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The effect of artificial light on nature
Retail & Consumer
The world's artificial light has profound, but generally unquantified, effects on wildlife, especially airborne wildlife such as birds, bats and insects.
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A38 in Birmingham goes green
Economic Development
Vegetation placed on guardrail down centre of key route into Birmingham in a bid to counter rising pollution levels
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Energy on the Coalition backburner
Opinion
It has to be said it's galling to see one of the Coalition parties hijack the "Great Charter of the Liberties" for political gain, when the Government's record on legal aid "reform" has seen justice disgracefully denied for many vulnerable people.
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Enjoy a daily free concert with the Dawn Chorus
Retail & Consumer
Nature's bounty takes many forms. In spring one of those is the exuberant and mellifluous outpouring of bird song in the few hours after sunrise.
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Twelve West Midlands companies win Queen's Award for Enterprise
Economic Development
Jaguar Land Rover and Midcounties Co-op among the successful dozen which have been recognised for the innovation, sustainability and international trade
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Energy firm Big60Million launches £20m bond scheme to attract investment in Warwickshire solar farms
Banking & Finance
The initiative has been launched by community benefit energy company Big60Million and includes an £8.6 million offer for Atherstone Solar Farm and a £6 million offer for the Southam Solar Farm
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West Bromwich neighbourhood nature
Retail & Consumer
Late afternoons have always echoed to the 'chuck, chuck, chuck' calls of the jackdaws as they fly low over the gardens, returning from their days foraging, to their cosy chimneys to roost.
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Interserve gets go-ahead for new regional headquarters in Solihull
Economic Development
The firm has been given approval to demolish an unoccupied office block near Birmingham International station and replace it with a five-story triangular shaped building
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It's the fracking noise they're worried about
Opinion
The issues in Lancashire seem to have boiled down to simpler planning considerations around an increase in local traffic and night-time noise.
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Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co team advises Primrose Solar on solar farm acquisition
Professional Services
The acquisition, from Gamma Solutions, takes Primrose's portfolio to ten solar farms, representing 184 MW of total capacity, all either operating or under construction
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Can you enjoy local greenspace?
Retail & Consumer
The natural world is fundamental to our existence, and underpins all economic activity.
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Beavers living on a Devon river are allowed to stay
Retail & Consumer
Natural England has decreed that the beavers living on a Devon river can stay.
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Innovation Birmingham hunts climate change pioneers
Enterprise
Latest €400,000 programme launches to find green stars to develop services and products to be at the forefront of climate change
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Birmingham named one of world's most sustainable cities
Economic Development
The Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index places city above the likes of New York, Tokyo and Rome
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Peter Shirley: Nature is nothing if not impatient
Retail & Consumer
This year the very mild weather leading up to New Year meant that many flowers were blooming over Christmas, and there was early bud burst on some shrubs and trees.
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National plan to reduce the grey squirrel population
Retail & Consumer
Policy and Action the Government is trying once more to reduce the grey squirrel population to protect both trees and red squirrels.
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Andrew Whitehead: It's beginning to look a lot like biomass
Opinion
Drax Power is the operator of the second largest coal power station in Europe, and has an ambitious corporate strategy, based on gradually converting a number of its generating units to become predominantly a biomass-fuelled power generator reliant on wood pellets in place of coal.
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National Planning Policy Framework School Report: 48% Could do much better
Opinion
The media is alive with the sound of planning policy again as the Communities and Local Government Select Committee publishes its report looking into the operation and impact of the National Planning Policy Framework.
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Peter Shirley: Evergreen plants for the festive period
Retail & Consumer
Peter Shirley takes us through the evergreen plants that have played a part in winter celebrations for thousands of years.
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Peru Climate Change conference - limited actions but acronyms aplenty
Opinion
This latest climate change get-together in Peru has been criticized for its carbon intensity; countless air miles and hotels, fleets of buses to drive everyone around and diesel generators to power the conference venue.
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Call to tackle Birmingham's pollution problems
Economic Development
Data gathered from testing sites shows that the worst reading recorded at Birmingham’s Tyburn Road was 111 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide in each cubic metre
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Peter Shirley: The funding roundabout in West Midlands parks
Retail & Consumer
When reduced budgets are imposed it is natural for councils to look first at cutting such discretionary activities, in order to protect those they are legally required to do.
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Iconic British brands thrive and drive forward on global stage
Economic Development
Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is sponsoring the manufacturing category at this year's Birmingham Post Business Awards. Here, the car giant looks back at a period of incomparable success
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Improvements to the international protection for wildlife
Retail & Consumer
In distant Quito in Ecuador governments, including ours through the EU, have been meeting to improve international protection for wildlife.
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