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The latest Transition Black Isle news can be found below.

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Sunak rows back on green policies

20 September 2023

In a speech on 20 September UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the postponement or watering down of several of the government's green policies widely regarded as necessary to fulfilling its l...
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Excellent articles in SCA newsletter - again

14 September 2023

The introduction to the latest newsletter, by editor Angus Hardie, has some interesting reflections on ageism, as well as the usual clutch of interesting articles.  This really is a must-read bul...
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Inverness Academy Street proposals approved

05 September 2023

With proposals to reduce traffic in Academy Street narrowly approved by Highland Council on 14 September, here are some accounts from 2020 of controversies about the introduction of LTNs in ...
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'World will miss climate targets' - UN report

04 September 2023

‘A critical moment’: UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out Governments failing to cut emissions fast enough to meet Paris agreement goals and avoid d...
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We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.