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Concreting the countryside : In the News
Eco-towns plan undermined by official report
- Source: Financial Times
25th March 2009
Gordon Brown’s plans for a generation of 10 new “eco-towns” have been further undermined after their financial prospects were questioned for the first time by the government’s own advisers.
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Artificial trees and brightened clouds may help to cool us down
- Source: The Times
- 15th March 2009
Techniques for geo-engineering are coming under serious scrutiny as temperatures and CO2 emissions continue to rise
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House prices ‘could fall by further 55 per cent’
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 12th March 2009
House prices may fall by a further 55 percent and there is a "very real probability" that Britain will be bankrupted, a leading investment bank has warned in a private note to clients.
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Number of new homes ‘needs to more than double’ to meet population demand by 2031
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 11th March 2009
The number of new homes being built needs to more than double to meet population demand by 2031, official figures are likely to show today
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MPs criticise housing department
- Source: BBC News
- 4th March 2009
A major Whitehall department lacks the skills needed to put vital policies into operation, MPs have said.
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Build 100,000 affordable new homes in next two years, government told
- Source: The Guardian
- 23rd February 2009
Newly formed 2020 Group says building mroe homes would boost economy and save thousands of jobs
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Quarter of UK homes to be offered green makeover
- Source: The Guardian
- 9th February 2009
More than one in four homes in the UK will be offered a complete eco-makeover under ambitious plans expected to be announced this week to slash fuel bills and cut global warming pollution.
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Gordon Brown orders thousands of new council houses
- Source: The Times
- 30th January 2009
The biggest council house building programme since the 1950s was ordered by Gordon Brown yesterday as he urged town halls to rescue the construction industry and help to kick-start the economy.
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