by Lucy Meredith | Jul 9, 2021 | Education, Energy, Events, Fossil fuel extraction, Local Groups
The campaign Fossil Free West Yorkshire invites you to an online event on 15 July at 7pm. The campaign aims to persuade West Yorkshire Pension Fund to pull out all of its investments in fossil fuels as soon as possible. The fossil fuel industry has been in the news in...
by Lucy Meredith | Jan 12, 2021 | Air Quality, Behavioural change, Buildings, Climate science, Energy, Food and farming, Fossil fuel extraction, Local Groups, Transport, Working Groups, ZCY News
Happy New Year – we hope that you are OK in this challenging period. On the 12th August 2020, the campaign for the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) bill was launched. This is a Private Members’ Bill, and taking it through parliament will be a hard-fought...
by Simon Bowens | Feb 25, 2019 | Climate science, Divestment, Energy, Fossil fuel extraction, International News
Former UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon, has called on the UK Government to stop funding fossil fuel projects across the world. In a rare criticism of an individual country’s conduct, he described the billions of pounds granted to high-carbon oil and gas...
by Simon Bowens | Dec 17, 2018 | Buildings, Energy, Fossil fuel extraction, National news
Here’s a roundup of climate change news from Yorkshire and further afield for the month: Fracking The government is coming under increasing pressure to cancel its plans to fast-track fracking through the planning system. The plans, which would see exploration...
by Simon Bowens | Dec 13, 2018 | Fossil fuel extraction, Uncategorized
Government proposals to change the planning system to speed up shale gas exploration are coming under mounting scrutiny. The proposals include granting permitted development rights to exploration well sites and deciding on shale gas production plans in Whitehall...
by Simon Bowens | Aug 16, 2018 | Fossil fuel extraction
The Government is seeking views on whether they should grant permitted development for shale gas exploration. Their consultation runs until October 25 and, if the proposals go ahead, would mean that exploration wells to drill for core samples would not require...
