In what’s believed to be the first case of its kind, a councillor in Rochford, Essex has lodged a child protection referral related to traffic pollution, following the chopping down of a 100 year-old tree to make way for the building of 662 new homes and the creation of a new road junction.
The Kensa Group, a leading manufacturer of ground source heat pumps, have received a £70m investment from Octopus Energy’s generation arm and Legal & General Capital, a development described by Kensa CEO Dr Matthew Trewhella as ‘a monumental moment for ground source heat pumps’.