Comment UK April 2008

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April 2008

 * Competition commission remedies could herald extinction of local stores, CPRE, April 29 topic


 * Friends of the Earth demands supermarket watchdog 'with teeth', April 29 "Reports indicate that the Competition Commission is about to step in with some long-overdue support for our farmers, but it's shameful that their plans will do nothing to help the small shops on our dying high streets. The Commission's failure to understand the importance of independent shops makes it even more important that the Government now brings in strong planning policies for diverse and sustainable town centres." topic


 * Joseph Rowntree Foundation concerned that current benefit adjustment rules could result in child poverty rising to unprecedented levels within 20 years, April 9 topic


 * FoE welcomes Humber Gateway offshore wind farm plan, April 7 place, topic


 * Eco towns are a drop in the ocean, FoE, April 4


 * Ramblers' Association welcomes draft Marine Bill. April 3 topic


 * Draft Marine Bill brings hope of healthy seas, but effective Marine Act must appear on the statute book by 2009, The Wildlife Trusts, April 3, 2008 topic


 * Government shortlist fails to put ecology into eco-towns, The Wildlife Trusts, April 3


 * Eco towns must embrace green infrastructure, the Woodland Trust, April 3


 * Eco towns: right idea, wrong place, CPRE, April 3


 * Eco towns an opportunity to set new standards for green living, April 3 Green infrastructure - networks of green spaces that bring the natural world into every new neighbourhood – benefiting people’s health, supporting local wildlife and helping to combat flooding - must be at the heart of all new developments, if they are to win public support and present themselves as truly sustainable.