Action on climate emergency
Four years after councils started declaring climate emergencies, Climate Emergency UKhas found that the majority of UK councils are underperforming in their journey towards netzero. As the first organisation to assess all UK councils on their progress, ClimateEmergency UK found that only 41 councils in the UK scored 50% or more for their climateaction, the …
A petition to Stop Rosebank oil field has been launched by Change.org and sponsored by Stop Rosebank, calling on Equinor and its owner the Norwegian Government to stop Rosebank and all new oil and gas fields, following the UK government’s approval in September for the project. The oil giant Equinor, which is majority-owned by the …
Barry White Climate activists to take government to court over net zero retreats as campaign groups have confirmed they are mounting further legal action in the High Court next February against the government, following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement last month that he is watering down key climate policies. The groups, Client Earth, Friends of …
Are 15 minute Cities an Orwellian plot? An independent media platform and news website based in the UK, reports that the government has endorsed a conspiracy theory about “15-minute cities” as part of its major policy announcement prioritising car owners – despite having already dismissed it. Speaking to the Conservative party conference in Manchester on …
A personal comment piece from Barry White In the run up to the Conservative party conference in Manchester this week, we have been bombarded with a series of policies aimed at diverting attention away from the government’s failed economic policies and the cost of living crisis by offering a number of contentious measures which they …
Letter to Julian Smith MP, followed by his reply: Dear Julian I am writing on behalf of ACE Settle and area to ask you to urge the Prime Minister to reconsider his and the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary’s decision to sanction the Rosebank oil field. I do so for the following reasons: In …
Rosebank approved whilst clean energy offers hope. That’s what we are now seeing as the driving down of greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s energy sector to net zero continues. Limiting global warming to 1.5 °C remains possible due to the record growth of key clean energy technologies, though momentum needs to increase rapidly in …
Boiler greenwashing alert – Open Democracy an independent UK media platform and news website reports that a leading gas boiler manufacturer has been accused of misleading consumers by inventing a meaningless new term to suggest its new appliances will help tackle climate change. This coincides with prime minister Sunak announcing his U-turn on key green …
One casualty from the government’s watering down of net zero measures (apart from the climate itself) was revealed just hours after the retreat when the BBC revealed that the taskforce to speed up home insulation and boiler upgrades had been disbanded. The group – which included the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission Sir John …
North Yorkshire Climate Coalition, of which ACE is a member, writes today… On Wednesday, the Prime Minister announced a series of net zero policy announcements that he claimed were all about easing the financial burden of the transition to a low-carbon economy for ordinary working people. There is certainly a discussion to be had about …