rural environment
14 Mar 2022
UK ministers urged to promote e-bikes to tackle health and climate crises
The Guardian reports that ministers have been urged to consider subsidising e-bikes after a study found that mass use of such bikes could create more than £2bn in health benefits...
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21 Feb 2022
North Devon Homes £4.7m funding win for energy improvements
North Devon Gazette reports that North Devon Homes, along with other social housing providers, have helped to secure £4.7 million of funding for energy improvements to properties across the South...
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17 Jan 2022
Millions of rural homes forced into expensive eco upgrades
The Telegraph has reported how rural areas will be disproportionately affected by the heating crisis over the next decade amid plans to ban fossil fuel systems in off-grid homes The...
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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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06 Dec 2021
Net Zero Strategy Rural Lens
In October 2021 the Government published its Net Zero Strategy, setting out (by sector) the policies and measures intended to keep the UK on its pathway to net zero by...
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06 Dec 2021
Views sought on transport plan for Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
BBC News reports that six major routes have been singled out for development as part of a regional transport plan for the next 30 years They were among 55 priorities...
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06 Dec 2021
Farmers in England to be paid for looking after soil health from next year
The Guardian reports that farmers will be paid for looking after England’s soils for the first time from next year, when the first stage of the Government’s new support payments...
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29 Nov 2021
Plan for car chargers in all new homes in England ‘will make access exclusive’
The Guardian reports that the prime minister’s plan to mandate electric car chargers across all new homes in England from next year risks making access to charge points “exclusive”, leaving...
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29 Nov 2021
Vodafone is building self-powering phone masts to improve rural coverage
Tech Radar reports that Vodafone’s self-powered phone masts will help the operator achieve net zero in the UK by 2027 and reduce the cost and complexity of deploying mobile infrastructure...
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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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