Blackpool Gazette - Environment Feed

Boost for parks’ Friends

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:25:34 GMT

Community groups are set to have more of a say in the way their local parks are run.

Eco-warriors boosted by £1,000 donation

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:41 GMT

Young eco-warriors are well on their way to securing an environmental award thanks to a donation to aid their work.

Flying the flag for quality at resort’s central beach

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:01:08 GMT

Blackpool’s famous Central Beach has won a top award which recognises it as one of the best in the country.

Report pointing to a shale gas jobs boom

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:52:31 GMT

Fracking could create thousands of jobs and boost the economy, a new report from a group of leading businessmen says.

Barcelona look is all white now

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:52 GMT

It looks more like Barcelona than Blackpool...

Green house grows an award

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:51:51 GMT

An environmentally friendly, luxury seven bedroom house has won a local construction firm a building award.

Campaigners set out stall in shale protest

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:59:16 GMT

Campaigners took to the streets to launch a battle to block fracking on the Fylde – and spark a public debate about the practice.

Campaign group reforms over gas

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:55:40 GMT

Lytham’s biggest ever pressure group has reformed to go into battle against fracking.

Plastic bag amnesty to help turtles

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:27:24 GMT

Turtles are being offered a helping hand by conservationists from Blackpool’s Sea Life Centre who have launched a plastic bags amnesty.

Campaigners at fracking event

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:58:31 GMT

Hundreds of campaigners against shale gas drilling took part in a three-day protest camp at the weekend.

Pupils’ posters set to wage war on a dog mess menace

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:15:27 GMT

Children blighted by dogs fouling on pavements they use to get to school have launched a campaign to tackle the mess.

Pupils and families just let it grow!

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:33:41 GMT

Children have stepped outside the classroom to take advantage of the spring sunshine by entering their very own flower competition.

‘Let’s clean up this town...’

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:35:13 GMT

A resident concerned over the “state of the town” is launching a campaign to clean up Blackpool.

Gas frackers to drill at new southern site

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:18:14 GMT

A controversial shale gas company is to drill an exploratory well in Sussex.

No-smoking signs ‘stupid’-Tory leader

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:43:18 GMT

Controversial moves to install no smoking signs in Blackpool’s parks have been slammed by Tory group leader Coun Tony Williams.

Park efforts aim to stem flood damage

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:05:22 GMT

Improvements to a Poulton park’s pathway are underway in a bid to protect them against flood damage.

Rise of coast’s woodlands all down to waste

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:51:04 GMT

The saying goes that mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow.

Academic’s fears over state of sea wall

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:34:08 GMT

Fears have been raised Blackpool’s multi-million pound sea defences may already be eroding.

Trees to be planted across the resort

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:50:12 GMT

Pupils from Bispham’s Kincraig School are to help plant new trees.

Staff join in beach clean up

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:38:42 GMT

Town hall staff have led the way when it comes to getting Blackpool’s beaches cleaner.