by Will Cottrell | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog
From Divest East Sussex – add your signature here Dear friends, With polls showing a sharp increase in public concern over the environment, Mark Rylance resigning from the Royal Shakespeare Company over its continued sponsorship by oil giant BP, and Theresa May...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog
Interesting from Environmental Finance: The combined total of all green and sustainability-linked loans issued to date has reached about $111.5 billion, according to figures compiled by Environmental Finance. The analysis reveals a market that exploded into action...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog
On 4th May the British Geological Survey (BGS) received more than 100 reports of an earthquake near Gatwick Airport. Measuring 2.5 on the Richter Scale, the tremor is the latest of 34 earthquakes in the area in the last 12 months. Oil company Horse Hill Developments...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog
Dear All, The call to action is in response to GTRailways (Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express) who have are now consulting on their £15m Community Benefit Fund which they have had to set-up to compensate for all the delays and disputes etc over the four years! The...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog
We recently received this in our inbox and thought it worth passing on… Dear Supporter Our campaign for the Local Electricity Bill continues to gain support in Parliament and across the country. If made law the Bill will give a huge boost to community-scale...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog
Great news! BEC recently polished off phase 1 of our solar schools programme: solar panels on five new educational buildings – including: – Woodingdean and Coldean Primary Schools (60kWp each) – Ore Valley College (250kWp) – and 240 panels the...
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