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February 2008[]

  • Affordable rural housing given a welcome boost, CPRE, February 29 [1] CPRE welcome the announcement by Government of a target for 10,300 new affordable homes to be provided in rural communities of less than 3,000 people over the next three years. topic
  • UK tree planting schemes excluded from Government’s planned carbon offset code, Woodland Trust, February 19 [2] topic, topic
  • Code of Best Practice for consumer offsetting products will be of limited benefit to the environment., FoE, February 19. [3] “Carbon offsetting cannot substitute for cutting emissions here and now. This code will still allow offsets to be sold for our increasingly polluting lifestyles - such as sports utility vehicles and flying on extra weekend holidays. Even the Government acknowledges that offsetting is not a cure for climate change.” FoE Climate and Energy Campaigner Mary Taylor. topic
  • Competition Commission could be cooking up a recipe for grocery disaster, CPRE, February 15 [4] topic
  • Eco-towns: threat or opportunity? CPRE, February 14 [5] topic
  • National security strategy must address the full range of threats, including climate change, energy security, global poverty and disease and bio-security, ippr, February 13 [6] topic
  • Campaign for Better Transport, Greenpeace and FoE applaud London gas-guzzler congestion charge rise, February 12 [7] topic
  • Government move to pass planning powers to undemocratic quangos, CPRE, February 5 [8] topic

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References[]

  1. ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 29
  2. ↑ Woodland Trust, February 19
  3. ↑ Friends of the Earth, February 19
  4. ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 15
  5. ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 14
  6. ↑ ippr, February 13
  7. ↑ Campaign for Better Transport, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, February 12
  8. ↑ Campaign to Protect Rural England, February 5


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