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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Campaigners say BCP Council is “all mouth and no trousers” as they marked the second anniversary since the Council declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency with a colourful and occasionally noisy march through Bournemouth town centre on Saturday. Climate activists from a number of different groups including Extinction Rebellion, Friends...
Due to the levels of waste collection staff having to self-isolate and lack of agency workers available nationally, BCP Council has been forced to suspend garden waste collection for the next week. The decision affects all green waste collections in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and comes into effect from Monday....
Yes, we should rake over the coals. And the oil, and the gas. Democratic accountability means remembering who helped to stoke the climate crisis. We should hold the fossil fuel companies to account. In 1979, an internal study by Exxon concluded that burning carbon fuels “will cause dramatic environmental effects before the...
Our rivers and seas are being transformed into open sewers by greedy business and useless governments. What’s remarkable is not that a water company knowingly and deliberately poured billions of litres of raw sewage into the sea to cut its costs. What’s remarkable is that the Environment Agency investigated and...
A moon "wobble" will contribute to an increase in severe flooding in the mid-2030s, NASA has warned. The moon's orbit, which affects the Earth's tides, has a natural "wobble" every 18.6 years that causes extremely high and low tides.In a new study, published by Nature Climate Change, NASA's Sea Level...
When looking at information involving global warming, many might find the data misleading or inaccurate. The internet is a vessel for the sharing of incorrect information, including global warming. This revelation can make people entirely disregard information that is accurate and truthful. With that being said, our extensive amount of research...
Green spaces across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are benefitting from an increase in biodiversity due to BCP Council’s change in grass management. Areas of grass have been cut less frequently this year allowing an abundance of wildflowers to thrive across the conurbation. This trial was agreed by Cabinet last year...
The Mayor of Poole Cllr Julie Bagwell was among the guests at a celebratory open weekend at Eagles Mount Green Community in Poole. The green community providing residential and assisted living care at a site in Birds Hill Road held an afternoon tea party weekend from 25 – 27 June. Not...
Improved greener travel options linking Bournemouth and Christchurch with the installation of new and upgraded cycle paths and footpaths though Kings Park is set to get underway. The work, which will also include improved lighting and signage, and the installation of a new crossing on Harewood Avenue, is due to...
Journeys made on foot, by bike and scooter during Sustrans Big Pedal event could have created 1,600kg of CO2 and 31kg of NOx if pupil’s journeys to school had been made in cars. The walking and cycling charity Sustrans’ Big Pedal event saw over 4,900 children take part in Dorset...