< Kent community activism news

Kent community activism news/2007-2019

Attribution: Paul Graham Morris

This page brings together news 2007-2019, from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Kent.

2017, 2012-2016, 2007-2011

2018-2019

2019

  • Folkestone & Hythe District Council commit to a one-year glyphosate phase out period trialling alternatives. Nov[1]
  • Dover District Council's Cabinet has acknowledged the serious impact of climate change globally and agrees there is a need for urgent action – and has today agreed to recommend that Full Council declares a Climate Change Emergency. Nov 4[2]
  • Green Belt: the development pressure ramps up again.[3] Feb 4
  • Whitstable named first plastic free town in Kent by conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage, Jan 11...[4]

2018

  • Free Library chance as Penenden Heath expands, Mar 1, 2018...[5]
  • We could build more than a million homes on brownfield land… so why aren't we? Feb 28, 2018...[6]
  • Mum's war on plastic waste, Jan 25, 2018...[7]

References

2017

  • Farthingloe Valley saved as CPRE Kent wins battle in Supreme Court, Dec 6...[1]
  • CPRE Kent challenges Maidstone Local Plan, Nov 29[2]
  • Canterbury: Locations sought for electric charge points, Nov 24[3]
  • CPRE Kent welcomes Medway Council attack on proposed housing hike, Oct 26[4]
  • Kent targeted to take huge housing hit, Sep 27[5]
  • Shop local – you can't afford not to, May 3[6]
  • New seeds of growth for Kent Sheds project, Feb 6[7]
  • KCC wins cash for cyclists, Jan 30[8]

References

2012-2016

2016

  • Maidstone joins the Little Free Library revolution![1]
  • Night blight and dark skies – new maps launched, Jun 13[2]

2015

  • Free WiFi for all Kent libraries, October 28, 2015...[3]

2014

  • LED streetlights will save energy and taxpayer money, December 16
  • Men grow wellbeing with Parkwood community allotment project, June 4
  • Environmentalists and conservationists from across Kent discuss ways to protect bees alongside the county's roads, railways and rivers at a special summit organised by Kent County Council, May 9[4]

2013

  • Fracking in Kent? The Public Say No! September 27[5]

2012

  • Oaken Wood Public Inquiry begins - could set precedent on ancient woodland protection across England, November 22...[6]
  • Any airport development in the Thames Estuary would be catastrophic for fragile ecosystems and wildlife, warns Kent Wildlife Trust which is prepared to fight any proposals[7] January 24

References

2007-2011

2011

  • Kent case opens door to wider destruction of UK's richest wildlife habitat, May 10.[1] Woodland Trust urges Government to call in Kent County Council approval for quarry extension into ancient Oaken Wood

2010

  • World's largest offshore wind farm opens off Kent, 23 September...[2]

2009

  • E.ON reveals Kingsnorth kicked into long grass, Oct 8...[3]
  • Sustainable Communities Act - Kent gets it so wrong, Stuart Jeffery,[4] July 29

2007

  • Greenpeace reaction to Gordon Brown's speech: "Gordon Brown talked about being a world leader in green technology but put no flesh on the bones of how to get there. After ten years we're still at the bottom of most league tables when it comes to renewable energy. If he really does mean business he should stand up now and declare that there will be no new coal fired power stations like the one proposed at Kingsnorth in Kent." John Sauven[5] September 24
  • Greenpeace calls on Medway Council to ditch plans for a controversial new coal power station in Kent,[6] September 12

References

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