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Comment 2009
- Workplace parking levy will help Nottingham, July 31 [1] topic
- CPRE fear it will be ‘bulldozing as usual’ as the English regional bodies release their proposals to focus Government funding on ‘high-carbon’ road building, March 18 [2] The Climate Change Committee's draft Carbon budget (December 2008) stressed at page 106 ‘the importance of ensuring that investment over the next 12 years does not lock us into high-carbon capital assets which make achieving the 2050 target more difficult.’ CPRE say that motor traffic levels have increased by 40% in many areas over the last 15 years and that transport is the fastest growing source of domestic carbon emissions. CPRE have calculated the following percentages which relate to approximate proportions of spending on road-building. Yorkshire and the Humber 45%, West Midlands 50%, North West England 60%, East of England 60%, South West England 70%, North East England 75%, East Midlands 80%, South East England over 80%. Carbon figures are not yet available. "We need urgent investment in rail, bus, walking and cycle routes to give people in all areas real choices for low-carbon travel." topic
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2009
- Leicester FoE welcomes new rubbish facility, April 14 [3] Local environmental group welcome new waste facility and renew their call to scrap plans for a big new incinerator as a ground-breaking ceremony takes place to officially start work on a new rubbish-sorting plant. topic
- Ex-strawdinary. All women building firm gets contract for UK's first straw council houses, February 13 [4] For the first time in a UK government funded project, Straw council houses (local government housing) are being built in Lincolnshire to cut costs and energy consumption. The six three-bed semis in the village of Martin will each be made of 500 bales and cost GBP60,000 ($87,000). ‘It is the first time this has been tried in the UK,’ says North Kesteven District Council’s Tory leader, Marion Brighton. topic
2008
- Fewer than one in twelve councils using Well Being Power, November 17 [7] Nottinghamshire County Council has reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by using the Wellbeing Power to create a non-profit renewable energy company.
- Further consultation on East Midlands regional plan, July 22 [8] topic
2007
- Ministers praise East Midlands for being the first English region in which all local councils have signed a voluntary pledge to tackle climate change - a year ahead of schedule, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, June 14 / Climate change UK news
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References
- ↑ Campaign for Better Transport, July 31, 2009
- ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, March 18 2009
- ↑ UKWIN, April 14, 2009
- ↑ off-grid.net, February 13
- ↑ Transition towns wiki, December 9
- ↑ Transition Leicester Blogsite, Decmeber 3
- ↑ Communities and Local Government, November 17
- ↑ Communities and Local Government, July 22
