Category: Climate change / environment

323 Climate change / environment posts found.

Latest flooding information: UPDATE Friday 20 October 2pm

20/10/2023
road ahead closed sign graphic

The Met Office has reissued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain affecting the West Midlands and Wales which is valid until…

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Latest flooding information: UPDATE Friday 20 October 11am

20/10/2023
road ahead closed sign graphic

The Met Office has reissued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain affecting the West Midlands and Wales which is valid until…

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News from our partners: Nature recovery event well attended

19/10/2023
Herons

News from our partners Severn Trent Restoring Shropshire’s Verges Project (RSVP) and Middle Marches Community Land Trust (MMCLT) are delighted to be…

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Cabinet approves strategy to tackle fuel poverty, reduce carbon emissions and fuel costs

18/10/2023

Shropshire Council’s Cabinet have this morning (Wednesday 18 October 2023) approved the council’s draft Sustainable Affordable Warmth Strategy 2023–2030. The strategy, developed…

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Shropshire’s Great Outdoor Partnerships team support work to alleviate flooding

17/10/2023
Railways track and fields. The area in Church Stretton. Photo: Environment Agency

Shropshire’s Great Outdoor Partnerships team has worked with both the Environment Agency and Network Rail to help alleviate flooding near the railway…

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New on-demand bus service ready to hit the road

11/10/2023

A new on-demand bus service is set to begin operating in late October, initially in two zones, and with plans in place…

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Council wins local authority award at National Energy Efficiency Awards

03/10/2023
Left to right: Martin Weaver, Managing Director, BidConnecter; Rachel Cole, Commercial Director, BidConnecter;, Abbie Chandler, Head of Finance, BidConnecter; Christopher Davison, Partnerships Manager, BidConnecter; Tim Baldwin, principal affordable warmth and energy efficiency officer, Shropshire Council; Oliver Rothwell, principal affordable warmth and energy efficiency officer, Shropshire Council; and Summer Nunn-Hammond, Head of Operations, BidConnecter.

Shropshire Council has won the National Council or Local Authority of the Year 2023 at the prestigious National Energy Efficiency Awards. The…

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Shropshire’s libraries celebrate Green Libraries Week

29/09/2023

Libraries across Shropshire are marking National Libraries Week from 2 to 8 October [2023], with this year’s event celebrating sustainability and climate…

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Shropshire Council running subsidised tree scheme for the 2023/24 planting season

21/09/2023
Tree

This year residents, landowners, farmers, community groups, businesses and charities can apply for trees that are subsidised at a 50% cost by…

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Shropshire Council to consider pioneering project to tackle climate crisis

13/09/2023
Biochar

Pioneering plans to allow Shropshire Council to create the first council-owned pyrolysis plant and target the climate crisis are being put before…

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