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A consortium of oil and gas giants have chosen Teesside as the prime site to store millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide underground as part of “carbon capture, use and storage” (CCUS) project.    Up to 4,000 jobs are being touted to build the scheme – now dubbed “Net Zero Teesside” – to store...

New coastal footpath brings walkers closer to nature along the River Tees   A new coastal footpath has officially been opened running along the Tees estuary. Natural England launched the latest stretch of the England Coast Path, increasing access to the Tees Valley coastline with a new ten-mile route from Newport Bridge, Middlesbrough along...

TVNP were a new addition to this years Festival of Thrift on the 14th/15th September had. TVNP were the hosts of The World Cafe tent which along with our ‘World Cafe’ discussions had some great talks from ‘What Can Fashion Do for The Planet’ to What Do you Think About Zero Plastic?A big thank-you...

Prime Minister announces ambitious package of support to protect and restore the world’s forests   New funding to halt loss of and reverse the damage already done to the world’s mangroves and forests which are vital to protecting many species already so close to extinction. Read full article...

Confirmed: UK and Italy to host crucial COP26 UN climate summit The UK and Italy will jointly host next year’s crucial COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, it was confirmed yesterday (10th September). The UK government said countries around the world had officially given their backing to the UK and Italy’s bid to host...

UK BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS 2019 This is an update to the report on UK progress towards meeting the biodiversity goals and targets ‘the Aichi targets’ agreed in 2010. This is an update to the report on UK progress towards meeting the biodiversity goals and targets ‘the Aichi targets’ agreed in 2010. ENV09 – England biodiversity...

The government have produced information in a handy leaflet about changes that will happen to farming when we leave the EU. This includes phasing out direct payments and design of future schemes. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-farming-changes-to-farming-in-england...

Consultation outcome The government were seeking views on how they could improve the planning system in England to protect the environment (biodiversity net gain) and build places to live and work. They have now published the summary of responses and government response. The national LNP network, including TVNP submitted a joint response to this...

Request for volunteers to help warden Little terns This year the Little tern colony has relocated from Crimdon Dene to Seaton Carew and the ‘Little Tern Partnership’ is looking for volunteers to help with the wardening effort. Please consider offering to help safeguard this ‘jewel in the crown’ of the Tees Valley’s coastline. Breeding...

HM Government published the UK’s first Green Finance Strategy today. This document sets out steps to ensure that the financial services sector throughout the UK plays a positive role in ensuring the natural environment is protected and restored, alongside the ongoing challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Strategy says: “Through the publication of...

We are excited to announce the National Lottery Community Fund has awarded us £280,758 with a match from the five Tees Valley Local Authorities of £47,621. The funding over three years supports the delivery of our business plan and ensures a people-led approach to achieving our aims through –  raising the profile of the...

Today the government published the first the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report. The report records progress against the ten goals of the plan and finds that 90% of priority actions have been delivered or are on track for timely delivery. Key successes include: Preparing the first Environment Bill in over 20 years which...