Action on climate emergency
Burniston decision North Yorkshire Council’s as the government in February decided not to call in the planning application for the proposal by Europa Oil & Gas for a 125ft (38m) rig in Burniston. North Yorkshire Councillors will now meet in April to decide on a controversial application to drill for gas near the North York …
Funding boost from Sweden for Yorkshire Water as The Guardian reports that EQT, a Swedish private equity group, is taking a 42% stake in Kelda Holdings, the Jersey-registered parent company of Yorkshire Water. This would make it the company’s joint owner. EQT said part of the deal would involve contributing to a £600m “inter-company loan …
North Yorkshire Council has launched The Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH:LG), a government-funded scheme to help low-income households improve the energy efficiency of their homes. The scheme may support upgrades such as insulation, low-carbon heating systems, solar panels, and other energy-saving improvements for privately owned homes. The scheme aims to: reduce energy bills; deal with …
Nature recovery needs money if nature recovery strategies are to be delivered as we reported in a post on 1 February. This followed a report in The Yorkshire Post that North Yorkshire Council had not yet received any funding to deliver a nature recovery strategy after being told by the government to prepare the plan. …
EV Tax implications for Settle and other rural areas is a concern as people living in smaller towns and villages would be hit hardest if the Government introduces its proposed ‘pay-as-you-go’ mileage-based tax on electrical car from April 2028, a recent study has shown. The analysis by the vehicle leasing group The Electric Car said …
Warm Homes plan welcomed by The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), a Plan that was launched by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband MP on 20 January. CPRE particularly welcomed plans to install rooftop solar as standard on all new homes and the ambition to triple the number of homes with rooftop solar by 2030. Responding …
Norway leading on EVs – as the Guardian reports that Norway, the frontrunner in the take up of electric vehicles, shifted a record low number of new fossil-fuel cars last month, the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) has revealed Only seven petrol, 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars were registered, while more than 2,000 …
Nature recovery needs money if nature recovery strategies are to be delivered. The Yorkshire Post has recently reported that North Yorkshire Council has not yet received any funding to deliver a nature recovery strategy after being told by the government to prepare the plan. The report, which was approved by the council’s executive committee, established 39 …
Offshore windfarms fuel 12m homes in a major step towards the UK government’s goal to create a clean electricity system by 2030. The government has awarded subsidy contracts to enough offshore windfarms to power 12 million homes as The Guardian reports. Contracts were awarded at an auction to eight new offshore farms after ministers doubled …
Records were broken in 2025 as the UK’s combination of wind, solar and biomass power plants all set new records in 2025, Carbon Brief analysis shows, but electricity generation from gas still went up. The rise in gas power was due to the end of UK coal generation in late 2024 and nuclear power hitting …