'Super-dairy' with 3,770 cows triggers 14,000 planning objections
Guardian Unlimited | 13 Feb 2011
Protesters say cows should be in fields, but a dairy owner says they rarely are, and his giant project is the only way forward. For a small rural district council in Lincolnshire it has been quite a postbag - more than 14,000 complaints registered for one planning application. Not just from locals worried about traffic and noise, but from animals rights campaigners, environmentalists, MPs and even celebrities. All are furious at the notion of a "super dairy".
 England | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Industry | Livestock

Country diary: Straithnairn
Guardian Unlimited | 27 Jan 2011
Standing under the aspen trees that straddle this burn in our strath, I wondered at the varying shapes. Some trunks were straight while others were twisted but all, in the wintry landscape, seemed gaunt. With suckering the main means of reproduction, I thought the dozen or so trees I could see were possibly from the same roots system, ie they could be all the same tree which, with their varying profiles, seems to defy logic.
 Local Environment Initiatives | Local Issues

Opposition mounts against UK 'mega-dairy'
Guardian Unlimited | 11 Jan 2011
Opposition has intensified against plans to build a US-style "mega" dairy farm in Lincolnshire in the run-up to today's crucial deadline for comments on the controversial planning application. Over 72,000 individuals have signed an online petition opposing Nocton Dairies' plans for a 3,770-cow...
 England | Economy | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Health and Environment | Livestock | Local Environment Initiatives | Local Issues

Green shoots: Dusk and dawn
Guardian Unlimited | 05 Jan 2011
We asked for your photographs featuring winter wildlife at dawn and dusk, and you demonstrated that December is not necessarily a monochrome affair.
 England | Environmental Awareness | Education

A life less ordinary: Tobias Jones
Guardian Unlimited | 21 Nov 2010
In his Somerset wood, Tobias and family welcome their latest guests - Annabelle, Princess, Harriet Pig Pog and Ginger. But will they really be eating them in a year? We got a call a few days ago from Pilsdon, the community that – as regular readers will know – is very much the model for what we're...
 England | Local Environment Initiatives | Local Issues

Government Consults on National Park Governance
Environmental Protection UK | 16 Nov 2010
Defra is reviewing the governance arrangements of National Park Authorities (NPAs) via a consultation aimed at increasing local accountability. The stated purpose of the review is to explore ways in which governance of the NPAs can be made more effective and more responsive to local concerns and to consider the extent to which it is appropriate for different NPAs to have different organisational arrangements in place.
 United Kingdom | Biodiversity Conservation | Local Environment Initiatives | Local Issues | Participation | Protected Areas

Tuesday fringe picks - Ming in the house
Epolitix.com | 05 Oct 2010
Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell, his party colleague Danny Alexander and author Sir Terry Pratchett will be at Tory party fringes today. Tuesday begins with the British Chambers of Commerce event with Eric Pickles at 8 am. It will consider how local authorities and businesses can work together on renewal.
 England | Environmental Awareness | Education

Country diary: Peak District
Guardian Unlimited | 05 Sep 2010
In Norfolk I have long grown accustomed to a very patchy distribution in our local swallows. Much of the vernacular architecture has been converted into residences or otherwise made unsuitable for these barn-dwelling creatures. The more pervasive use of insecticides in our arable county has also...
 England | Local Environment Initiatives

It's time to get on your bike
The Independent | 30 Mar 2010
As the organisers of next month's Walk To Work Week (April 26-30) and Bike Week (June 19-27) get in some serious training, even the most hardened motorist is running out of excuses not to boycott rising fuel prices and go green.
 United Kingdom | Initiatives | Local Environment Initiatives | Public Transport

Pair raise £800,000 to save farm
BBC | 30 Jun 2006
A brother and sister raise enough money to save the organic farm their family has run for 100 years.
 Local Environment Initiatives | Local Issues | Organic Farming