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Counties call for bus powers to be given to all councils

County councils have warned that unless bus franchising powers are made available to all local ...

Councils warned to keep track of enforcement action

An investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has uncovered a backlog of 1,500 open ...

Energy

Council energy companies creating competitive energy tariffs

Local authority energy companies are creating a more competitive market by taking on the Big ...

Energy Pollution

MPs sound alarm on neglected soils

Ministers are failing to protect Britain’s soils on farmland and in cities, MPs say. The ...

$Holyrood to debate full fracking ban$

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Holyrood to debate full fracking ban

The Scottish Parliament is to debate a ban on fracking as part of a Holyrood ...

Energy

Baking soda ‘sponge’ to capture carbon

Scientists in California are testing sponges made with the key ingredient of baking soda as ...

MPs to hold inquiry into local planning process

MPs have announced they will consider recommendations aimed at streamlining local planning processes. The local ...

Energy

Exxon takes ‘small step’ on climate

Exxon Mobil shareholders have rejected most proposals to increase reporting on climate change. But they ...

Pollution Water

Forty years of investment has improved Europe’s bathing water

The annual bathing water report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission ...

Review call over European GM crop ban

The ban on GM crops by European countries should be reassessed, the president of UK ...