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Climate emergency
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Why the government needs to make sure net zero is in local plans

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Climate emergency
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Voices from the coal face: opinions on the proposed Cumbrian coal mine

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What gets built and where
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Why CPRE is passionate about those little local pockets of green

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What gets built and where
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An elephant called climate: three lessons from local planning

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Hedgerows
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The countryside’s secret weapon, missing from COP26: the case for hedgerows

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Climate emergency
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COP26 and the countryside: the view from CPRE

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Climate emergency
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There’s a climate emergency, and the planning system is not helping

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Farming
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Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE: ‘My England’

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Homes people can afford
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Homes that don’t cost the earth

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Hedgerows
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Life lines: Hugh Warwick on why hedgerows are vital for people and wildlife

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What gets built and where

Planning for the future: the white paper one year on

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Taking a wide view: the Oxford-Cambridge Arc

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