Action on climate emergency
Fracking at Burniston rejected by North Yorkshire’s strategic planning committee has rejected a planning application by Europa Oil and Gas to install a 125ft (38m) rig in Burniston village, close to the North York Moors National Park. The decision was taken on Friday 24 April after after an almost five-hour meeting at Scarborough Town Hall, …
Drax pulls out of the government’s climate plan, meaning that long standing commitments by Drax that it would ‘help keep the lights on’ are now in serious doubt. The biomass company, which generates energy by burning wood pellets imported to its North Yorkshire plant near Selby, has controversially been backed by successive British governments since …
Poor returns for UK oil and gas would result from further drilling in the North Sea research by the campaign group Uplift has found and also reported by The Guardian. To the extent that oil and gas fields off the Scottish coast would make little difference to the UK’s oil and gas production. A report …
Climate going beyond limits the United Nations is warning, as the Earth’s climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN’s weather agency warned recently. The World Meteorological Organisation says that our planet is gaining much more heat energy than it can release, driven by emissions of warming gases …
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 …