Hertfordshire council has confirmed it is to launch legal action in a bid to halt the government’s East of England Plan.Last month the government announced its intention to build more than 500,000 homes in the region by 2021.Around 83,000 of the homes are to be located in Hertfordshire - something which council officials do not [...]
June 30th, 2008 | News Service | 0 comments | ContinuedArchive for June, 2008
Suffolk flightpath objections examined by officials
Campaigners against proposed changes to the flightpaths of London airports are awaiting the results of a report by air traffic control officials.Proposals that would see an increased number of planes bound for Heathrow and Stansted stacked over Suffolk from 2009 have prompted thousands of complaints, reports the Evening Star.The newspaper suggested that up to 1,200 [...]
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East of England-produced biofuels ‘can achieve emission reductions’
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has advised the government not to make a rushed decision about biofuels and has asserted that when produced sustainably - such as they are in the east of England - the fuels can produce large reductions in carbon emissions.Clare Wenner, head of transport biofuels at the REA, stated that the [...]
June 30th, 2008 | News Service | 0 comments | ContinuedEco Innovation Goes East !
Guy Eames, the Eco Innovation Centre’s first manager has been appointed CEO of Prosperity Project Management in Moscow. A company specialising in developing medium & large scale property projects around Moscow and elsewhere in Russia.
Projects currently under consideration include: Mixed-use mini-city of 500,000 m2, Indoor ski and leisure complex, Industrial parks, Agricultural opportunities including potential [...]
£4m environment boost for the Fens
The East of England Development Agency has provided a £4 million cash injection for local projects in the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Fens.Money will be used to develop the farming and rural business economy in order to boost local communities and benefit the environment.The types of projects which could be in line for a windfall include [...]
June 27th, 2008 | News Service | 0 comments | Continued
New plan to quell Suffolk pollution
A south Suffolk road is set to be made an air quality management area (AQMA) as part of an attempt to reduce pollution.According to a spokesperson for Babergh District Council, an area of Cross Street in Sudbury, Suffolk - from its Church Street junction to house numbers five and 89 - will be made into [...]
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Bedfordshire town congratulated for cycling move
The twin towns of Leighton and Linslade have been congratulated by transport secretary Ruth Kelly for becoming a Cycling Demonstration Town.The local council has won a £600,000 grant from Cycling England which will be matched by Bedfordshire County Council and will be spent on eco innovation, improvements to cycle lanes and new cycle tracks.It is [...]
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East of England plan ‘poses environmental challenges’
A government plan setting out how the east of England will evolve over the next 20 to 30 years will have a "profound" effect on the Hertfordshire environment, it has been claimed. The plan outlines the expectation that 83,200 homes will be built in the county over the period, with major new developments earmarked for [...]
June 26th, 2008 | News Service | 0 comments | Continued