Environment

Building of an incinerator in Fenland is underway with the German-based company behind the burner announcing a Swiss firm as the main contractor.

Construction has officially begun on the new Green Skills Academy at the College of West Anglia’s (CWA) Wisbech campus.

A retired teacher has been doing his bit for the environment and road safety collecting discarded nitrous oxide canisters littering our verges.

A Cambridgeshire farming leader said the family farm tax poses a major threat to national food security and the rural economy.

Cambridgeshire County Council has hit back at claims by MP Steve Barclay that cash given by the Wisbech incinerator developer will not go locally.

Fenland residents can now make their homes warmer and save on energy bills with grant funding.

Consultation is currently running on an application by the Port of Wisbech for a bespoke permit to store up 75,000 tonnes of baled waste a year.

A Fenland village can look forward to having more space to play football following a decision to expand its playing field.

Two volunteers who give up weekends to litter pick along the A17 say they are ‘gobsmacked’ after being told to stop looking after two major laybys.

Villagers have welcomed news that plans for an asphalt plant have been turned down.

The Fens Reservoir was mentioned as part of Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to deliver the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor announced yesterday.

A local contractor has called a halt to work on the proposed site for the Wisbech incinerator and has said they will do no more.

Plans to increase the cost of collecting bulky rubbish items could cause more countryside fly-tipping, councillors have said.

Villagers have welcomed news that plans for an asphalt plant have been turned down.

Plans to site a battery energy storage system at a 118-hectare solar farm have been submitted.

Children from six schools in the Fenland area met for a conference focused on renewable energy and saving our planet.

Hopes of a community orchard for March have been “scuppered” by Fenland Council’s decision to build a skate park on the chosen site.

MP Steve Barclay has blasted the Environment Agency for its “inadequate, last-minute response” to his calls for answers over a pollution incident.

Campaigners fighting a mega-incinerator in Wisbech have tentatively welcomed new rules announced by the Government to limit new waste burners.

Anglian Water has received its Final Determination from the water industry regulator in response to its £11bn plan proposed for the next five years.