News UK August 2011

Ancient tree Hunt reaches 100,000 tree target, 31 Aug woodlandtrust.presscentre.com, 31 Aug 2011 topic
36 areas announced as the next wave of 'front-runners' to test out neighbourhood planning, bringing the total to 126 across the country, 31 August communities.gov.uk, 31 August 2011 
Back from the brink – Environment Agency reveals the most improved rivers, 30-Aug environment-agency.gov.uk, 30-Aug-2011 topic
Government promoting more powers for communities to "choose boats on water alongside bricks and mortar", 27 August communities.gov.uk, 27 August 2011 topic
Greenpeace takes government to court over nuclear power expansion, 26 August. greenpeace.org.uk, 26 August, 2011 Greenpeace UK has today served legal papers on the government for unlawfully failing to take into account the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in their future planning for the building of new nuclear power stations at sites in Britain. topic
The People's Supermarket to open store number two in Hackney, 18 August thegrocer.co.uk, 18 August 2011 topic, place
Go-ahead given for two new biomass stations in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, which combined will produce enough electricity to meet the needs of over a million homes. 10 August decc.gov.uk, 10 August 2011 topic, place
First public property map published, 5 August communities.gov.uk, 5 August 2011 topic
Local insulation rates published, 4 August decc.gov.uk, 4 August 2011 topic 
The top five performing local authorities under the CERT scheme over the past three years, in terms of percentage of housing stock insulated, are Kirklees (24.8%); Isle of Anglesey (22.5%); Carmarthenshire (19.2%); South Ribble (19%); Wyre (18.2%).
The five local authorities that have seen the lowest percentage of the housing stock insulated over the past three years through CERT are City of London (<0.1%); Westminster (0.3%); Kensington and Chelsea (0.8%); Hackney (1.3%); Hammersmith and Fulham (1.6%).
Figures released on 17 June 2011 showed that nearly half of Britain’s homes do not have adequate basic insulation. The figures showed that only 57% of Britain’s lofts had been properly insulated and only 58% of cavity walls had been filled.
More green space at Stratford’s Olympic Park, August 2 london24.com, August 2, 2011 topic, place
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