Action on climate emergency
No more subsidies for Drax. Fossil Free North Yorkshire (FFNY) along with other environmental groups have called on Ed Miliband Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero not to agree any extension of subsidies for tree burning power stations at Drax in Selby and Lynemouth in Northumberland. In a letter to the Secretary …
Crunch time for climate says UN as a massive global mobilisation of renewable energy, forest protection and other measures is needed to prevent the world reaching a catastrophic temperature rise of 3.1C, a report from the UN environment programme (Unep) has found. It says that current carbon-cutting promises by countries for 2030 are not being …
Burning household rubbish a “disaster for the climate” the BBC reports having just released a major investigation into incineration. It found that nearly half of the rubbish produced in UK homes, including increasing amounts of plastic, is now being incinerated. Scientists warn it is a “disaster for the climate” – and some are calling for a …
UK’s last coal fired power station closes. Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire has closed. Demolition of the site will follow after decommissioning, and is set to take two years. The site is situated off the A453 near the M1, and adjacent to East Midlands Parkway railway station. It’s an East Midlands landmark providing power for …
Soft plastics burned not recycled an investigation by Everyday Plastic and the Environmental Investigation Agency, has found. Specifically, 70% of soft plastic collected in supermarket recycling schemes tracked after collection, ended up being burned. Soft plastics burned not recycled came to light by placing trackers inside packages of soft plastic that were collected by Tesco …
Are heat pumps the future? With the average cost of buying and installing a heat pump in the UK at £12,500, four or five times that of a gas boiler, Jillian Ambrose the Guardian’s Energy correspondent looks at the claims and counter-claims about the devices that are central to the government’s vision of a ‘home …
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Climate news around Yorkshire over the last months shows a focus on sewage and solar, as well as a worrying planning application for a fracking site. Although we may not have noticed here in North Yorkshire, but (meteorological) Summer 2024 was the Earth’s warmest on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. Summer in …
Drax to pay fine of £25m after it was found to have failed to report accurate data on the type of material it burned at its site in North Yorkshire. As previously reported on this web site, Britain’s biggest power station, which provides about 5% of the UK’s electricity, receives large government subsidies for burning …
Drax the largest CO2 emitter was responsible for four times more carbon emissions than the UK’s last remaining coal-fired plant last year, despite taking more than £0.5bn in clean-energy subsidies in 2023, Jillian Ambrose the Guardian’s correspondence reported on 9 August. The power station near Selby in North Yorkshire burns wood pellets imported from North …