Environment quality UK news

2011
England’s natural environment to be better protected, restored and improved. ‘The Natural Choice’ White Paper published, 7 June. defra.gov.uk, 7 June 2011 
National Ecosystem Assessment strengthens case for protecting and enhancing the environment and will be used by the government to direct policy in future, 2 June defra.gov.uk, 2 June 2011 
UK given three months to tackle air polluton - or face prosecuton, 11 March foe.co.uk, 11 March 2011 place
2010
	CPRE celebrate shelving of plans for two nuclear power stations in the Lake District, 18 October cpre.org.uk, 18 October 2010 place
*Fly-tipping incidents across England decrease by nearly a fifth (18.7 per cent) in the last year. This reduction follows on from a nine per cent fall the previous year. cpre.org.uk, 9 September 2010 CPRE’s Stop the Drop campaign has inspired the formation of 334 litter picking groups across England, who have collectively cleared 41,332 bags of litter to date. September 9 
	‘Noise Action Plans’ to be set up in the following 23 urban areas, or ‘agglomerations’: Birkenhead, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Coventry, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Portsmouth, The Potteries (including Cheshire East, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Stoke on Trent), Preston, Reading, Sheffield, Southampton, Southend, Teeside, Tyneside, West Midlands and West Yorkshire. Process of establishing Quiet Areas will begin in July 2010. 15 March Defra, 15 March 2010
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