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£80m government fund for 1 million trees to be planted

Heather Trudeau
Efficiency & Environment, Environment, funding, government, Green Recovery Challenge Fund, jobs, Low Carbon, nature, net-zero, Policy, Top Stories, tree planting, trees
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£80m government fund for 1 million trees to be planted: The government will give £80 million in funds to back 2,500 green jobs, plant nearly 1 million trees as well as speed up nature recovery throughout the UK. The Green Recovery Challenge Fund will give money for 90 projects focused on making ‘insect pathways’ into…
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Birmingham firm gives charity £12.9k after recycling issue

Heather Trudeau
Birmingham, climate change, enforcement undertaking, Environment, Environment Agency, law, offence, Policy, Producer Responsibility Obligations Regulations 2007., recycling, regulation, Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and The Black Country
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Birmingham firm gives charity £12.9k after recycling issue: A company located in Birmingham has donated £12,900 to charity following its failure to fulfil recycling regulations. Nobisco donated the money to the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham & The Black Country as part of an Enforcement Undertaking approved by the Environment Agency. An Enforcement Undertaking is a…
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NE to get a newly made forest to support a greener outlook

Heather Trudeau
climate change, Defra, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, Forest, forestry, nature, north east, Policy, tree planting, trees
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NE to get a newly made forest to support a greener outlook: A new ‘Community Forest’ is being developed in the North East to promote a ‘greener future’. The Department for Environment, Food & Affairs (Defra), England Community Forests & 6 local authorities have teamed up for the plan, they will witness 500 hectares of…
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UK at vital crossroad for climate & environment says May

Heather Trudeau
Aldersgate Group, Climate, Efficiency & Environment, energy, Environment, Finance & Markets, net-zero, Policy, Theresa May, Top Stories
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UK at vital crossroad for climate & environment says May: The UK is at a critical crossroad for our climate & the environment, according to Theresa May, in a speech after being named the new Chair of the Aldersgate Group. The former Prime Minister & MP for Maidenhead will assist the non-profit’s continuing work to…
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Gas bills rise and emissions shall fall

Heather Trudeau
BEIS, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, climate crisis, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, Finance & Markets, fossil fuels, gas boilers, heat pumps, heating, Low Carbon, net-zero, Sustainability, Top Stories
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Gas bills rise and emissions shall fall Recent news states that the government is reportedly considering a potential increase in gas bills in the aim to assist the country’s efforts towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel heating systems. According to a report by The Times, this will be part of a carbon reduction scheme…
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Anglian Water cares for birds with drones

Heather Trudeau
Anglian Water, biodiversity, Environment, Infrastructure, Technology, water company, water supply, wildlife
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Anglian Water cares for birds with drones: Drones may actually turn out to be birds’ guardians despite the fact that they share the same sky. Anglian Water has set up drone technology to safeguard ground-nesting birds from the construction work noise on what is believed to develop into one of the largest water infrastructure projects…
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UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant

Heather Trudeau
circular, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, fossil fuels, hydrocarbon, marine fuels, oil and gas, Top Stories, tyre recycling, Videos & Podcasts, Wastefront
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UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant The Norwegian startup Wastefront AS has begun recently investing in the UK with the construction of the UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant which will be located in the Port of Sunderland. This has came merely a few days after his appointment where the company’s new Chief Executive Officer,…
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Huge cuts to CO2 emissions for Bank of England

Heather Trudeau
Bank of England, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon footprint, climate change, Efficiency & Environment, energy transition, Environment, Finance & Markets, net-zero, Renewable
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Huge cuts to CO2 emissions for Bank of England The Bank of England has recently released its climate-related financial disclosure for this business year, reporting that it has reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by half through 2020/21. This huge cut to its carbon footprint covers emissions from its operations, including the energy that gets used…
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Sewage and food waste powered trucks?

Heather Trudeau
Bio-CNG, biomethane, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, food waste, Infrastructure, sewage, Technology, trucks, waste, Wessex Water
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Sewage and food waste powered trucks? Wessex Water have plans to use trucks powered by food waste and sewage on roads this summer in the aim to drive down emissions. The claim is, that by converting these trucks from diesel to biomethane, they will remove the equivalent of approximately 100 cars from the roads, with…
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Firms without net zero plans get no more public contracts

Heather Trudeau
2050, business, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon reduction, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, greenhouse gas emissions, net-zero, Policy, Top Stories, World Environment Day
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Firms without net zero plans get no more public contracts: Businesses without obvious carbon reduction goals will not be in a position to bid for major government contracts valued over £5 million from September forward. The government has reported businesses that pursue public sector contracts will be required to issue carbon reduction plans stating their…
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