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  • Government to publish "Civic Health" report from next year. The report will "collate in one place a wealth of national, regional and local data" so that active citizens and community groups will be able to see how their area compares to others on issues such as feelings of empowerment, levels of volunteering, and perceptions of community cohesion. 21 December [1] topic
  • Oneplace website launched. The site is intended to "enable citizens to check for themselves how well councils and their partners are delivering the services that matter most to them." 9 December [3] topic

References

  1. ↑ Communities and Local Government, 21 December 2009
  2. ↑ Department for Transport, 15 December 2009
  3. ↑ Communities and Local Government, 9 December 2009


Global News latest headlines
  • Bolivia: deforestation rate is 20 times the global average. December 19 [1] topic
  • Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting - carbonn - aims at facilitating the access of local governments to climate benchmarking instruments on a global scale. 14 December [2] topic

References

  1. ↑ Global Voices Online, December 19th, 2009
  2. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme, 14 December 2009
  3. ↑ DFID, 9 December 2009



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2009

  • Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens, Wirral, Sefton, Halton councils pldege to create a low carbon economy, September 15 [1] "The low carbon pledge - sees councils setting goals to become energy self sufficient and a net energy exporter by 2030 with the aim of becoming the biggest low carbon goods and services city-region economy in UK. As part of this partners aim to increase the current 9,000 people directly employed in the environmental technologies sector to 15,000 by 2015. The Smarter Choices programme will support the Low Carbon Economy through a transport network that reduces carbon dioxide emissions and tackles climate change." topic
  • Climate Friendly Food, St Helens: will develop a carbon accreditation scheme for local primary food producers.
  • South Manchester Carbon Co-Operative: helping local households buy carbon reduction measures such as insulation.
  • Government to announce plans for the first big electrification of the rail network since the late 1980s, involving the London to Swansea and Liverpool to Manchester lines. July 23 [3] Work will start immediately and for Liverpool-Manchester will be completed within four years and for London-Swansea within eight years, although stages in between will be completed earlier. topic, place
  • Natural England to identify possible extensions to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Park boundaries, May 4 [4] topic, place
  • National Park saved from a damaging road, February 26 [5] Longdendale Bypass W


Comment 2009

  • 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 [6] 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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2008


Comment 2008

  • New Start editorial June 11 2008 This week my bank hit me with a hike in my mortgage rate, blaming ‘market conditions’. My electricity supplier bumped up my direct debit, blaming rising prices.

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Comment 2007

  • Road refused; good news for sustainable transport, Transport 2000, June 20


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References

  1. ↑ Communities and Local Government, September 15, 2009
  2. ↑ Department of Energy and Climate Change, July 17, 2009
  3. ↑ Department for Transport, July 23, 2009
  4. ↑ Natural England, May 4, 2009
  5. ↑ Campaign for Better Transport, February 26
  6. ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, March 18 2009
  7. ↑ Department for Transport, June 9
  8. ↑ Campaign for Better Transport, June 9
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