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A push for public ownership of water
Plus grouse moors, incinerators and more with this round up of eco news from across North Yorkshire and the North East
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Large scale solar farm refused permission
It would have provided clean energy to 17,600 homes and supported renewable energy but local residents campaigned to have it stopped
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Exploring the Wood Wide Web
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Introducing The Planet on Sunday: Issue 1 (or is it 2?)
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Meet the people pulling pints for the planet
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Wild women, wild fells and.... cow farts
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How about a right to grow, from coast-to-coast?
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What's On: Eco events from June 14 - 21
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Large solar farm straddling A1(M) set for approval
A large solar farm is set to be approved in the North Yorkshire countryside within a few fields of a solar scheme described as the Yorkshire’s largest
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Sunak speaks up for shooting
Richmond and Northallerton MP speaks out in support of grouse shooting
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Decision makers: Durham County Council
The result of my Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the local authority in connection with its glyphosate use
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Measuring our climate change progress
A look at the progress being made on local climate change goals plus the lynx effect when it comes to re-wilding and other news from the region.
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An experiment in weeding
While most councils still rely on glyphosate to control weeds, Chiswick in the London borough of Hounslow banned the pesticide years ago. How's that…
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Council divests from Shell and BP
A sketch from the inner sanctum of North Yorkshire Council's pension sub-committee of
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Large scale fire devastates nature reserve
Fire broke out on Coatham Marsh Nature Reserve. Train services had to be cancelled, and thick smoke covered the local area with large areas of grassland…
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