Carbon footprint

The council says the switch from diesel cuts CO2 emissions from waste collection by 90% a year.

Newport council will plant 30,000 trees in an effort to increase its canopy cover to 25% by 2035.

A government grant will see energy efficiency and decarbonisation works at four public buildings.

Devon Partnership NHS Trust says the projects will allow money to be diverted into patient care.

Twenty of Oxfordshire County Council's buildings will be adapted to cut carbon emissions.

Parts of the A164 and A1079 will have the lights switched off as part of a 12-month pilot scheme.

The Climate Change Committee says the executive "will need to broaden and accelerate action".

A long-awaited report outlines nine low-carbon opportunities after the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery.