Scotland's largest net zero housing project, Cost of UK’s climate targets, and more...

National/International News in Brief (July 2021)

• Scotland's largest net zero housing project in Edinburgh approved. The 444-home Western Villages will focus on active travel, electric car charging points, car club spaces and public transport links

  https://bbc.in/3ACJDjt
   

• The UK’s climate targets will cost the government less over the next 30 years than the price of battling the Covid-19 pandemic if it acts quickly, according to the UK’s fiscal watchdog.

  https://bit.ly/2TOSrC9 
  https://bit.ly/3dUZq3j
   

• The craft brewery in Sydney using algae to cut emissions

  https://bbc.in/3hM5OuN
   

• Danish air force acquires two electric planes– a world first for a military force.

  https://bit.ly/2VdA0Yd