Architect calls after banning non-essential traffic and offering free public transport in Edinburgh
ALL non-essential traffic should be permanently banned from Edinburgh city centre and public transport should be operated free of charge, one of the city’s...
New research examines the effect of offshore windfarms on marine ecosystems
A new research programme has been launched to address 'the critical gap' in understanding how marine ecosystems will respond to the continued growth of...
Lancashire council encourages greener taxis with new licenses
HYNDBURN Council in Lancashire is set to encourage taxi drivers take up hybrid or electric vehicles with new longer licenses.
The new policy is a...
Scientists predict the size of plastics animals can eat in new research
A TEAM of scientists at Cardiff University has, for the first time, developed a way of predicting the size of plastics different animals are...
Land occupiers and managers urged to take part in the Woodland Carbon Scheme
FARMERS are encouraged to make most of a government scheme offering an opportunity to sell the carbon trees in their land capture.
The Woodland Carbon Guarantee is...
£2.5m scheme to help Manchester generate low carbon electricity set to start
MULTI-MILLION pound project with Manchester City Council and Electricity North West designed to help the city to reach its carbon-neutral ambitions is set to...
New jails to be ‘net zero’, Lord Chancellor announces
Four new prisons being built in England will use heat pumps, efficient lighting systems and thousands of solar panels to reduce energy demand by...
Businesses play critical role in reaching ‘COVID-Zero’, says Wellcome Foundation chief
BUSINESSES can play a critical role in getting reaching the 'COVID-Zero', where there are no preventable deaths, no more lockdown or disruption, according to...
Three Welsh health boards granted government funding for solar and energy efficiency programmes
Three health boards in Wales will receive more than £10m in Welsh Government funding to install new solar energy measures and help them improve...
Edinburgh to transform city centre for pedestrians and low emission travel
EDINBURGH'S tram line could be extended to Granton and south to the Bio Quarter while many of the city’s iconic streets could be pedestrianised...
