Cambridgeshire

New Ribena berries are harvested as 20 years of climate research finally bears fruit

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Norfolk fruit farmers are harvesting the first crop of Ribena berries bred to cope with the impact of climate change – the culmination of more than 20 years of research.

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Extinction Rebellion activists take to town streets

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Activists from the climate change campaign group Extinction Rebellion have symbolically laid out children’s shoes in Lowestoft.

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‘Water could run out in next 10 years’ warns sector chief

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A water company boss has called for the resource to be put at the top of the climate change emergency agenda as supplies come under increasing strain.

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Campaigners say carbon emissions report shows why Western Link should be scrapped

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Campaigners trying to stop the Norwich Western Link say a report stating 80pc of carbon savings through cleaner cars will be wiped out by road building, demonstrates why the scheme should be scrapped.

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‘House on fire’ – council refuse to declare climate emergency for third time

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A Norfolk council has voted not to declare a state of climate emergency for the third time, despite the situation being compared to a “house on fire”.

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Council adopts climate strategy but critics blast plan’s lack of ‘ambition’

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A Norfolk council has adopted a new strategy to reduce its carbon emissions – but critics blasted the plans for a lack of “ambition”.

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Business benefits from free solar panel scheme

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A Lowestoft-based charity is the first organisation to benefit from free solar panels as part of a council’s recently launched Renewable Energy Fund.

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Two more recycling centres reopen and final four could soon follow

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Every recycling centre in Norfolk should be up and running again by early next month, council bosses have said, as two further sites were reopened.

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Sir Ronald Fisher memorial in Cambridge targeted by activists

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Extinction Rebellion daub “eugenics is genocide” near the memorial window of a geneticist.

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New £2.75m Norwich tip given green light despite carbon impact concerns

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A new £2.75m recycling centre in north Norwich is set to be built next to the Northern Distributor Road, after a council agreed the proposals at a planning meeting.

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