Including the closely related terms electricity usage, and energy.
… - Boosted local economy Retrofitting homes - by improving energy efficiency and upgrading to renewables, making them warmer and less dependent on dirty, expensive energy. - Reduced energy bills - Increased energy security and independence - Warmer, healthier homes - Alleviation of fuel poverty - Less demand on healthcare services Enhancing biodiversity - through planting trees…
… development to be low carbon. Until new national policies are put in place to tackle climate change, we are limited in what we can achieve. Our spheres of influence Spheres of influence represent the levels of control we have over emissions reduction for the council and the wider area. Our Scope 1 and 2 emissions, primarily from our vehicle fleet, and gas and electricity usage in our council…
…, such as cleaner air, warmer homes and greener jobs. I am proud of the work we have already achieved in reducing our carbon footprint by 17% since 2018. This includes £4m of redevelopment and investment at Fleetwood Market, installing heat pumps and solar panels for renewable energy, as well as a new roof and many other insulation measures. The council have transitioned our fleet over to new HVO biofuel…
… 6 Introduction “If we don't act now, it'll be too late." David Attenborough Climate change is our greatest threat. The use of dirty fossil fuel energy has been releasing heat-trapping gases into our atmosphere, forming a thick blanket of pollution around the earth. This is causing our planet to rapidly overheat, impacting our weather systems and causing irreversible damage…
… by burning fossil fuels to create energy. This has released vast amounts of polluting greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. These gases are named this way because they act like a greenhouse, by trapping heat from the sun. This causes the planet to overheat and threaten our livelihoods. The more of these polluting gases we release, the more the earth warms up, causing more problems for people…