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Bar chart showing 2020 pollution incidents per 10,000km2 for the nine privatised water companies in England

South West Water misses pollution targets for tenth year running

Environment Agency says regional company’s performance “drags down the whole sector’s reputation” as report places it at bottom of annual assessment league table while company pays out millions in shareholder dividends.

Harlequins revised redevelopment scheme illustrative elevation

Harlequins developer plans to scrap hotel to build second “co-living” block on shopping centre site

Existing planning approval will be factor in decision to return to earlier, rejected, vision which would mean 383 studios and ‘cluster flat’ rooms along Paul Street.

Extinction Rebellion climate activist Imogen May

Environmental activist Imogen May defiant after second liability order for non-payment of council tax

Extinction Rebellion demonstrated at Exeter Law Courts in support of Crediton lone parent who has withheld council tax for two years in protest over government climate crisis inaction.

Kinder Exeter community festival on Cathedral Green

Kinder Exeter community festival brings compassion and colour to city centre

Week-long event bringing artists, academics, students and communities together for online and outdoor activities was first of planned annual festivals facilitated by Maketank artists’ collective.

District heating network diagram

South West Exeter district heating network plan abandoned

Property developers refuse to back scheme despite local authorities committing £7.3 million to project to supply 2500 new homes with waste heat from Marsh Barton incinerator, Exeter’s largest single source of carbon emissions.

Interim Devon Carbon Plan consultation responses net zero target date preferences

Devon Carbon Plan consultation finds majority want net zero by 2030

Devon Climate Emergency Response Group questions whether 2030 “realistic” and suggests “palatable” compromise while only 13% of consultees support UK government’s 2050 target.

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