Comment UK February 2008

=== February 2008 ===
*Affordable rural housing given a welcome boost, CPRE, February 29 Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 29 CPRE welcome the announcement by Government of a target for 10,300 new affordable homes to be provided in rural communities of less than 3,000 people over the next three years. topic
*UK tree planting schemes excluded from Government’s planned carbon offset code, Woodland Trust, February 19 Woodland Trust, February 19 topic, topic
*Code of Best Practice for consumer offsetting products will be of limited benefit to the environment., FoE, February 19. Friends of the Earth, February 19 “Carbon offsetting cannot substitute for cutting emissions here and now. This code will still allow offsets to be sold for our increasingly polluting lifestyles - such as sports utility vehicles and flying on extra weekend holidays. Even the Government acknowledges that offsetting is not a cure for climate change.” FoE Climate and Energy Campaigner Mary Taylor. topic
*Competition Commission could be cooking up a recipe for grocery disaster, CPRE, February 15 Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 15 topic
*Eco-towns: threat or opportunity? CPRE, February 14 Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 14 topic
*National security strategy must address the full range of threats, including climate change, energy security, global poverty and disease and bio-security, ippr, February 13 ippr, February 13 topic
*Campaign for Better Transport, Greenpeace and FoE applaud London gas-guzzler congestion charge rise, February 12 Campaign for Better Transport, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, February 12 topic
*Government move to pass planning powers to undemocratic quangos, CPRE, February 5 Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 5 topic
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