News UK June 2011

Fastest journeys between Glasgow and Edinburgh to be cut to 37 minutes with a train every 10 minutes on the main route, compared to every 15 minutes now, 16 June sustainablescotland.com, 16 June 2011 topic, place
Funding dries up for community renewables. Dozens of projects will no longer go ahead because of cuts to subsidies for large-scale solar power installations, 9 June guardian.co.uk, 9 June 2011 topic
City of Edinburgh Council pledge to halve capital's carbon emissions, 8 June 2011 edinburgh.gov.uk, 8 June 2011 topic, place
London’s gardens becoming less green: 57% (22,000 ha) of London’s garden land is vegetated (measured in 2006-08). But this area has fallen from 25,000 ha in 1998-99. That’s a 12% drop of some 3,000 ha, lost at a rate of 2.5 Hyde Parks per year. 8th June, 2011 wildlifetrusts.org, 8th June, 2011 topic
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 topic
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 topic
40 communities - a mix of cities, urban and rural areas - to join 50 other communities already trialling neighbourhood planning, a new right being introduced in the Localism Bill, 2 June communities.gov.uk, 2 June 2011 
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