rural environment
13 Jun 2022
Peak District National Park secures funding through The Alan Turing Institute to tackle environmental issues
The Peak District National Park Foundation and Authority are among 10 organisations to gain funding through The Alan Turing Institute to tackle environmental issues The environmental and sustainability charities and...
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23 May 2022
News and Info from DEFRA
Defra have released their latest ‘Farming is Changing’ information which details how farmers and land managers will be rewarded for doing even more to improve the environment whilst producing high...
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23 May 2022
DfT awards £200 million to active travel projects across England
Intelligent Transport reports that the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that millions of people across England will be able to benefit from cleaner air and more affordable ways to...
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16 May 2022
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund announces challenge areas for second round of funding, to help accelerate the transition to net zero
Ofgem and Innovate UK have announced the challenge areas for the second round of innovation funding under the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), which opens for applications in early September 2022...
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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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19 Apr 2022
More than 10,000 homes affected by halt on development
The Eastern Daily Press reports that more than 10,000 homes in Norfolk could have planning permission delayed due to measures introduced to keep the county’s waterways clean The hold-up has...
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11 Apr 2022
Decarbonisation of off gas grid heating
The Rural Coalition has recently written to the Rt Hon. Greg Hands MP (Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change) to raise concerns regarding the recently released...
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04 Apr 2022
Environmental planning system ties up more farmland
Farmers Weekly reports that the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has called for the Government to overhaul its approach to tackling the housing crisis in rural communities Homes are...
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28 Mar 2022
Johnson to defy cabinet fears and push for onshore wind expansion
The Guardian reports that Boris Johnson is expected to open the door to more onshore wind in the forthcoming energy strategy, despite some cabinet ministers lobbying against relaxing planning laws...
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28 Mar 2022
Electric car chargepoints to overtake fuel pumps
BBC reports that the Department for Transport (DfT) has pledged that the number of charge points by the end of the decade will be the equivalent to almost five times...
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