en 60 /weatherandenvironment/news/story/44651.html?rss=1 The Westcountry economy is poised for a welcome boost after the Government announced plans to significantly increase the use of renewable energy. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/42121.html?rss=1 Westcountry beaches have come top for water quality for the third consecutive year, a Marine Conservation Society (MCS) survey has revealed. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/39962.html?rss=1 The amount of plastic littering Westcountry beaches is at its highest level since records began, a survey warns. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/39582.html?rss=1 A site in the Westcountry has been shortlisted to become an environmentally-friendly "eco-town". /weatherandenvironment/news/story/39572.html?rss=1 The Government has published plans for a new network of marine conservation zones around Britain’s coast. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/39501.html?rss=1 The South West has been awarded £3m to invest in a range of bioheat projects, putting the region at the forefront of this emerging renewable energy sector. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/39362.html?rss=1 The start-up of Wave Hub, the world's first large-scale wave farm off the coast of north Cornwall, has been delayed. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/39152.html?rss=1 Work to remove the remaining section of MSC Napoli from Lyme Bay will start in early May, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has announced. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/38752.html?rss=1 Snow and cold winds are sweeping across many parts of northern Britain but there is little chance of a white Easter in the Westcountry. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/37492.html?rss=1 Wave Hub, the world's first large-scale wave farm off the coast of north Cornwall, will create 1,000 jobs and £330m in the regional economy over 25 years. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/36402.html?rss=1 Plans to create a new centre for renewable energy could make Tiverton the country's greenest town. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/35402.html?rss=1 The proposal to build the biggest wind farm in England has been given the go ahead, but not everyone is happy. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/33582.html?rss=1 Somerset is the Westcountry's top recycling county, figures from Defra show. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/29462.html?rss=1 Award-winning folk music duo Show of Hands are lending their support to a national campaign aimed at putting pressure on the UK government to take urgent action on climate change. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/28842.html?rss=1 The south Devon town of Modbury has become the first plastic-bag-free place in the UK. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/28822.html?rss=1 The tranquility of the South West countryside could all but disappear within the next 70 years, figures warn. /weatherandenvironment/news/story/28802.html?rss=1 The South West has cleaner bathing waters than some of Europe's leading holiday resorts, according to a new EU report.