Environment news
City of Nature Plan must be accepted by Cabinet to meet ¶®ÒõµÛ's net-zero carbon target
¶®ÒõµÛ will be recommending, on 8 February, that its Cabinet approves a 25-year City of Nature Plan to change the way it manages its parks, for environmental health recovery.
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Hydrogen buses coming to ¶®ÒõµÛ next Spring
¶®ÒõµÛ has purchased 20 new hydrogen double decker buses as part of their Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot.
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Statement regarding Car Free Day
Below is a statement from the council regarding the ¶®ÒõµÛ Car Free Day event due to take place on 22 September:
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¶®ÒõµÛ climate taskforce announced
A taskforce is being set up to draw up an action plan setting out how ¶®ÒõµÛ will tackle climate change and become carbon neutral by 2030.
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Car Free School Streets are coming to ¶®ÒõµÛ
A pioneering scheme that closes roads around schools to motorised traffic for up to an hour at the start and end of the school day is being piloted in ¶®ÒõµÛ from this September.
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Joint statement from ¶®ÒõµÛ and Leeds City Council regarding Clean Air Zone delays
The introduction of the UK’s first Clean Air Zones is to be significantly postponed due to a Government delay in delivering digital systems required to make the zones operational and enforceable.
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Mother and son sentenced for animal cruelty
A ¶®ÒõµÛ mother and son have been sentenced after causing unnecessary suffering to an English bull mastiff which was found in a condition described by magistrates as ‘horrific’.
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Government approval for ¶®ÒõµÛ Clean Air Zone plans
¶®ÒõµÛ’s plan for a Clean Air Zone to help tackle the problem of air pollution in the city has received Government approval.
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Council to consult on Clean Air Strategy for ¶®ÒõµÛ
Cabinet is set to agree the launch of a consultation seeking the city’s input into a wide-ranging strategy to help deliver cleaner air across the whole of ¶®ÒõµÛ.
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Council publishes Full Business Case for ¶®ÒõµÛ Clean Air Zone
¶®ÒõµÛ has published its final proposals for a Clean Air Zone to help tackle the problem of air pollution in the city.
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Hall Green fly-tipping incident costs man his van
A Tipton man who was linked to a fly-tipping case in Hall Green earlier this year has been ordered to pay £3,620 and to forfeit his van by ¶®ÒõµÛ Magistrates’ Court.
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Clean Air Zone consultation plans to go before Cabinet
Cabinet is being asked to give the go-ahead for the council to consult on plans to reduce air pollution in ¶®ÒõµÛ and protect the health of those who live and work in the city.
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Cleaner cabs project scoops National Air Quality Award
A pioneering project to retrofit Hackney carriages in ¶®ÒõµÛ with cleaner, greener LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) engines has won a national award.