Climate Change
26 Apr 2023
In the drive towards low carbon heating rural communities are firmly in the spotlight
It’s been a rollercoaster few years with unexpected twists and turns, from the pandemic, war in Ukraine to the cost of living crisis. Whilst we might be hoping for a...
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03 Apr 2023
Powering Up Britain Launched
On Thursday 30th March the Government launched its plans to ‘scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power and build thriving green industries in Britain.’ The new Department for Energy Security and...
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06 Feb 2023
‘Overpromising’: Report warns ‘finite land’ could complicate food, climate, and nature demands
Business Green reports that according to the Royal Society, government ambitions to boost food production, while simultaneously reserving more areas for nature protection and fighting climate change, risks “overpromising” finite...
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10 Oct 2022
Call for Rural to be at the heart of the journey to Net Zero
The impacts of dangerous climate change will affect all communities. This much is already clear from the rural impacts of increasingly frequent storm damage, flood events and periods of drought....
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04 Jul 2022
Cornwall Council team up with OVO Energy to bring 400 warmer, greener homes to Cornwall
Insulation, heat pumps and solar are among the measures being installed. Image credit: OVO Ovo Energy Solutions, Cornwall Council and Council of the Isles of Scilly are retrofitting 400 homes...
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25 Apr 2022
New NALC event on fighting climate change
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has a new online event on fighting climate change, taking place on 25 May 2022 37% of local (parish and town) councils have...
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04 Jan 2022
Transport minister on UK Government’s plans for greener transport
Local Cumberland paper The News and Star reports on comments from Transport Minister Trudy Harrison MP (Con) revealing the Government’s areas of focus for reducing carbon emissions Mrs Harrison said...
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22 Nov 2021
Rural Britain transitioning from fossil fuels to clean power
The Business Standard reports how the British countryside is accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to clean power As solar and wind power is now becoming cheaper than fossil fuels,...
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08 Nov 2021
London has more public charging points than 36 rural counties combined
The i News reports on new analysis by the County Councils Network revealing that there are more publicly available charging points in London than in the entirety of England’s counties,...
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01 Nov 2021
Remember Rural in COP 26
Remember Rural is the message from the Rural Services Network as the world leaders unite at COP26 to work together towards tackling climate change Taking place this week in Glasgow,...
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