Category: Climate change / environment

378 Climate change / environment posts found.

Shropshire’s new school travel plan co-ordinator begins work

18/05/2022

A new school travel plan co-ordinator has started work with Shropshire Council. Rhiannon Letman-Wade joined the council on 9 May [2022] and…

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Council and partners win national award for carbon neutral school build

16/05/2022
Winning team being presented with the award. Left to right Lucy Fletcher (Shropshire Council), Damien Bryan (Read Construction), Harvey Gould (Shropshire Council) and Alex Read (Read Construction)

Shropshire Council, Read Construction Holdings Ltd and PSG (Shropshire Council’s Property Services Group) have won a national award for its carbon neutral…

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Council offers free help for small businesses on the road to sustainability with new funding

16/05/2022
Cool Shropshire logo

Cool Shropshire & Telford, a new £20,000 initiative to aid small businesses in making the move towards improving sustainability, is being launched…

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Shrewsbury through to next stage of Mini-Holland funding bid

14/05/2022
A man cycling in Shrewsbury

News from Shrewsbury Big Town Plan Partnership Shrewsbury could be in line for a £20 million boost to transform movement in and…

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Council and partners win national award for innovative nature-based approach to Corvedale flooding project

12/05/2022
Luke Neal explaining the key features of a leaky woody barrier on the Wilde brook, Corvedale.

Shropshire Council, along with WSP, Shropshire Wildlife Trust and Cardiff University, have won the ‘Studies and Research’ category for the prestigious ICE…

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News from our partners: Flying the flag for the amazing May fish migration

03/05/2022
New commemorative May fish flag

News from our partners Unlocking The Severn This May, for the first time in nearly 180 years, the UK’s longest river has…

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New recycling wheelie bins to be delivered from next week

29/04/2022

New wheelie bins for recycling cans, plastic and glass at the kerbside will start being delivered to households across the Shropshire Council…

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Shropshire Council completes training to win bronze-level Climate Literacy status

28/04/2022
people receiving the carbon literacy bronze award certificate

Commitment to a national training programme has resulted in Shropshire Council achieving a Bronze Award from the Carbon Literacy Trust. Shropshire Council’s…

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Independent experts confirm carbon impact figures for Shrewsbury North West Relief Road

27/04/2022
Shrewsbury North West Relief Road plan illustration

An independent expert review of Shropshire Council’s carbon management for the proposed Shrewsbury North West Relief Road has verified the council’s calculations…

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Green plan helps care partners and council combat climate emergency

20/04/2022

Shropshire Council’s Cabinet are being asked to approve a green plan which will give the NHS, councils and care partners in the…

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