rural environment
05 Jul 2021
Net Zero Report Highlights Societal Inequalities in Rural Areas
DEFRA and BEIS recently commissioned a report to better understand the possible impact of different societal and behavioural changes in achieving the 2050 emission target The report looks at 130...
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05 Jul 2021
New Report: National Parks and the Climate Emergency
The Campaign for National Parks has recently published their ‘National Parks and the Climate Emergency’ report They believe that our National Parks have a key role to play in tackling...
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05 Jul 2021
‘Boris bus’ maker helping to turn rural services electric
The Telegraph reports that the company behind the “Boris bus” is using French batteries to bring environmentally friendly services to rural routes, after previously pledging to champion British manufacturing Wrightbus...
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05 Jul 2021
Levistor secures Government grant to speed up EV charging in rural areas
The company developing energy storage technology to enable super-fast charging of electric vehicles, has secured a £545,000 grant from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, in partnership with Innovate UK,...
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07 Jun 2021
Rural areas must play a significant role in reaching net-zero
Richard Clewer, chair of the Countryside Climate Network and leader of Wiltshire Council, argues in the Environmental Journal this week that the UK will “never reach net-zero unless rural areas play...
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04 May 2021
Rural households can’t afford net-zero plans
93 per cent of rural off-grid households would not be able to afford the estimated average cost of a heat pump system, according to a new poll published in the...
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15 Feb 2021
Government must consider ‘legal options’ on drainage, MPs say
Transport trade publication Transport Network has published findings from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee A report published this week accuses the Government of lacking clear flood-resilience targets,...
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15 Feb 2021
Workplace and home charging schemes get £50m boost
Publications including Fleet News have covered news that changes to the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) could mean that small accommodation businesses, such as B&Bs could benefit from the funding, helping...
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