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These are cycle lanes in South Korea. We could do this in roads with a large enough central reservation

This is from Sefton Councils latest newsletter.

They’ve got a real nerve as they decided that a nebulous commercial development, which isn’t even planned yet, was more important than a new wind turbine which would have reduced their own carbon emissions.

Two years of development costing over £140k of the City Regions funds all down the drain for a development which might never happen, and which couldn’t hope to be green.

That’s not taking action on climate change!

From BBC Radio Merseyside Tues 2nd April. Southport Community Energy directors share their disappointment after the collapse of the replacement wind turbine project at the eco-centre in Southport.

What makes this failure even more disappointing is, the project was started by Sefton Council, on land owned by Sefton Council and the primary beneficiaries would have been Sefton Council and Southport's Community. The project supported Sefton Council's stated climate policy and Sefton Council officers attended all the project team meetings over the two year project timeline.

Sefton Council were fully aware that we were funding the project using public money, they should have been smart enough to realise that their decision to ignore their own climate policies and sink the project, would be seen as a waste of public funds.

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https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/how-to-reduce-bird-bat-deaths-wind-turbines/

Research finds wind turbines are threatening bird and bat populations — but experts have some incredibly simple solutions One solution for helping birds avoid wind turbines sounds almost too simple to be real: painting one blade per turbine black.

If you're looking to cast your vote for the climate, you need to look at what they do when in power, not at what they say.

Sefton goes surfing - but clean energy loses out Plus: a victory for Sefton Park and a street art celebration in Toxteth

From the speech today: “Starmer will announce local power plans as part of GB Energy, a publicly owned clean energy company, under which residents would benefit from about 20,000 community energy projects such as small-scale wind and solar farms and heat generation schemes, giving them cheaper bills and so – Labour hopes – a stake in the developments.”

Surely this would be relevant to the wind turbine?

This is an interesting read

US coal plant closure emphasises health benefits of cleaner air Decrease in hospital visits for heart problems shows impact could be greater than previously thought

This is why we are attempting to replace the wind turbine in the Eco Park
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/meet-bristol-community-who-built-8643853

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/02/rishi-sunak-scotland-north-sea-drilling-carbon-capture-we-reject-both

Rishi Sunak came to Scotland offering more North Sea drilling and carbon capture. We reject both | Mary Church The PM clearly hasn’t grasped the opposition to his climate denial or the extent to which big oil has alienated people here, says Mary Church, head of campaigns for Friends of the Earth Scotland

https://www.designboom.com/technology/artificial-bird-nests-nearshore-wind-farm-hornsea-3-kittiwakes-orsted-red7marine-07-24-2023/

artificial nests on wind farm provide home to endangered birds & produce electricity at once Ørsted and Red7Marine find endangered kittiwakes a home Offshore wind farm maker Ørsted and marine engineer Red7Marine have teamed up and successfully installed three nearshore artificial nesting structures along the East Coast of England to provide a home to endangered Kittiwakes and other fligh...

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/trailblazing-energy-plan-radically-change-8625067

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-hops-germany-east-africa-bavaria-b2379825.html

Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade. A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process

Another local community initiative - seems to be the way forward rather than relying on Governments to act:

VIDEO : Two small Sicilian islands test decentralised green energy VIDEO : In this latest episode of Smart Regions, we find out how the islands of Favignana and Lampedusa are exploring the BloRin model of producing, sharing, and selling solar energy.

https://www.energylivenews.com/?p=305540

UK wind trumps gas and nuclear power - Energy Live News Preliminary statistics show that UK wind farms had a significant presence in UK electricity generation over the weekend

Seaside towns and wind power go together

Locals in this British seaside town could revolutionise green energy – if the government lets them | Rebecca Willis Voters want climate action but don’t trust politicians to do it. Could projects like a Whitehaven windfarm be the answer?, says Rebecca Willis, a professor in energy and climate governance at Lancaster University

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/costing-the-earth/id354108693?i=1000587152388

‎Costing the Earth: Community Energy on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Costing the Earth, Ep Community Energy - 22 Nov 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/16/top-uk-energy-firms-to-warn-rishi-sunak-dont-back-off-green-agenda

Top UK energy firms to warn Rishi Sunak: ‘Don’t back off green agenda’ More than 100 companies are set to send a letter to the PM voicing fears about the disastrous effects of Britain’s overreliance on gas

https://www.energylivenews.com/2023/07/14/solar-and-wind-to-supply-over-a-third-of-global-power-by-2030/

Solar and wind to supply over a third of global power by 2030 - Energy Live News Solar and wind energy are expected to supply over a third of the world's electricity by 2030, generating an estimated 14,000TWh, three to four times higher than 2022 levels, according to a report

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/13/scottish-windfarm-built-in-1995-to-be-repowered-with-new-turbines

Scottish windfarm built in 1995 to be ‘repowered’ with new turbines ScottishPower expects Hagshaw Hill to produce five times as much energy with half the turbines by early 2025

Community information event.

We are delighted to share our plans with you and receive your feedback.

Please drop in to the Atkinson, Studio Space, June 28th anytime between 12 noon and 8pm.

Have you got your programme for the 101st Ainsdale Show yet?
It’s packed with information about classes you can enter, the entry form and all the arena events for Saturday 1 July.

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📣 Calling Ainsdale.
We need your help for our 101st Ainsdale Summer Show. Come along to our meeting at 7pm on Thursday 15 June at the Methodist Church hall to find out more.
Just an hour would help on any of these days.
Thursday 29June
Friday 30 June
Saturday 1 July
Please contact us if you can give a little bit of your time. Thank you.

Making community generation more viable!

COMING SOON 📢

Winter 2023 - Ecotricity's grid scale battery storage 🔋

This exciting new project is underway at our wind park in Alveston, and will go live later this year. It's a circa 10MW project which shares the same grid connection as the windmills, ensuring optimum use of the grid 🤩

We'll keep you updated with our progress here but make sure to follow our founder, Dale Vince , for updates on all things green too!

Tree planting is a very important way to contribute to reducing climate change.
Please respond to the Sefton Climate Action Group survey, we need your input.

The survey is up and running and at the time of writing we have 80 responses. We have extended the deadline into April as it is taking longer than planned to get the word out to all corners of Sefton. See below for how you can help…
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Where would you like to see trees planted in Sefton? Here at Sefton Climate Action we want to get more trees planted in the local community and we need your help to identify where these trees could be planted. Why are we gathering this information? Sefton Climate Action has been in communication with Mersey Forest and One Vision Housing (OVH) to discu...

Wow, this breakthrough should also vastly increase the viability and value of Wind, Solar are hopefully Tidal power solutions.

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