The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is an independent body established under the Climate Change Act to advise the UK Government on setting carbon budgets, and to report to Parliament on the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Click here to visit their site. The site also includes a useful glossary of terms in relation to all things low carbon.
An Election Special, Environmental Question Time is being organised by Warrington Friends of the Earth on Thursday 25th March at 7.30pm at the Friends Meeting House in Warrington. This will be a good opportunity to quiz the Prospective Parliamentary Candidates for Warrington South. A poster for this event can be downloaded here FoE Meeting Poster 250310
Warrington Borough Council wants to close Woolston and Stockton Heath recycling centres as part of its plan to cut the budget deficit by £30 million over the next three years.
But the move has angered residents living by what would become the one remaining recycling centre at Gatewarth Tip off Old Liverpool Road. And for the rest of us it would mean much longer journeys to take our recycling – or fewer people even bothering to do so.
Read more from the Warrington Guardian story by clicking here
The long awaited Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy generation and renewable heat production have been announced. You can earn up to over 40p per unit tax free for 25 years!
Click here for the link to the official DECC announcement including the full details of the tariffs.
The tariff levels for the electricity financial incentives can offer between 5-8% return on initial investment in the technology. And even better on Page 22 Sec 69 of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor confirmed that households who use renewable technology to generate electricity mainly for their own use will not be subject to income tax on feed-in tariffs.
add your voice to the millions of people who want to stop climate change – click here to sign the Friends of the Earth petition – it only takes 1 minute to do!
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