Environment News
16 February 2025 / 16 February 2025 by patrickvs
Parks in Worcester are set to undergo a makeover. This is thanks to a successful application for a Natural Networks grant by Worcester City Council, with the funding to be used to enhance green spaces and create wildlife-friendly habitats. As part of the project, council staff and volunteers have started planting various bulbs and shrubs […]
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6 February 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs
LIVE maps now show sewage being dumped in Worcestershire in ‘real time’ as city councillors call for an overhaul of how water companies work. The sewage map has gone live, showing the situation across the country, including in Worcestershire as Severn Trent Water comes under fire for having too much focus on ‘profits’. The map […]
Campaigns Environment News
29 January 2025 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs
Tom Collins, the Labour MP for Worcester, has been criticised by Worcester Green Party for voting against the reading of the Climate and Nature Bill in Parliament, a decision they have called ‘worrying and ‘irresponsible’. However, he said he and the Labour Party were committed to making the UK a ‘clean energy superpower’. The Climate and Nature […]
Environment
19 December 2024 / 14 February 2025 by patrickvs
City Councillors working to reduce incidents of fly-tipping in private alleyways say that they have had some recent success in removing it, but unfortunately, it is still happening. Karen Lewing and Hannah Cooper, Arboretum Ward city councillors, are keen to promote the ways in which residents can get rid of furniture and other large items […]
7 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs
AN additional £10,500 to tackle gulls has been given the final sign-off by city councillors. The spend, which will be used to fund three projects on top of Worcester City Council’s usual gull control work, was ratified by policy and resources committee on Tuesday (November 19). It had previously been agreed by the council’s environment […]
Environment News Uncategorised
27 November 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs
At time of writing, Worcester is experiencing its second flooding of the season. We have to face the reality that we are living in a climate emergency. The city council recognised this in July 2019 thanks to a motion proposed by my fellow Green councillor in St Stephen ward, Neil Laurenson. This means that urgent […]
