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Friday, August 22, 2008
SPEED-reactive signs and a new cycling club were among the measures youngsters spoke to councillors about in a presentation.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
THE Island is set to be at the hub of investment in new cutting-edge wind energy technology.
A state-of-the-art research and development think tank is to be established by Vestas at its Newport headquarters ...
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Friday, August 15, 2008
THE Ventbag project, which aims by next month to make the town the first in the country to be plastic bag free, believes more than 90 per cent of the town’s shops are now behind the scheme.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
LITTER was cleared by eco-friendly pupils of Wroxall Primary School pupils.
Teachers and IW Council community support officers Harry Dea and Linda Shorter helped the Year 4 children clear the area around their school.
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Monday, August 4, 2008
SOLENT Middle School became the first Island school to host the npower Climate Cops Academy, a new programme designed to teach youngsters how to become more energy efficient.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
A FLEET of seven eco-friendly electric Smart cars is being introduced by the Isle of Wight Council.
The council’s Smart car pool, coupled with a new Islandwide car-sharing scheme, is being launched as part of its Eco-Island strategy...
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Friday, July 18, 2008
A PIECE of wasteland has been transformed into a heavenly haven, thanks to the bright ideas of students at Oakfield Primary School, Ryde.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
A £500,000 CAMPAIGN is to be launched to make Island homes warmer, cut fuel bills and reduce CO2 emissions in line with the Isle of Wight Council’s Eco-Island vision.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
A NEWPORT woman has officially become a fellow.
Lois Prior, from Parkhurst Road, went to the City of London’s Guildhall to receive her Churchill silver medallion from Lady Soames, together with 123 other fellows.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
THE height of the wind turbines now planned for Cheverton Down are much more than double the size of those already approved.
At 125 metres tall, they would be 30 metres taller than Big Ben and 45 metres smaller than Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower.
The height of the three planned turbines has been revealed by renewable energy company Cornwall Light & Power, which is to make a joint planning application with Island turbine blade-maker Vestas.
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