Comment UK March 2011

Voluntary approach to tackling climate change locally failing, new survey, Friends of the Earth, 31 March foe.co.uk, 31 March 2011 Survey of England's 354 councils shows just 22 have a target equivalent to cutting local emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2020 - the scale of action Government advisor the Committee on Climate Change says is needed across the UK. topic
Budget 2011: Green shoots buried under concrete, CPRE, 23 March cpre.org.uk, 23 March 2011 The Campaign to Protect Rural England labels the Budget, ‘a massive threat to the environment’. The triple whammy of scrapping national brownfield targets, introducing a default yes to development, and pursuing half-baked proposals for land auctions could be devastating to treasured countryside. topic
Somerset Transition reversal raises questions over localism agenda, 11 Mar transitionculture.org, 11 Mar 2011 topic, topic, place
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