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After COP21 – Community Energy in the global picture

26th December 2015

The enormous chipboard-and-canvas village has been dismantled and diplomats have caught up on long-deferred sleep. The COP21 summit in Paris was an intense period for tens of thousands of civil society activists too. Those making the trip from York included members of the Stockholm Environment Institute, Zero Carbon Yorkshire, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Global Justice

Tags: campaigning, climate change, international, politics

Cross party support for community renewables in York!

13th October 2015

York Council backed a motion last week which includes a pledge to: Work on a cross-party basis to ensure that policies are adopted which increase recycling, reduce carbon emissions, expand the use of renewable power generation, and support community energy projects The motion reiterated a pledge made by the Liberal Democrats before the May elections

Tags: council, policy, politics, study tour, york