…. In Blackburn with Darwen, most of our emissions come from industry, domestic (household) energy use, and transport emissions. Council emissions We have direct control over about 1 to 2% of the emissions in our borough. Our emissions are mainly from gas and electricity, for heating and lighting our buildings and streetlights. Even though we only have direct control over 1 to 2% of emissions in the borough, we…
… and clean Invest in clean energy and efficiency to reduce council and household use and waste Travelling lightly To reduce emissions from transport and promote active travel Capture more carbon To promote natural carbon trees (for example, tree planting on council and privately owned land); to work with residents to raise awareness on actions to take and promote climate change; to actively lobby…