East Cambridgeshire

Last few days to have your say on Climate Change SPD Consultation

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Date:  Thu, 11/19/2020   We are asking residents, businesses and organisations to have their say in the final days of its Climate Change Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) consultation.    The consultation, which commenced on 13th October, is due to close on Monday 23rd November.    The Climate Change SPD aims to help the planning system…

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Council leader assures ‘strides are being made’ to tackle climate change locally following Extinction Rebellion protest

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Council leader Anna Bailey says progress is being made to tackle climate change locally after Ely Extinction Rebellion held a socially distanced protest outside the authority’s offices.

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Climate Change SPD consultation – have your say

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Date:  Fri, 10/16/2020 East Cambridgeshire District Council’s Climate Change Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is now open for comments from its residents, businesses and organisations within in the district. It follows a unanimous vote by members at the Finance and Assets Committee, who voted in favour of the Climate Change SPD going to public consultation for…

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East Cambs councillors take next steps to achieving net zero carbon emissions with contract switch

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Councillors have taken the next steps towards achieving net zero carbon emissions by switching council buildings and car parks to a renewable energy scheme.

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Council focuses energy on going green

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Reference:  Date:  Wed, 10/14/2020 East Cambridgeshire District Council is making its next steps towards net zero carbon emissions by making two big green energy switches for its buildings and car parks. Since 1st October, the Council’s head office, the Grange and its commercial buildings based in Ely and Littleport have switched to a 100 percent…

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Council forges ahead with climate change commitments following progress on Supplementary Planning Documents

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Council forges ahead with climate change commitments following progress on Supplementary Planning Documents

Reference:  Date:  Fri, 09/25/2020   East Cambridgeshire District Council is forging ahead with its commitments to the environment by taking the next steps in progressing its climate change and natural environment supplementary planning documents (SPDs).   At last night’s Finance and Assets Committee, all members voted in favour to adopt the council’s new Natural Environment…

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Council’s Climate Change Plan already showing green shoots.

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Council’s Climate Change Plan already showing green shoots.

Date:  Tue, 09/15/2020 (Photograph taken in December 2019)   Work towards East Cambridgeshire District Council’s vision of its operations reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or earlier is already providing green shoots.

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Council response to Ely Extinction Rebellion letter

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East Cambridgeshire District Council welcomes the commitment by Ely Extinction Rebellion to work with us, and we share their view that acting on climate change is a genuine emergency.

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LETTERS: Climate change emergency, Rotary club update and a socially distanced W.I. get together

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Here are the letters that we have been sent from readers this week.

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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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