Action on climate emergency
Reverse cuts to 580 bus service running from Settle – Skipton. The service was suddenly reduced on 13 April the 580 from an hourly to a two hourly service outside peak hours, representing a loss of three round trips. This route is provided by Kirby Lonsdale Coach Hire and run as a commercial service. Since …
Delay Burniston gas decision call from Friends of the Earth. The environmental organisation has written to North Yorkshire Council (NYC) urging it to delay its decision about a controversial new fracking proposal in Burniston, North Yorkshire. It comes after the government published draft changes to national planning policy in mid – December that, if adopted, …
No coal in Cumbria, as the Whitehaven coalmine’s planning application has been abandoned, ending a process that could have created the UK’s first deep coalmine in 30 years. As previously reported on this web site, the Cumbrian mine was ruled unlawful last September, with the judge agreeing with Friends of the Earth, which brought the …
Campaign against ‘forever chemicals’ is a focus currently for local residents as Bentham has been found to have the the highest identified concentration of synthetic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the UK. It is believed this is due to Angus International Safety Group (Angus Fire), which previously produced firefighting foams containing PFAS at a …
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 …
“File:Haigh Mining Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria – geograph.org.uk – 60040.jpg” by Ralph Rawlinson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marching to restore nature is the focus of environmental campaigners “biggest march” to save the natural world and protest for urgent political action to “restore nature now.” Extinction Rebellion (XR), The Wildlife Trusts, WWF, UK Youth for Nature, the Woodland Trust and more will unite on the streets of central London from 12 noon on …
Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies by reading all about it. Despite many local authorities declaring a climate emergency in 2019 they continue to invest some of their pension funds in coal, oil, and gas. One simple step in support of climate action is the transition away from fossil fuels, and opting to invest in green technologies and projects. That’s …
COP28: Now We Rise saw Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) members attending our Green Café meeting on Saturday 9 December (pictured) marking a Day of Action for Climate Justice, along with others across the UK and Globe. COP28 Now We Rise was called by the Climate Justice Coalition to coincide with the last three days …
Pensions fuelling climate risks as £16 billion of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is invested in the fossil fuelindustry, according to new analysis by Platform and Friends of the Earth. Despite warnings that investors should not fund new oil and gas projects, local authorities including North Yorkshire Council are still funding fossil fuel expansion, …