Action on climate emergency
Solar generation is surging as a new record for solar is forecasted as Britain is heading to generate record levels of solar power this summer, according to expert forecasts, as the government plans to triple the country’s solar energy capacity by the end of the decade The Guardian reports. Despite a relatively dull summer solar …
Nature friendly farming works is the conclusion of a new report into its impact on wildlife numbers. In early June Yorkshire Wildlife Trust published the first-ever State of Yorkshire’s Nature report, which gave an accurate insight into how the whole of Yorkshire’s nature is faring – and, crucially, where action is now needed to create healthier, resilient …
Record Fine for Yorkshire Water as the company is among three water firms facing record £168m fines. With sewerage spillages into England’s seas and rivers more than doubling last year, Yorkshire Water, Northumbrian Water and Thames Water face £168m combined fines by the industry regulator over historic sewage spillages, the BBC News web site reports. …
Ambitious action on emissions is needed if the UK is to achieve its 2030 target. In its 2024 Report to Parliament the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) assessment is that only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the country’s 2030 target are currently covered by credible plans. The 2030 target is the first …
Will Labour ban new licences? The Guardian reports that following its election victory the Labour government is facing a legal dilemma over plan to impose an immediate ban on new North Sea oil and gas exploration before the industry’s latest licensing round closes. Its election manifesto pledged to the banning of new North Sea exploration …
Oil project must count full climate impact was the Supreme Court in London’s ruling on 20th June that a local council should have considered the full climate impact of burning oil from new wells. This could be a landmark decision, putting future UK oil and gas projects in question, including the Whitehaven and Rosebank projects …
Record breaking flood alerts have been recorded in the first four months of 2024, providing more evidence of climate change The Yorkshire Post has reported. The article highlights a recent report from the Environment Agency which revealed that Britain saw the highest number of flood alerts and warnings in the first third of the year …
Rich emitters (0.1% in Britain) according to research by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) emit 22 times more from transportthan low earners, and 12 times more than average. This was just one of the finding of the IPPR report which looked at transport emissions by income, gender, location, ethnicity and age. The study broke …
Hydrogen’s Future in Doubt? In the latest move to shelve home heating, hydrogen’s future has been thrown into doubt The Guardian (10 May 2024) has reported revealing that a third pilot project to test the use of hydrogen heating in homes has been shelved by the UK government, indicating that households will rely on electricity …
Plastic count reveals that only 17% of plastic waste is recycled. Greenpeace has found in crunching the numbers from its recent Big Plastic Count, based on over 220,000 supporter returns, the following key results: UK households are using almost 1.7 billion pieces of plastic every week – that’s around 90 billion a year Only 17% …