An open landfill cell has been identified as the reason for the smell Author: Aaron HarperPublished 2 hours ago The Environment Agency (EA) says its identified the cause of an odour in Calne that has lead to almost 2,000 complaints in the last two months. The organisation says an open landfill cell at the Lower…
In today’s edition: fossil fuel phase-out, EIB, private jets, shipping emissions Source link
Proposals for the large shared home at Farnworth’s Victorian Wesley Mission building had previoulsy been turned down by Bolton council The Victorian Wesley Mission building in Farnworth An appeal against rejected plans to create a 24-bedroom shared house within a former church has been dismissed. The proposals for the Victorian Wesley Mission building on Hardman…
EU envoys are set to endorse a global net-zero shipping accord ahead of a week of closed-door negotiations at the International Maritime Organization on Friday – a move that risks placing Brussels on a direct collision course with Washington. Cargo shipping – the bedrock of modern commerce – accounts for roughly 3 per cent of…
Germany’s electricity system is entering a decisive transition period, with the country targeting greenhouse‑gas neutrality by 2045. At the same time, the conventional generation fleet is shrinking: Germany’s last three nuclear power plants were shut down on 15 April 2023, and the Coal Phase‑out Act provides for the last coal-fired power station to close no…
“Please close the door. It conserves heat and keeps the organ in tune,” requests the notice inside the church door. It’s pleasantly warm inside, on this chilly April morning. But on the night of 16 September 1998, temperatures here exceeded 1,000C, when fire consumed the old organ, along with the floors, window, roof and 900 years…
Forty years on from the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chornobyl is still contaminated with almost half the caesium-137 that exploded from the Unit 4 reactor in 1986, as well other hazards such as plutonium, tritium and americium. But according to some experts, the long-term effects on nature may be less than if the area had…
The environment secretary has privately opposed rewilding projects including the return of the lynx, despite publicly courting potential Green voters with promises to reintroduce species. The revelation has led campaigners to accuse Emma Reynolds of “greenwashing”. Her team have boasted of plans to restore lost species to stop Labour losing wildlife-lovers’ votes to Zack Polanski’s…
The aim is to create a new vision and ‘masterplan’ to guide the future direction of Birkenhead Park, maximising its potential for the communities it serves by building on its history and significant role it has played in the development of the public parks movement worldwide. Source link
The council first received complaints about flytipping and burning at the site in 2023. In June 2023, Leadbeater told the council some of the waste had been flytipped on his land, and admitted to burning it. He said he would stop burning and arrange for the site to be cleared. A year later Leadbeater contacted…
