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Local path to net zero

by Councillor David Renard

Tackling climate change requires local action, and councils are leading the way.

Categories features Tags environment
Different styles and types of plastic piled up

Tonnes of recycling ‘rejected at sorting point’

by The Editorial Team

More than half a million tonnes of household recycling was rejected at the point of sorting in 2019/20 because of non-recyclable materials being placed in household bins, the LGA has reported.

Categories news Tags environment
Woman looking at a computer tablet with 'smart home energy' readings on it. He rating is A+

Green funding boost for 50,000 households

by The Editorial Team

A £562 million government cash boost for green home improvements will upgrade 50,000 households in social and local authority housing with deep insulation, heat pumps and solar panels.

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MPs: ‘Create green jobs’

by The Editorial Team

MPs have called on the Government to counter rising unemployment by creating green jobs and focusing investment in energy efficiency, the circular economy, climate adaptation and nature recovery.

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Purple wild flowers in the foreground in a park

Green connections

by Tracey Beverley

A new system of linked parks in Brighton’s city centre has improved air quality, sustainable transport and biodiversity.

Categories comment Tags environment

Protecting our environment

by Councillor Izzi Seccombe OBE

Without doubt, the coronavirus pandemic has made us re-evaluate our relationship with the environment and has led us to identify the associated threat of biodiversity loss and climate change.

Categories group leaders Tags environment
Workers sorting through a conveyor line of recyling

Surge in lockdown recycling collection

by The Editorial Team

The amount of household recycling collected during the COVID-19 pandemic has soared by as much as 100 per cent in some council areas, with eight in 10 seeing an increase, hiking up costs to keep services running.

Categories news Tags environment
Woman working on a laptop

The power of place

by Nigel Riglar

With the prospect of local government reorganisation and an overhaul of the planning system alongside responsibility for local outbreak management, the public sector can be forgiven for thinking it has a lot on its plate.

Categories comment Tags climate change, environment
Female construction worker

‘Green’ jobs could aid recovery

by The Editorial Team

Nearly 700,000 jobs could be created by England’s ‘green’ economy by 2030, rising to 1.2 million by 2050, a new LGA report reveals.

Categories news Tags Covid-19, environment
Engineers in a field

Rising demand for green jobs

by The Editorial Team

The economic recovery from the pandemic offers a real opportunity to create jobs and protect the environment.

Categories features Tags Covid-19, environment
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