Published on September 5, 2022 at 2:45 pm
Rossendale Council in partnership with the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, have held a climate change business breakfast event – Destination Net-Zero.
27 businesses from across all industries and sectors attended the event to find out more about how they can reduce their carbon footprint and ways to reduce their soaring energy bills.
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Published on July 20, 2022 at 11:12 am
Rossendale Council is undertaking a public consultation on the Climate Change Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).
The document includes how new developments in Rossendale can best adapt to climate change, focusing on sustainable and active transport, energy efficiency and renewables, water interventions, biodiversity and Green Infrastructure. Cllr Adrian Lythgoe, Portfolio Holder for Operations and Climate Change said: “Climate change is a significant issue that requires urgent action.
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Published on June 22, 2022 at 9:08 am
Rossendale Council has won a regional Public Sector PR award in recognition of the Rossendale Forest initiative.
The council were announced as the winners of the category at the PRCA DARE Awards 2022(North West) ceremony in Manchester.
The winning Public Sector Award focused on the Rossendale Forest project and the impact it’s had in just a few short months.
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Published on March 16, 2022 at 10:01 am
Rossendale Council are asking for volunteers for the last push to plant the remaining 1000 trees of the Rossendale Forest initiative.
Rossendale Forest, the council’s tree planting initiative to plant a tree for every child in the borough over the next three years- that’s 16,000 trees – has successfully planted more than 6,000 trees since the start of the year.
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