Council makes grants available for green projects

Thanks to the Green Liberal Democrats, I learn that Chelmsford City Council has allocated funding to help make Chelmsford greener:

Greener Chelmsford Grants make £100,000 available for projects that address the climate and ecological emergency in Chelmsford. Applications are more likely to be successful if they are for projects which protect and enhance wildlife and green infrastructure, lower energy consumption, reduce waste or lower carbon emissions. These are the priorities set out by the council for addressing climate change and ecological crises.

Councillor Rose Moore, Cabinet Member for Greener and Safer Chelmsford, said, "The Greener Chelmsford Grants are one of the many actions being taken by the City Council to deal with the Climate & Ecological Emergency declared in 2019. Everybody in Chelmsford and beyond needs to play their part if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change and these grants recognise organisations which are putting great effort into doing their bit."

The pot does seem rather small and looks more like a "toe in the water" than a major change in direction. What Essex can do, West Glamorgan councils can surely do better. I fear, however, that unless there is a major clearing-out of the dinosaurs on Neath Port Talbot CBC our council will continue to move in the opposite direction.