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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

  • 33 year old Windmill Hill City Farm in Bristol, England, saved, December 21 [1]
  • Wiltshire Council overwhelmingly rejects motion to withdraw the local authority from a national initiative to tackle climate change, September 16 [2] Result of the vote: 85 councillors reiterated support for action on climate change, compared to only 6 who wanted the council to withdraw. The councillors were calling for Wiltshire Council to remove itself from the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change arguing against "a widely disputed theory that industrial mankind causes global warming." Over 300 councils have so far signed the Declaration which commits councils and their partners to systematically address the causes of climate change and to prepare their community for its impacts. The motion was proposed by nine councillors. topic
  • Redcliffe Carbon Challenge, Bristol: a local school will become a low-carbon community hub.
  • Transition Together, Totnes: Expansion of the successful scheme to promote low-carbon lifestyles within local communities.
  • Sidmouth Carbon Challenge, Devon: a project based at the local school, with students acting as low-carbon leaders in the community.
  • Marlborough Climate Pledge, Wiltshire: Local householders join together and pledge to take action on climate change.
  • River Power Millers, Mendip, Somerset: installs micro-hydroelectric turbines in disused water mills, providing clean, local energy.
  • Westbury Bypass rejected by DCLG, July 2 [4]


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 [5] 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

  • Somerset County Council vote to endorse a motion that they become the UK’s first ‘Transition Local Authority’, July 28 [7] Last week, Somerset County Council voted unanimously to endorse a motion that they become the UK’s first ‘Transition Local Authority’. What it means is that SCC could start taking an integrated approach to its planning processes, putting peak oil and climate change at the heart of its forward planning. It may well also unlock funds for the many Transition initiatives emerging across Somerset. topic
  • 60sq mile exclusion zone in Lyme Bay - the first of its kind on this scale in the UK – announced today by Defra, June 19 [10] Lyme Bay is home to around 300 recorded species of plants and animals, including dense populations of the nationally protected pink seafan and the extremely rare sunset coral. As well as a haven for sponges, starfish and coral, the reefs also support a range of seafood animals, including crab, lobster and scallops. [11] topic


Comment 2008

  • Iconic landscape below the famous Westbury white horse threatened, February 21 [12] topic
  • Fears for pace and scale of development in the South West, CPRE, January 11 [13]


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References

  1. ↑ City Farmer News, December 21, 2009
  2. ↑ Friends of the Earth, September 16, 2009
  3. ↑ Department of Energy and Climate Change, July 17, 2009
  4. ↑ Campaign for Better Transport, July 2, 2009
  5. ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, March 18 2009
  6. ↑ The Guardian, October 13
  7. ↑ Transition Culture, July 28
  8. ↑ Communities and Local Government, July 22
  9. ↑ Department for Transport, June 19
  10. ↑ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, June 19
  11. ↑ The Wildlife Trusts, June 19
  12. ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 21
  13. ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, January 11
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