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Dangerously high levels of pollution found in ‘Robin Hood’ river
Read more: Dangerously high levels of pollution found in ‘Robin Hood’ riverThe Aysgarth waterfalls in the River Ure, Yorkshire, made famous in Kevin Costner’s ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ film, are now sadly becoming infamous owing to consistently high levels of pollution. Dangerously high levels of the bacterium which causes Legionnaire’s disease were found at Hawes- deep in the Yorkshire Dales- recently, when a comparison study…
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Outrage from Leeds residents as planning is approved for new Microsoft Datacentres
Read more: Outrage from Leeds residents as planning is approved for new Microsoft DatacentresAlmost 7,000 people have now signed a petition against a Microsoft datacentre in Leeds. The petition states that ‘This proposed megasite, which has already been given conditional planning approval, would consist of giant warehouses full of tens of thousands of AI computer chips running constantlyto power Microsoft’s AI systems. There is overwhelming evidence that this…
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Whistleblower Reveals Hundreds of Pollution Incidents in Yorkshire River Catchment
Read more: Whistleblower Reveals Hundreds of Pollution Incidents in Yorkshire River CatchmentCampaigners, MPs and members of the public gathered together in Leeds for a special screening of Channel 4’s ‘Dirty Business’ followed by a live Q&A with the central whistleblower, Rob Forrester, as well as Mark Barrow, whose specialised underwater photography featured in the programme. Kirsty Tucker, lead for Plastic Free North West Leeds (Surfers Against…
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Outrage as 2.7 million chicken mega-farm proposed for quiet North Yorkshire village
Read more: Outrage as 2.7 million chicken mega-farm proposed for quiet North Yorkshire villagehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicken_meat_industry.jpg Plans to build a large chicken factory farm, capable of producing 2.7 million birds each year in the village of Melmerby, near Ripon, are coming under renewed scrutiny from campaigners. Forest Poultry Ltd have submitted a planning application to erect six poultry housing units, 126 metres in length, to produce approximately 2.7 million birds…
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RSPB offers new advice for feeding garden birds to prevent the spread of diseases
Read more: RSPB offers new advice for feeding garden birds to prevent the spread of diseasesThe results from the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch were published today and with over 9.4 million birds counted by some 650,000 of us, the RSPB is asking for the public’s help more to arrest the decline of certain species. Although there were not too many dramatic differences in the ‘top spot’ of birds which are…
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Review of ‘Birdland’ by Jon Gower
Read more: Review of ‘Birdland’ by Jon GowerGower takes us on a joyous journey around Britain in ‘Birdland’, as he celebrates both the ‘commonplace’ and the ‘rare’ miracles of birds. As Spring begins and the rush and flutter of bird life in gardens, parks, and balconies begins anew, Gower asks us to stop and notice nature. ‘Be an attentive audience member, even…
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