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PFAS pollution in Bentham, Yorkshire is revealed in new environmental report
Read more: PFAS pollution in Bentham, Yorkshire is revealed in new environmental reportBentham, Yorkshire is a small picturesque town on the edge of North Yorkshire, close to the iconic Ribblehead Viaduct. In the past few years however, the media spotlight has focused on the PFAS contamination there and, to find out more, some local residents formed a campaign group- ‘Cleaner Bentham’- to attempt to discover the extent…
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Review of ‘Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century’ by Ece Temelkuran
Read more: Review of ‘Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century’ by Ece Temelkuran‘Nation of Strangers is perhaps the most urgent and necessary book of our times, for our times. To read it is “to stiffen the sinews.”’ – Michael Morpugo When Sir Keir Starmer used the term ‘island of strangers’ in 2025, he was rightfully criticised and castigated for the unhelpful ‘othering’ and distancing from other human…
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Growth of repair café culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism
Read more: Growth of repair café culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerismRepair Cafés have silently sprung up around the country, as communities reject ‘replace culture’. I visited my local repair café this weekend in Ripon, Yorkshire and was blown away by the humble skills of artists and craftspeople, who examined objects brought in from the local community, and did their best to breathe new life into…
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Rushcliffe Borough Council move forward with housing development on former RAF Tollerton site
Read more: Rushcliffe Borough Council move forward with housing development on former RAF Tollerton siteProvided by Rushcliffe Borough Council Rushcliffe Borough Council’s Cabinet met this evening and moved ahead with their Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) as part of the Masterplan for future housing developments on the former RAF Tollerton site. Campaigners had gathered outside Rushcliffe Borough Council this evening, in an effort to remind the Cabinet of the essential…
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Review of ‘Plastic Inc.’ by Beth Gardiner
Read more: Review of ‘Plastic Inc.’ by Beth GardinerLet’s start with a visual experiment. Look around the room which you are in and see how many objects you can spot which are made of plastic. The television? The television remote? Your laptop? Your phone? Those pesky pieces of Lego? Which plastics are in your television remote? When you upgrade to a new tv,…
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Will Rushcliffe Borough Council’s upcoming decision force campaigners to seek judicial review?
Read more: Will Rushcliffe Borough Council’s upcoming decision force campaigners to seek judicial review?Tollerton Airfield housing development reaches significant moment This coming week will see Rushcliffe Borough Cabinet meet again to discuss and decide on a planning decision which will allow for around 4,000 houses to be built on around the former Tollerton Airfield site. The Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and its implementation was paused earlier this year,…
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Review of ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ by Rebecca Solnit
Read more: Review of ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ by Rebecca SolnitWhen Solnit speaks, the world should listen. Her writing, spanning the years, has echoed with a deep personal voice, rooted in place, as well as optimistic activism. She charts and traces the changes that have transformed society and the world in the past, and reminds us that the power to change the world is within…
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Yorkshire to decide fracking proposal and not the Government
Read more: Yorkshire to decide fracking proposal and not the GovernmentSecretary of State declines to call in Burniston fracking proposal Proposals for fracking near Scarborough will now not be ‘called in’ by the Government and instead the decision will remain with North Yorkshire Council. The Europa Oil & Gas proposal suggested using a “proppant squeeze” method to extract gas through a 38m drilling rig. However,…
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Human- caused climate change increases rain intensity in Western Europe
Read more: Human- caused climate change increases rain intensity in Western EuropeHumans are now ‘fighting a humanitarian crisis driven by a changing climate.’ Key findings from a recent World Weather Attribution study concludes that human-caused climate change has increased the intensity of the torrential rain that led to flooding across Western Europe. Researchers identified a clear trend showing the wettest days are now around a third…
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‘Not Nimbyism’: Campaigners Fight 20-Turbine Wind Project in Yorkshire Dales
Read more: ‘Not Nimbyism’: Campaigners Fight 20-Turbine Wind Project in Yorkshire DalesWill the Yorkshire Dales be ruined by renewables? Fred. Olsen Renewables have identified a site right on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales near to Richmond, where they hope to erect approximately 20 wind turbines on a peatland moor. This project would generate more than 100MW of renewable energy and would generate enough power for…
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