Monthly Archives: November 2019

Cornwall Council and its spaceport: climate emergency or business as usual?

Posted on November 24, 2019 by bwdeacon

On Tuesday councillors are being asked to stump up another £12 million of public money for the Newquay spaceport. First some context. Newquay airport was saved from closure (as happened at Plymouth) in 2007 when it was bought by Cornwall … Continue reading →

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This changes nothing: Cornwall Council’s climate ’emergency’

Posted on November 23, 2019 by bwdeacon

Almost a year ago now, Cornwall’s councillors signed up to the ‘climate emergency’. Rightly rejecting the UK Government’s target of zero emissions by 2050 as dangerously complacent, they voted almost unanimously to pursue zero emissions by 2030. There were compelling … Continue reading →

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The case of the research study that wasn’t: St Ives’ second home ‘ban’

Posted on November 22, 2019 by bwdeacon

In May of 2016, the people of St Ives, in a referendum on their neighbourhood plan, voted to ban the sale of new houses as second homes. At the end of October this year a flurry of reports appeared in … Continue reading →

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