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Government praise for Stroud District Council scheme to tackle flooding

An innovative Stroud District Council natural flood management scheme has been highlighted as an exemplary approach to flooding, in a £5.2 billion national Government strategy to tackle flooding. Stroud’s Rural Sustainable Drainage Project (Rural SuDs) was initiated by community groups after areas of Stroud were flooded in 2007 and 2012.…

Stroud District Labour Councillors Pledge to Run Carbon-Negative Election Campaign

Labour councillors and candidates up for election to Stroud District Council in May have pledged to make their election campaign carbon negative. ‘I don’t think this has been done before and I am really excited about it,’ said Labour leader Doina Cornell. ‘The idea came from a conversation with a…

The Javelin Park Incinerator

Mike Reeks, Professor Emeritus of Fluid Dynamics, Newcastle University, writes: I have recently become involved with emissions from incinerators. There are about 40 incinerators distributed about the country but the one that concerns us locally is the one currently under construction at Javelin Park. You may be aware that there…

Thursday 11th July — Land for the Many Report Launch

Stroud CLP Chair Gemma Jerome is hosting the Stroud launch of Labour’s Land for the Many Report on 11th July Where: Stroud Brewery When: Thursday 11th July at 7.30pm A new report, Land for the Many: Changing the way our fundamental asset is used, aims to ‘put land where it…

The Incinerator — A toxic legacy

It’s undergoing tests now, and scheduled to be fully operational sometime this year. So far its progress has been unstoppable, which in itself is some achievement – if a very dubious one – considering all the objections that have been levelled at it. For a start, Gloucestershire’s largest man-made landmark…

Alan Simpson – Transformation Moment

Alan Simpson – one of Labour’s leading thinkers on climate change and the environment came to Nailsworth to give a talk on 10th January on approaches to avoiding climate breakdown. You can find out more about Alan’s Eco House: Alan Simpson’s Eco House Alan has also put together a downloadable…

Gloucestershire County Council making cuts to local recycling services

From October 26th a number of recycling centres will be closed for one day every week. We believe this will cause inconvenience to people locally, will lead to increased incidents of fly-tipping as well as pushing recycling rates down. In addition, where Gloucestershire County Council is introducing these cuts to…