Archive For July 31, 2020

University of Cambridge considers solar farm to help drive towards zero carbon

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It could supply West Cambridge with low-carbon electricity.

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New research project between AstraZeneca and CISL to study the impact of air quality on respiratory, oncological and cardiovascular disease prevalence in Uganda

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28 July 2020 – A new Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellow has been appointed to lead research exploring strategies to reduce outdoor air pollution in Uganda and promote healthy communities through evidence-based policies and citizen science.

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Funding for Environment and Climate Change Strategy approved

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Date:  Thu, 07/23/2020 The Finance and Assets Committee has tonight unanimously approved an annual budget of £100,000 to deliver the 20 commitments set out in the councils’ Environment and Climate Change Strategy.  Following the declaration of a climate emergency in October 2019, the Council adopted its first Environment and Climate Change Strategy Action Plan as…

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Plans lodged for new £1.9m recycling centre

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Plans for a new £1.9m recycling centre, which would take up part of a park and ride site on the edge of Norwich, have been lodged.

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Cambridgeshire village renewable energy project wins £2m funding

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Instead of using oil for heating and hot water in the village, heat will be extracted from the ground saving thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions

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Thousands of acres could be ‘rewilded’ under new nature network

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More than 300,000 acres of land could be “rewilded” in the next three years under a new project to tackle the nature and climate crisis, said campaigners.

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Martin Daunton Appointed Visiting Professor of Economic History at Gresham College

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Martin Daunton Appointed Visiting Professor of Economic History at Gresham College

Tuesday, 21 July 2020 Martin Daunton Appointed Visiting Professor of Economic History at Gresham College News Congratulations to Martin Daunton, Emeritus Professor of Economic History, who has been appointed Visiting Professor of Economic History at Gresham College, London’s oldest Higher Education Institution. At Gresham, Daunton will deliver free public lectures addressing issues of intergenerational justice….

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Suffolk County Councillor on saving the environment

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‘Tackling climate change is something that we must all take responsibility for’ says Councillor Richard Rout

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C-EENRG takes part in groundbreaking research on carbon dioxide removal led by the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation

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Groundbreaking findings in the search for realistic means to remove carbon dioxide from the troposphere have been published in a new article in Nature led by Professor D. J. Beerling, Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation, at the University of Sheffield.

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City council’s priorities under fire after pandemic budget changes

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Criticisms were made of deferred investments in measures to tackle climate change and improving the council’s housing stock

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