All are invited to join a Ban the Burn walk around the Walshaw Dean area of Walshaw Moor Estate on Sunday 23rd September. The walk will be an opportunity for people who want to see the site and haven’t been … Continue reading
Ban The Burn launch from Jenny Shepherd on Vimeo.
I have created a petition on the 38 Degrees website. Please sign it and pass on the link to others, if you haven’t already.
Simon Thorp, the Director of the Heather Trust, has blogged about Ban the Burn, under the title National Campaign against moorland bog-burning. The thing I like about his blog is that he responds to comments and there’s a bit of a … Continue reading
Please distribute and publish this press release as widely as possible. On Sunday August 12th, flood-hit residents of Hebden Bridge and campaigners from across the country will set out from St George’s Square in the town centre on a BAN THE BURN … Continue reading
Thanks to the 349 people who signed the Ban the Burn petition (including one enthusiastic or forgetful person who signed it twice!). The petition calls on Natural England and Defra to ban heather burning and drainage ditches on blanket bogs, … Continue reading
Ban the Burn! campaign lifts off. Ban The Burn campaigners launched a national campaign on Sunday evening, August 12th, in Hebden Bridge. The Ban the Burn! campaign aims are:
Report on Calderdale Council Climate Change Working Party’s discussion of Defra’s legislation on the licensing of burning on peatlands in England on Wed 3rd March Thanks to Hazel Draper’s question to the Calderdale Council Climate Change Working Group meeting on … Continue reading
Ban the Burn is underwhelmed by Defra’s 29th January press release about proposed legislation to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected blanket bog habitats. The UK government has been forced to legislate after it was clobbered … Continue reading