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Fracking
A young woman wearing a 'Frack No' t-shirt holds a banner in a protest march

What is fracking?
What gets built and where
A toy home with small solar panels on the roof

What is a planning white paper, and why does it matter?
What gets built and where
A blue terraced house sits upside down in an art installation by the sea

Why is there a housing crisis – and what can we do about it?
What gets built and where
Aerial view of brown building site land with fields and houses around

An introduction to brownfield: the land that’s ripe for recycling
What gets built and where
A view of London's skyline from a wheat field

What is the Green Belt, and why does it matter?
Climate emergency
A man stands on dark peat and throws food to wetland birds

The bog blog: everything you never knew you needed to know about peat
What gets built and where
A child wearing a bright hard

Planning: the toolbox for a thriving countryside
Hedgerows
An aerial view of bright green fields with hedgerows around the edges

What to know about a hedgerow: an insider’s guide to hedgerows
Zero waste
Two people bending to sort soiled plastic bottles on the grass

Money in the (bottle) bank: deposit return schemes explained
Climate emergency
A pile of black coal with a dark metal shovel balanced on top

Coal, climate and the countryside: why CPRE wants to keep coal in the hole
Farming
A young woman in blue overalls lifts a large sack on a farm.

Council farms: what are they, and why are they so special?
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