removal firms often means rubbish is dumped or...
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07 Sep 2020
Northumberland – Whitton and Tosson Tree Planting Project
This is an article about how one little Parish Council is doing its very best to help combat the threat of climate change Climate change and forestry: the time for...
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20 Jul 2020
RSN Launch National Rural Conference
The RSN is launching it’s Annual National Rural Conference and is open for bookings! We are unable to hold our usual conference in Cheltenham and so are moving events online...
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06 Jul 2020
Rural areas demand support to tackle climate change
The Ripley and Heanor News writes that authorities in Derbyshire have called upon the Government to take notice of the expertise that rural communities can offer in combating climate change...
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06 Jul 2020
PM’s pledge to simplify planning system welcomed by rural sector
Farming UK and The Guardian have covered the reaction from the rural sector to Boris Johnson’s plans to simplify the planning system as a way to kick start the post-COVID-19...
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29 Jun 2020
Rural areas demand support to tackle climate change
A group of rural council leaders has launched a new network to promote the voice of the countryside in the climate change debate. In a letter published on the 24th...
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29 Jun 2020
Affordable decarbonisation of rural businesses and industries
Both Politics Home and The Parliament Magazine have this week published articles arguing that in a post-COVID economy, with both taxpayer and household finances hard hit, it is ‘vital’ all...
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26 May 2020
Plastic bottle recycling pilot highlights scalable solution to help meet UK’s recycling challenges
Greenredeem is today calling for Defra to invest in convenient recycling solutions that create sustained behaviour change by appealing to people’s priorities, rather than focusing solely on rolling out a...
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13 Jan 2020
Sub-national electricity and gas consumption analysis
The attached spreadsheet presents information on mean electricity and gas domestic consumption at the local authority level for the period spanning 2015 to 2018. The data comes from the Department...
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16 Dec 2019
Johnson’s options for Environment Secretary
The Farmers Guardian lays out the rumoured front runners for the Prime Minister’s next Environment Secretary if Theresa Villiers does not remain in the post Whoever assumes the role will...
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