Housing

Carbon capture project ‘to boost hundreds of jobs’ in Cement works in Derbyshire

A project to develop a pipeline to capture carbon emitted by cement and lime factories in the Peak District and bury it below the Irish Sea will create hundreds of jobs, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. The pipeline will be created to transfer carbon dioxide (CO2) from Derbyshire, Staffordshire and the Northwest to be storedContinue reading “Carbon capture project ‘to boost hundreds of jobs’ in Cement works in Derbyshire”

Climate Change and the proposed housing development on The Wolds Matlock

Can we Safeguard the Future of the Town ? Richard Arkwright and John Smedley(and son) were celebrated Victorian entrepreneurs. Their visionary use of the streams and rivers which are so abundant in the Derwent Valley, led to the development of innovative hydro-engineering systems, which powered the industrial revolution and factory-based cotton textile production in theContinue reading “Climate Change and the proposed housing development on The Wolds Matlock”