Action on climate emergency
US oil executives accidentally expose the industry’s greatest weakness. To keep drilling in the US, big oil needs permission to dump treated fracking wastewater into rivers and onto cropland. In the fracking process, water is used to break up shale and free trapped oil and gas. Once the project is finished, the water can be …
Summer 2026 hottest on record due to climate change according to provisional data from the Met Office, with wild fires, families forced to flee their homes, heatwaves, and droughts, Figures for June, July and August (classed as summer by the Met Office) show that the average mean temperature, including day and overnight temperatures was 16.5C, …
Get a grip on data centres the Government has been told by The Green Party as it attempts to block AI data centres from receiving special planning permissions. The party’s Deputy leader Mothin Ali has said it was unacceptable that data centres were designated as “critical infrastructure,” allowing developers to avoid the usual planning requirements. On 12 …
You can be sure of profits as John Healy the new Chancellor of the Exchequer has said the government is standing by to prevent the public from “being taken for a ride at the pump or the till” as the Iran war continues to hit prices The Guardian reports. While he said there had been “no …
Fifth of all water lost research has found – with a staggering 2.87bn litres lost daily, through leaking pipes. Water firms in England and Wales are wasting around five times more water through leaky pipes than a nationwide hosepipe ban could save, a Greenpeace UK analysis of official figures reveals. The findings come as millions …
Where’s the water? As many areas in the UK face housepipe bans, and the summer has been exceptionally dry and hot, with three heatwaves to date, do we have enough water to cater for all those data centres that are being planned and are seen by some as a key to growth? Well ‘no’ according …
Insufficient grid capacity for solar has meant that a local grid in Devon can’t cope, with the result that a solar farm has had to shut down until September. Just as demand increased for power along with the rise in temperatures, Britain’s biggest community solar project has been forced to shut down by the government’s …
£90bn to rewire Great Britain could be the cost over the next decade of rewiring Britain’s electricity network, The Guardian recently reported (30 June). This cost is 50% higher than before the government took office in July 2024, and it could reach almost £90bn in the next decade, says the energy system operator the National …
We have organised a Settle and Area Community screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing (PEB) film on Thursday 17th September 7pm start (doors open from 6.30pm) at Settle Methodist Church (BD24 9JH). Please book your free place (16+) online through Ticket Taylor here: https://tinyurl.com/PEBSettle This screening is being supported and co-hosted with Settle Business and Community …
No retreat on net zero the Climate Change Committee are calling for in its statutory report providing a comprehensive overview of the UK Government’s progress to date in reducing emissions. As temperatures reach record breaking levels this week, the Committee reports yesterday (24th June) that the UK Government is not moving fast enough to reduce …