Action on climate emergency
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. …
Nature recovery needs money if nature recovery strategies are to be delivered. The Yorkshire Post has recently reported that North Yorkshire Council has not yet received any funding to deliver a nature recovery strategy after being told by the government to prepare the plan. The report, which was approved by the council’s executive committee, established 39 …
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, …