Severn Trent boss paid £3.2m despite rise in sewage spills 14 July 2025 / 14 July 2025 by Chris White The boss of Severn Trent took home a pay package of £3.3m in salary and bonuses last year despite overseeing a jump in sewage spills and customer complaints. Full Story Telegraph Does this make any sense? Read more » Pollution Water Pollution
National Active Travel Network launched at Active City York 4 July 2025 / 4 July 2025 by Chris White Twelve of England’s regional mayors have signed up to a plan to create a National Active Travel Network that is backed by the Department for Transport and Active Travel England. Full Story Source TransportXtra Read more » Active Transport Pollution
UK oil and gas sites among world’s most polluting energy facilities 18 June 2025 / 18 June 2025 by Chris White Source Environmental Journal A groundbreaking report has ranked the most damaging fossil fuel production infrastructure on the planet. Conducted by SkyTruth, the analysis looks at offshore oil an gas facilities. Using satellite technology, persistent oil slicks, greenhouse gas emissions, and methane flaring have all been taken into account in a map of previously overlooked and […] Read more » CO2 Gas Oil Pollution
Tewkesbury Climate Scorecard results 2025 17 June 2025 / 17 June 2025 by Chris White While the Council has made progress in some areas, it has performed poorly, and in some cases disastrously when it comes to transport and tackling pollution. Maybe questions need to be asked of the Council and what their plan actually is to improve the situation! Do the NO2 levels in a significant proportion of neighbourhoods […] Read more » Active Transport Pollution Roads Transport
BREAKING: Report Reveals Hidden Costs of Incineration 2 June 2025 / 2 June 2025 by Chris White With the support of UKWIN (UK Without Incineration Network) Community R4C has published a powerful new report exposing the true cost of Gloucestershire County Council’s incinerator contract at Javelin Park. Rather than saving money, the incinerator has already cost £42 million more than landfill – and the worst may still be ahead. The main conclusions […] Read more » Pollution Waste
Latest News from GCC and Greener Gloucestershire 16 April 2025 by Chris White April and May 2025 Events Tab Read more » Gloucestershire County Council Greener Gloucestershire Pollution
Tewkesbury Garden Communities – Progress Update December 2024 9 April 2025 / 9 April 2025 by Chris White TGC 2024 progress Report which was presented at the Engagement sessions recently. There is a lot of useful information that readers may find interesting, particularly regarding housing, industrial units, and job creation. The document also includes sections on housing developments already in the pipeline that make use of GC land. However, it’s disappointing to see […] Read more » Active Transport Flooding Homes Pollution Tewkesbury Borough Council Tewskesbury Green Party
A Nature Recovery Strategy for Gloucestershire 4 April 2025 / 4 April 2025 by Chris White Source GCC “Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) has been named by the government as the responsible body for producing a new and first Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for the county. This will largely be done through the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership (GLNP) and its members with involvement of a wide range of stakeholders across Gloucestershire. A draft version […] Read more » Climate Nature Pollution
Spring statement ‘changes course’ but risks leaving net zero behind 28 March 2025 by Chris White Read more » Net Zero Pollution
BIG PLANS: Go-ahead for second phase of shops at Cotswold Designer Outlet – Despite Concerns 31 January 2025 / 31 January 2025 by Chris White https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/go-ahead-for-second-phase-of-shops-at-cotswold-designer-outlet Read more » Outlet Parking Pollution Tewkesbury Borough Council