Comments on: Wheels start to fall off the “greenest government ever” http://blogs.endsreport.com/allenvironment/2010/11/25/wheels-start-to-fall-off-the-greenest-government-ever/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Veronica http://blogs.endsreport.com/allenvironment/2010/11/25/wheels-start-to-fall-off-the-greenest-government-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Veronica Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:23:43 +0000 http://blogs.endsreport.com/allenvironment/?p=43#comment-406 Its not just about pollution though, the councils have started to seek outline planning permission for houses to be built on the green areas they own, including playing fields in villages. Watch out, it will be yours next! Its not just about pollution though, the councils have started to seek outline planning permission for houses to be built on the green areas they own, including playing fields in villages. Watch out, it will be yours next!

]]> By: Tom Reid http://blogs.endsreport.com/allenvironment/2010/11/25/wheels-start-to-fall-off-the-greenest-government-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Tom Reid Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:17:36 +0000 http://blogs.endsreport.com/allenvironment/?p=43#comment-18 It is only two weeks since the emergency towing vessel (ETV) Anglian Princess, one of the "emergency tugs", towed the fish factory vessel Athena to port in Cornwall. Had Athena been lost at sea, this would have been a significant pollution. The ETVs were commissioned following a series of major environmental disasters. Someone in Whitehall hasn't valued the environment properly. The ETVs should not be scrapped. It is only two weeks since the emergency towing vessel (ETV) Anglian Princess, one of the “emergency tugs”, towed the fish factory vessel Athena to port in Cornwall.

Had Athena been lost at sea, this would have been a significant pollution.

The ETVs were commissioned following a series of major environmental disasters.

Someone in Whitehall hasn’t valued the environment properly.

The ETVs should not be scrapped.

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