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Five towns and villages have the approval to proceed with the introduction of 20mph zones or speed limits. The town/parish councils for Langton Matravers, Bridport, Wimborne, Pimperne and Winfrith successfully applied to Dorset Council in 2023 for the new limits and zones. Residents gave their comments, support, or objections to the...
Bournemouth Borough Council spent just £5,718 fighting Corallian’s Colter Prospect oil appraisal well in Poole Bay, but spent over eleven times as much opposing a local wind farm proposal in the same bay – but over twice the distance from the shoreline. The figures were revealed through a Freedom of...
On Tuesday night, BCP Councillors used their last meeting before May’s elections to ask the Dorset Pension Fund, to move ‘all remaining energy investments in the pension fund to sustainable energy investments by the end of 2024’. Effectively this means, stop funding fossil fuels, go invest in renewables. Campaigners from...
During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, the new prime minister said he stands "by the manifesto" on fracking.The Conservative 2019 manifesto placed a moratorium on fracking in England following opposition from environmentalists and local communities. Mr Sunak's spokesman then explicitly confirmed he was reinstating the ban.Ms Truss lifted the ban...
A Dorset-based organic recycling specialist has won a multi-million-pound waste handling contract with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP). The exclusive four-year deal, with an option to extend to up to ten years, tasks Eco Sustainable Solutions with processing all the organic wastes generated in the BCP region. The annual amounts...
This new series will identify the incidents of destruction or deceit by corporations as they murder the planet for their balance sheets killing humanity and bio diversity. https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1420814960670740484?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/embed/zSaiwvHmAy8 If we do not reveal it they will just deny it: https://dorseteye.com/drill-baby-drill/ Revd Tim Hewes, 71, outside News Corp offices now: ‘I’ve sewn up my...
Plus...England's 13 dirtiest beaches are awarded 'Brown Flag Awards' Dorset is England's cleanest county for swimming in the sea, according to a new league table. Almost 90% of Dorset's beaches are rated as 'excellent' for clean water in summer, according to UK travel site Holiday Park Guru, which analysed Environment Agency data from hundreds of...
For me and the facts it is a no brainer. However, for some no brainers point more to the literal. Potty mouth? Lying adulterous corporate stooge? Taking the climate and Covid seriously: Douglas James If you like our content please keep us going for as little as £2 a month https://dorseteye.com/donate/
More research is needed into climate change leading to societal collapse or human extinction, researchers have said, warning such potentially catastrophic results are "dangerously unexplored". A team of international experts led by Cambridge University said not enough research had gone into the possible worst case scenario, despite "ample reasons to...
Caroline Dennett, from Weymouth, Dorset spent more than a decade as a safety consultant working with frontline employees at oil company Shell. What prompted her to make a very public resignation from working with the company and urging others to follow suit? The resignation email: Following this very public resignation the...