Cambridgeshire

‘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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Greens make unusual bid for climate emergency cabinet position at Conservative council

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The leaders of Suffolk council are being urged to create a climate emergency role at cabinet level so the issue can be addressed with greater “energy and conviction”.

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New £2.75m recycling centre for city looks set to be given green light

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A new £2.75m recycling centre for Norwich, to be built next to the Northern Distributor Road, could get the green light next week.

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Council leader told to apologise to residents for ‘inflammatory schadenfreude’

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Brian Long, the leader of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council (KLWNBC) was ordered to apologise to members of West Norfolk Extinction Rebellion after a complaint was made about him referring to campaigners as a “faction” and “not the public”.

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More recycling centres to reopen across Norfolk

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Three more recycling centres are reopening in Norfolk, bringing the total to 12 sites across the county.

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