The government have published their plans for reducing air pollution and they’re out for public consultation until this Friday, 6th November. It’s high time the government got its act together and reduced air pollution, but its plans aren’t up to … Continue reading
An air quality monitoring contraption has popped up on Market Street outside the Hebden Bridge Coop. This is in one of Calderdale’s seven Air Quality Management Areas, where traffic- caused air pollution exceeds legal limits for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and … Continue reading
Sowerby Bridge resident Andrew Marsden received some staggering news when he asked Calderdale Environmental Health for the Council’s most recent Air Quality Management Report. Andrew asked for this Report in the light of news that Calderdale Council could face fines … Continue reading
Campaigners for sustainable transport in the Upper Calder Valley have welcomed news of the European Commission’s (EC) recent legal proceedings against the UK government, for its failure to cut excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). In Hebden Bridge, legal NO2 … Continue reading
The problem of serious air pollution along the main A646 through Hebden Bridge and Luddenfoot will be the topic of a special public meeting of the Upper Calder Valley Sustainable Transport Group (STG) on Tuesday, 18th February at 7pm in the Greenwood Room … Continue reading
Some people say not to worry ’bout the air, some people never had experience of air…(Talking Heads, Air)
Here’s the link to the BIofuelwatch webpage which has an email to send to the Chair of the UK Green Investment Bank. Please send an email – you can re word it to suit yourself, or simply send the version … Continue reading
Over the weekend, Calder Valley again suffered horrendous flooding – the fourth in eight years. When Ban the Burn heard that Theresa Villiers, the Defra Sec of State, would be doing a walkabout in central Mytholmroyd on Wednesday between 9am … Continue reading
The anti-fracking support meeting this evening decided we need a basic intro to fracking. Here it is.
Following the GMB’s 8th June fracking charter with Offshore Gas and Oil Trade Association, on 18th June GMB Northern Region issued a press release welcoming a briefing on fracking from the Chemical Industry Association. Here it is: Given the fragility … Continue reading