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Doncaster council airship deal set to create 1,200 jobs

26/03/2024

Doncaster council has announced the location for the production facility of the helium-filled airship, Airlander 10, in a deal set to create 1,200 jobs.

Poll reveals Brits are green YIMBYs

16/10/2023

Brits are twice as likely (66%) to say 'yes' to new local developments if they are green projects than if they are non-green developments (33%), poll reveals.

Council launches West Midland’s first community investment fund

20/05/2022

Telford & Wrekin Council has launched the West Midland’s first crowdfunding campaign to try and raise half a million pounds for green initiatives.

Council gives green light to solar farm

22/12/2021

South Oxfordshire District Council has given the green light to plans for a new solar farm despite objections that it would disrupt public rights of way.

Platform launches fund to help councils crowdsource for ‘green’ projects

04/06/2019

A finance platform has invited councils to apply for grants to pilot new Community Municipal Bonds for raising finance for 'green' infrastructure projects.

Around £2bn of clean energy projects ‘stuck’ due to lack of funds

30/01/2019

A ‘temperature check’ survey has identified an estimated £2bn worth of council clean energy projects that are struggling to progress due to underfunding.

Council’s electricity supply goes 100% green

14/10/2016

Cambridge City Council has announced its intention to purchase all of its electricity from 100% renewable sources in a push to make the city ‘sustainable’.

Interview: Green Party leader Jonathan Bartley and post-Brexit politics

14/10/2016

‘It’s time to take back control!’ was a popular slogan during the Brexit referendum. William Eichler asks Jonathan Bartley what it means in practice.

Council pensions invest £150m into UK windfarm

14/03/2016

A joint venture set up between two local government pension schemes is to invest £150m into a South Lanarkshire windfarm.

Winners revealed for £40m electric vehicle fund

25/01/2016

Four cities have been awarded £40m to roll-out green vehicle technology such as street lighting that charges electric cars and extra parking spaces for plug-in car owners.

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