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Council given go-ahead for borough-wide smoke control area
- A smoke control area will cover all of Reading borough from 1 December
- Expanded scheme will help improve air quality and protect residents’ health
Report looks into January flooding in Reading
- Persistent heavy rain and Storm Henk downpours main causes of flooding in January 2024
- 24 Reading properties affected by flooding around Thames, Kennet and Holy Brook
- 36% of January’s total recorded rainfall came down within a 12-hour period
Reading festival organisers working together on groundbreaking environmental initiative
- Reading taking part in important national Green Events Code of Practice pilot
- Organisers of Reading Festival, Readipop, East Reading Festival and Reading Pride among those attending local workshop
Council secures £4.7m funding for town’s first battery electric bus fleet
- Zero-emission electric double deck buses will run on routes 17 & 21
- Funding will allow installation of charging infrastructure at Reading Buses depot
- Investment will help reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality
Above target for tree planting with the help of some friends
- Council plants more than 400 trees across the borough during the autumn and winter
- Residents and volunteers help with planting at community orchard in Whitley
Council officially accredited as a Carbon Literate organisation
- Council certified bronze level five months into Carbon Literacy training programme
- Accreditation demonstrates Council’s commitment to genuine low carbon action
Five-year anniversary of Reading declaring climate emergency
- Good progress made by the borough and Council but still much more to be done
- Call for all residents, communities, organisations and businesses to pull together to achieve net zero Reading by 2030
Plans for six new bus lanes recommended for approval
- New bus lane proposals to be considered at Council committee meeting
- Schemes aim to make bus journeys even faster and more reliable
- Council committed to improving environment and air quality for Reading residents
Have your say on plans to tackle air pollution in Reading
- Consultation launched on Reading’s Air Quality Action Plan 2024-29
- Reading’s air quality is improving but some areas are still above pollution targets
- Measures in the plan to benefit people’s health, the environment and quality of life
Reading makes global environmental A List for third successive year
- Reading one of only 119 towns and cities in the world to make CPD A List 2023
- Only 26 UK authorities achieve A status in the ‘gold standard’ of environmental reporting
- Call for Reading residents, businesses and organisations to help keep up the momentum
Reading cuts carbon emissions by 51% and Council reduces own carbon footprint by 74%
- Reading achieves eighth largest reduction in carbon emissions in the country since 2005
- Reading Borough Council cuts its own carbon footprint by 74% in 14 years
- Council achieves target to reduce fossil fuel use by 50% two years early
- Call for Reading residents, businesses, communities and organisations to re-double efforts to reach net zero by 2030
Over 200 Reading residents to save money through Council solar initiative
- 239 residents set to have solar panels installed in most cost effective way
- Over 1,000 people expressed interest in the scheme
- Offer gave residents chance to reduce their carbon emissions and save on energy bills