Corporate-influenced climate change is an unforeseen consequence of the industrial revolution, which used carbon-based fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil) to replace human, animal and renewable energy in order to mechanise farming, manufacturing, transport, housework, entertainment and just about any human … Continue reading
There is a lack of environmental justice in the UK. People living in the poorest neighbourhoods tend to be worst hit by environmental damage – for example, pollution. 82% of the cancer-causing chemicals emitted from large factories in England are from factories … Continue reading
Hebden Royd Town Council meeting at 7.30pm on 8th January will hear of Sainsbury’s request to meet the Council, in order to discuss their plans to build a Sainsbury’s Local supermarket on the site of the former fire station on … Continue reading
A Calderdale Green Party survey of Calderdale Councillors’ and MPs’ views on fracking has found that some Labour and Liberal Democrat Calderdale Councillors are prepared to oppose fracking at both the national and local levels.
Hebden Bridge & Todmorden Community Self Build Housing Community Interest Company held a well-attended public consultation today on affordable self build housing.
Greenpeace support for the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has allied it with US national interests and oil companies that stand to benefit from an underwater land grab of around 1.5 million square miles of sea … Continue reading
A week after the Department for Communities and Local Government refused to hold a public inquiry into controversial plans for a waste incinerator in North Yorkshire, Calderdale Council has announced that tomorrow, on Monday 11 February, Calderdale’s Cabinet will consider … Continue reading
Maybe you’ve been following the recent trial in Preston of anti-fracking activists who were arrested while occupying a Cuadrilla fracking rig in Lancashire. The court found the activists guilty of aggravated trespass and assault. The UK Coalition Government is dancing to … Continue reading
I read some news that a Cambridge company has produced a very low-energy component for use in smart electricity meters and other digitally interactive devices – like fridges, washing machines, freezers, tumble driers, kitchen equipment and other consumer goods. As … Continue reading
Calderdale’s Energy Future (CEF) strategy outlines how Calderdale Council aims to achieve ambitious reductions in the area’s energy use and carbon emissions by 2020. We clearly need to find effective and fair ways of doing this, but the Strategy seems full of spin … Continue reading