Rural Environment
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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06 Jan 2020
Plea for walkers to respect countryside
The Shropshire Star reports that the Country Landowners Association (CLA) is urging walkers, cyclists and horse riders to stick to the Countryside Code whilst enjoying the fresh air after the...
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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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09 Dec 2019
Rural Services Network partners to encourage use of biofuel
The website Bioenergy Insight reports on comments made by Rural Services Network (RSN) chief executive Graham Biggs on the potential of using biomass as fuel in the UK RSN has...
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28 Oct 2019
Baroness Randerson: Reinvigorate buses urgently
Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Baroness Randerson has written an opinion piece for the website PoliticsHome.com in which she argues that the bus network needs to be ‘urgently’ reinvigorated She calls...
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16 Sep 2019
DEFRA reviews release of game birds following legal challenge
The Guardian reports that the Government has agreed to a review of the annual release of 50 million non-native game birds into the countryside after campaigners protested the lack of...
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30 Jul 2019
Theresa Villiers appointed Environment Secretary
The Guardian reports on the appointment of Boris Johnson’s new Environment Secretary, Theresa Villiers The paper argues that Villiers has a ‘weak’ track record on the environment and is ‘strong’...
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