Climate

Polling shows Conservative councillors at odds with government on fast-track fracking plans

  Published:  02 Aug 2018     |       2 minute read
New polling published today by the Campaign to Protect Rural England and Friends of the Earth reveals that an overwhelming majority (80%) of Conservative councillors in areas where fracking companies have a licence to drill and explore for gas believe that planning applications should be required before drilling.

Saving Druridge Bay from opencast coal mining

  Published:  23 Jul 2018     |       Last updated:  23 Nov 2018     |       4 minute read
Druridge Bay is again under threat from an opencast coal mine. The High Court has upheld a challenge against the government’s refusal of planning permission in this Northumberland beauty spot.

Why we need to divest from fossil fuels

  Published:  04 Jun 2018     |       Last updated:  24 Oct 2023     |       4 minute read
Many institutions, like businesses, banks and councils, are funding coal, gas and oil industries, often using our money. Find out how you can help stop investment in companies fuelling the climate crisis.