Environment feed - This Is Bristol

Fight goes on to save city's green and pleasant land

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT

City centre campaigners have pledged to fight on in their battle to protect precious green areas in the heart of Salisbury so that residents can enjoy them for generations to come.

Conran's kicking up a stink over slurry pit

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:59:00 GMT

World-famous designer Jasper Conran is trying to scupper a West farmer's plan to extend a "slurry lagoon" near his £8.5 million country mansion.

Plastic cow: Ideal for hen parties and stag nights…

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:21:00 GMT

She may be little more than 18 months old, but the Cadbury House cow has already had a very eventful life. Born in Scotland, she is now a popular face at the hotel in the North Somerset village of Congresbury and has even been known to enjoy a dance at wedding receptions and a few cheeky pints at the bar with guests.

Learning not to fly

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:11:00 GMT

Planned your summer break yet? Four out of five people are refusing to let the recession deter them from taking a holiday, saying they are essential rather than a luxury, according to a survey

Exciting Iron Age finds at proposed Somerset park-and-ride site

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT

From a possible Bronze Age sauna to a Roman farm, 3,000 years of history is emerging from the site of a planned park-and-ride scheme in one of Somerset's most exciting archaeological excavations.

Growing popularity of Stroud allotments sparks search for more plots

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT

A town has run out of allotment plots after a massive surge in residents wanting to grow their own food – which has even sent potential housing developments to the compost heap.

Time to join global action on climate change

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT

World Wildlife Fund is asking everyone to switch off their lights for an hour at 8.30pm this Saturday to show their support for global action on climate change.

Take 'feastarian' pledge and help fight climate change

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:30:00 GMT

If you are wondering if you should turn vegetarian to help combat climate change but can't bear to give up your Sunday roast 12-year-old Ruby Daniel and her father Dick can solve your dilemma.

We need a safe alternative to speed cameras, says MP

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Anxious MP Michael Wills yesterday called on council chiefs in Swindon to protect people living in or around one of the town's busiest roads when the speed cameras are controversially removed.

Rapid transit systems in £3bn funding bid

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:57:48 GMT

A £3 billion package of transport schemes aimed at cutting peak- time jams in the West have been submitted to the Government for funding.

West is choking on traffic fumes

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:14:00 GMT

Traffic fumes are regularly breaking EU safety limits in most West local authorities, the Western Daily Press can reveal. Average nitrogen dioxide levels were dangerously high last year in scores of cities, market towns and even villages. The pollutant can aggravate asthma and lung problems and usually goes hand in hand with particulate matter, which is linked to premature death in the elderly and ill.

Snow sweeps across region

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:57:48 GMT

Heavy snow brought chaos to South Somerset, Devon and Dorset, with dozens of schools closed, many trees brought down across roads and vehicles abandoned.

Road review sparked after 71 signs put up on A419

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:21:00 GMT

Transport chiefs are driving motorists to distraction after installing 71 road signs - in just half-a-mile of the A419 in Cirencester.

Bristol has so much to learn from Stockhom in 'green' sustainability quest

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:37:16 GMT

Few environmental campaigners will have been surprised at Bristol's failure to win the first (or even second) European Green Capital award – that honour went to Stockholm for 2010 and Hamburg for 2011.

Salisbury's giant square to be transformed

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT

A winning design has been unveiled, following a prestigious competition, to transform the West's largest medieval square in Salisbury into one of the grandest public open spaces in Europe.

So cute! Fergie's fantastic litter of 12 rare-breed piglets

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:18:50 GMT

A few years ago, there were thought to be only 50 kune kune pigs left in the world. Now, thanks to a new mum called Fergie, there are almost a quarter of that number in one pigsty in Wiltshire.

Growing calls to dual holiday route A303

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:51:28 GMT

Council leaders in North Dorset have joined the battle to improve nightmare conditions on the A303 South West holiday route, one of the region's most traffic-clogged roads.

Survey shunts Forest of Dean towns into Wales

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:22:59 GMT

Blundering environmental experts charged with providing a major report on the Severn Barrage for the Government have described two West towns as being in Wales.

Consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd are producing a report about harnessing the power of the river's tidal current and turning it into electricity.

Row over river use in Bath boils

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:06:30 GMT

The chairman of a river users' pressure group has accused council chiefs of turning a public consultation exercise on the future of Bath's waterways into a "frustrating and time-wasting farce".

Campaign against Gloucestershire waste incinerator grows

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:02:04 GMT

Companies bidding for a multi-million-pound waste contract with Gloucestershire County Council were greeted by disgruntled residents and campaigners.