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Energiekontor UK confident new Brightenber Hill scheme is acceptable
A “reasonable” person will accept scaled-down windfarm plans for three 100m turbines at Brightenber Hill near Gargrave, says the company behind the scheme.
Long Preston Wet Grassland Project gets conservation cash
A nationally important wetland in Craven is set to receive £18,000 to enhance its wildlife conservation work and to develop educational and tourism benefits.
Cash boost fits bill for work to conserve wildlife at wetland
A nationally important wetland in Yorkshire is set to receive a boost to its wildlife conservation work.
River Ure salmon project secures Defra support
A government department has thrown its weight behind a major environmental project to reintroduce wild salmon back to the River Ure in North Yorkshire.
Five-month upgrade project at Ilkley waste water treatment works
Yorkshire Water is vowing to improve water quality in the River Wharfe after unveiling plans for a £375,000 scheme.
Yorkshire airport fined £45,000 for water quality offences
Leeds Bradford International Airport Ltd was today fined a total of £45,000 after it admitted releasing potentially harmful surface water run-off into a nearby beck.
Cash for new woodlands in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
New woodlands are to be created in the Yorkshire Dales at a cost of £120,000.

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