Your environment

• Pets’ Corner closes in bid to limit spread of bird flu

  26 November 2021

  3 minute read

  ABBEY Park’s Pets’ Corner has temporarily closed to the public as part of a nationwide bid to limit the spread of avian flu.

• Success for council’s bids for tree funding

  26 November 2021

  2 minute read

  MORE than 6,000 new trees are being planted in Leicester’s parks and open spaces this winter, thanks to two successful bids for funding.

• Leicester making good progress on cutting carbon, but still faces huge challenge

  10 November 2021

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER is making good progress in reducing its carbon footprint, but faces huge challenges in its new goal to become carbon neutral by 2030.

• Leicester schools make active travel pledges for COP26

  10 November 2021

  3 minute read

  FIVE Leicester secondary schools are marking the COP26 climate conference with pledges of their own to make a difference to their local environment.

• No need for planned clean air zone for buses and taxis, as air quality improves

  9 November 2021

  3 minute read

  MAJOR improvements to air quality in Leicester mean that plans to charge the most polluting vehicles to enter the city centre are no longer required.

• Leicester’s electric bus fleet to top 100 within three years thanks to new funding

  29 October 2021

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER is set to increase its fleet of zero emission, all-electric buses with almost 100 new vehicles over the next three years, it has been announced.

• Councils join forces to prevent waste this Halloween

  26 October 2021

  2 minute read

  COMMUNITIES across Leicester and Leicestershire are being urged to get involved to help prevent food and household waste this Halloween.

• Tree planting to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

  13 October 2021

  1 minute read

  A MAPLE tree will be planted at a Leicester school this week as part of plans to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

• Awards for city’s green-fingered volunteers

  4 October 2021

  2 minute read

  HORTICULTURAL volunteers across Leicester – whose projects and groups have thrived despite the challenges of the pandemic – have won Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) awards for their efforts.

• Schools rewarded for sustainable efforts

  1 October 2021

  3 minute read

  SCHOOLS across Leicester have received awards for their efforts to put environmental sustainability and locally-grown food at the heart of their work.

• Review for council’s tree strategy

  22 September 2021

  2 minute read

  A MAJOR plan that guides the management of Leicester’s ‘urban forest’ has been formally reviewed – two and a half years after it was first launched.

• Renewed environment and sustainability goals set out by council in revised policy

  22 September 2021

  2 minute read

  A KEY policy guiding Leicester City Council’s approach to protecting and improving the environment has been updated to reflect the city’s response to the climate emergency.