Divestment success
Fossil Free West Yorkshire are delighted to have a sixth West Yorkhire MP pledging their support for the campaign... details to be revealed soon! The Divest Parliament workshop in Bradford led by Patrick Killoran was interesting and enjoyable. Plans were made to visit...
ZCY Buildings group meet-up: Monday 15 October
Join the October networking and information sharing meeting of the Zero Carbon Yorkshire BUILDINGS / AECB Yorkshire group. As well as discussing forthcoming activities and actions for the group, there will be a range of speakers, who will be giving a 10 minute...
UK Passivhaus conference comes to Leeds: Tuesday 13 November
Passivhaus offers a proven route to reduce energy use and carbon emissions from buildings AND offers excellent comfort & quality. Explore how Passive House can help meet your Zero Carbon targets at the UK Passivhaus Conference in Leeds on 13 November 2018 (10%...
Take action today to Let Communities Decide on fracking
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...
CITU, ITV and Leeds University start talking climate change
CITU, ITV and Leeds University have obtained funding for a project exploring 'Low carbon behaviour change in organisations'. The award is from the Impact Acceleration Account funded by the ESRC. Both CITU and ITV want to engage staff and members in behaviour change...
Drax gas power plans
Drax Power’s application to convert two of its existing coal-fired plants to gas-fired generation with a total generating capacity of up to 3600MW has been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate. Anyone who wishes to become an interested party and be...
Hot House – inspiring children about building insulation
The Schools & Homes Education Project/Solar-Active charity with their social enterprise trading arm Recovery Insulation and Sheffield Hallam University school of Science Education have developed a bespoke science based resource – the HOT HOUSE. The resource is...
New report highlights risk of entering “Hothouse Earth” conditions
A new report from the Stockholm Resilience Centre highlights the risks that, even if we were to meet our Paris Agreement commitments, there is a risk that we enter "Hothouse Earth" conditions. These would see global temperature rises of 4-5 degrees above...
New report: Communicating Environmental and Sustainability Science
Scientists ground their work in the best possible evidence, and Climate Outreach believes the way that scientists and science communicators engage with the public should be based on the same approach. The latest of their Science Communication resources is a report...
Drax’s gas power plans accepted by Planning Inspectorate
Drax Power's application to convert two of its existing coal-fired plants to gas-fired generation with a total generating capacity of up to 3600MW has been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate. Anyone who wishes to become an interested party and be...
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