Month: January 2021

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OPINION: Unless drastic action is taken over the next nine years melting Arctic and Antarctic ice caps will be more than a newspaper front page

Although many family cycling shops stayed open during the latest lockdown, the Scottish Government should ensure funding is available for small cycle firms to be set up easily and cycle training courses reskill people who have lost their jobs as the pandemic obliterated our high streets.

Online petition calls for BBC News to install permanent Climate Crisis tab on front page

BBC News chiefs are facing mounting pressure to do more to promote coverage of the climate crisis including installing a permanent tab on its home page. The public broadcaster is subject of a petition on the change.org website which quickly gathered more than 1000 + names soon after launch. Appealing for support, organisers said: “The …

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WATCH: Paris Mayor’s vision to turn Champs-Élysées into €250 million eco garden

Perhaps not before time, but finally Anna Hidalgo the Mayor of Paris has given her assent to turn the city of Paris into one of the most beautiful tree lines gardens in the world. She has given the go-ahead for plans to be progressed that would see the 1.9km (1.2m) champs-élysées become a green space …

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