Action on climate emergency
Housing over the environment? Is a question posed by the publication last week by the government of an 82-page National Planning Policy Framework report outlining what it hopes to do – and how. It is subject to publicconsultation, but there are serious concerns that housing will take priority over nature and the environment, The Guardian reports. Changes …
Children’s woodland to be destroyed as Harrogate Spring Water, owned by the multinational Danone, is planning to cut down a wood planted by schoolchildren in order to expand its bottling factory in Harrogate. Almost 20 years ago two primary schools, along with other local volunteers, helped to plant 450 trees in a project aimed at …
Money for the right trees and place is the key message in a report that urges that public money should be spent on native forests with greater biodiversity benefits. Just how much money is spent in support for woodlands and is the money well spent? After all public money has been supporting woodlands for over …
Plastic Free at Christmas is one of the campaigns of local action group Plastic Free Settle. This comes in the same week as a UN conference on a proposed treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach agreement despite representatives of 200 nations meeting in Busan, South Korea. Settle’s Plastic Free Group is working on …
Energy storage schemes planned for North Yorkshire, which would mean that the county could become a major provider of renewal energy storage in a £10bn plan to create 20% of UK battery energy storage in the county. Plans are being prepared for two systems on farmland, the Yorkshire Post reported on Saturday 30th November. Last …
Anger over final financial settlement as the finance deal finally reached at the COP29 summit to assist less-developed countries tackle climate change has been bitterly criticised for being nowhere near enough. Negotiations in Azerbaijan – that over ran by 33 hours – saw richer countries raise their contribution to $300bn a year by 2035. The …
It’s all about the money, as COP 29 comes to its conclusion. Just how much will be provided by richer countries to help poorer nations transition to a greener economy and cope with the impacts of climate change. The deal tabled on Friday afternoon, proposed wealthier countries give $250bn (£199bn) per year by 2035 to …
Rosebank back in court as Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning a 2021 ruling requiring it to cut its carbon emissions by 45%. Ironically the ruling came as the UN climate talks (COP 29), involving some 200 countries, started in Azerbaijan earlier today. The Hague court of appeal said it …
Plastic pollution campaign – Greenpeace says ‘sign up’ to protect us from plastic pollution as microplastics have made their way beyond our oceans. They’re now in our food, our water, our air — and even, almost unbelievably, in our blood, breastmilk, and in the placentas of unborn babies. This isn’t some distant problem. It’s happening …
Drax will raise carbon emissions as thousands marched in London yesterday demanding action on polluted water. The Guardian reported earlier today that Drax power station near Selby, North Yorkshire, will keep raising the levels of carbon emissions in the atmosphere until the 2050s despite using carbon capture technology, according to scientific research. An earlier study …