Category: Public News

The House of Lords’ environment and climate change committee published a report on behaviour change and environmental goals today (12 October), for which they took evidence from 146 organisations including businesses, local authorities, charities and think tanks. According to the report, nearly a third (32%) of emission savings by 2035 (more…) Read More

Friends of the Earth, Client Earth and the Good Law Project sued the government for having an illegal strategy. In July 2022 the High court agreed. The Climate Change Act requires Government to hit Net Zero by 2050, to make proposals as to how it will meet that target, and (more…) Read More

The Shropshire Star published an article based on comments from Richard Watkins that the heatwave is a wake up call for us to begin to take action on climate change. If we had just had a heart attack, we would be calling 999 and getting into hospital. We feel we (more…) Read More

Our article in Shropshire Live – the dedicated online magazine for Shropshire households – illustrates some of the ley areas where can start to make a difference through our actions that can overcome the impact of the Climate emergency. We look at heating, eating, travelling, and our carbon footprint in (more…) Read More

The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”. Everyone from individuals to Scout and Girlguiding groups, villages, cities, counties, schools and corporates will be encouraged to (more…) Read More

The Guardian newspaper highlights the fact that the Carbon Literacy Project has trained 21,000 people on the Climate Crisis, making it part of the culture for organisations as diverse as Coronation Street to car manufacturers. Save Our Shropshire is piloting a new course – based on the CLP toolkit – (more…) Read More

The “Shropshire Star” reports that Shropshire Council is now planning to build its first ever solar farm to power local businesses with clean energy. The scheme would see a major solar farm built on a former landfill site in Oswestry.  The scheme, which would generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 500 homes, would first require planning approval (more…) Read More

The UK Government has published its plan for the decarbonisation of transport. It is a comprehensive plan which describes the UK Government’s approach to car, train, air travel and so on, and how to reduce carbon emissions in pursuit of the UK Government’s target of net zero by 2050. CLICK (more…) Read More

The BBC reports extreme heat is building in the western United States, with forecasts of record-breaking temperatures in the states of California and Nevada. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57788118 It comes just weeks after another dangerous heatwave hit North America, and the region has experienced the hottest June on record. California’s Death Valley on (more…) Read More