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UK’s first plastic waste to hydrogen plant proposed

April 10, 2019April 23, 2019 Thomas Barrett 0 Comments

The UK’s first plastic waste to hydrogen plant could be built in Cheshire. The plant would use Distributed Modular Gasification… Read More

Durham gives green light for £15m plastic bottle recycling plant

February 7, 2019February 20, 2019 Chris Ogden 0 Comments biffa, durham, environment, pet, plastic bottles, recycling, seaham

Durham County Council has given the green light for a £15m plastic bottle recycling plant to be developed near the… Read More

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Hull’s £42m tidal flood scheme approved

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Chris Ogden 0 Comments environment, features, flooding, front page, water

Hull’s £42m scheme of improvements to protect the city from tidal flooding has been given planning approval by the government…. Read More

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Plans for next phase of £112m Leeds flood scheme submitted

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Thomas Barrett 0 Comments

Plans for the next phase of the £112m Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme to reduce flood risk along the River Aire… Read More

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Manchester unveils plans for major cycling route

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Thomas Barrett 0 Comments

A new £13.4m cycling route has been proposed which would link Manchester city centre with Chorlton. The 5k route has… Read More

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Developers accused of ‘gobbling up’ Green Belt

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 Jamie Hailstone 0 Comments

The Green Belt is being ‘eroded at an alarming rate’ with plans to build 460,000 homes on land that will… Read More

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Notts council announce partner for ‘once in a generation’ HS2 project

November 23, 2018 Thomas Barrett 0 Comments

Nottinghamshire County Council has announced that regeneration specialists, LCR, will be spearheading the new East Midlands HS2 station at Toton…. Read More

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Cuts to heritage planning services ‘harmful’

November 19, 2018 Jamie Hailstone 0 Comments

A decade’s worth of cuts to local authority heritage and planning services ‘harms’ the historic environment, campaigners say. The Historic… Read More

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Biodiversity as a planning tool

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 Bart Meehan 0 Comments

Once viewed as the whim of environmentalists, biodiversity has become ingrained in the way the Australian National University approaches the… Read More