Environment news
City of Nature Plan must be accepted by Cabinet to meet Â鶹ÊÓƵ's net-zero carbon target
Â鶹ÊÓƵ will be recommending, on 8 February, that its Cabinet approves a 25-year City of Nature Plan to change the way it manages its parks, for environmental health recovery.
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Hydrogen buses coming to Â鶹ÊÓƵ next Spring
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has purchased 20 new hydrogen double decker buses as part of their Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot.
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Statement regarding Car Free Day
Below is a statement from the council regarding the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Car Free Day event due to take place on 22 September:
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ climate taskforce announced
A taskforce is being set up to draw up an action plan setting out how Â鶹ÊÓƵ will tackle climate change and become carbon neutral by 2030.
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Car Free School Streets are coming to Â鶹ÊÓƵ
A pioneering scheme that closes roads around schools to motorised traffic for up to an hour at the start and end of the school day is being piloted in Â鶹ÊÓƵ from this September.
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Joint statement from Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Leeds City Council regarding Clean Air Zone delays
The introduction of the UK’s first Clean Air Zones is to be significantly postponed due to a Government delay in delivering digital systems required to make the zones operational and enforceable.
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Mother and son sentenced for animal cruelty
A Â鶹ÊÓƵ mother and son have been sentenced after causing unnecessary suffering to an English bull mastiff which was found in a condition described by magistrates as ‘horrific’.
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Government approval for Â鶹ÊÓƵ Clean Air Zone plans
Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s plan for a Clean Air Zone to help tackle the problem of air pollution in the city has received Government approval.
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Council to consult on Clean Air Strategy for Â鶹ÊÓƵ
Cabinet is set to agree the launch of a consultation seeking the city’s input into a wide-ranging strategy to help deliver cleaner air across the whole of Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
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Council publishes Full Business Case for Â鶹ÊÓƵ Clean Air Zone
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has published its final proposals for a Clean Air Zone to help tackle the problem of air pollution in the city.
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Hall Green fly-tipping incident costs man his van
A Tipton man who was linked to a fly-tipping case in Hall Green earlier this year has been ordered to pay £3,620 and to forfeit his van by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Magistrates’ Court.
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Clean Air Zone consultation plans to go before Cabinet
Cabinet is being asked to give the go-ahead for the council to consult on plans to reduce air pollution in Â鶹ÊÓƵ and protect the health of those who live and work in the city.
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Cleaner cabs project scoops National Air Quality Award
A pioneering project to retrofit Hackney carriages in Â鶹ÊÓƵ with cleaner, greener LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) engines has won a national award.