The Northern Eco
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Posts from North Yorkshire and the North East of England with news about the environment. Mostly added by sarah-hartley@bsky.social
Congratulations for a host of performances in the natural landscape thenortherneco.substack.com/p/national-l...
National Landscapes award for performances
Bowland Award advances public understanding and appreciation of the conservation and enhancement of natural beauty
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November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Congratulations for a host of performances in the natural landscape thenortherneco.substack.com/p/national-l...
It’s a wild and wonderful place so how will this proposal fit? open.substack.com/pub/thenorth...
Hope Moor Wind Farm a 'nationally significant infrastructure project'
Secretary of state to get final say on wind farm planned for Yorkshire Dales
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November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It’s a wild and wonderful place so how will this proposal fit? open.substack.com/pub/thenorth...
They’ve already planted about 15,000 native trees but work never stops! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/winter-vol...
Winter volunteer opportunities
Fancy planting some trees in Swaledale?
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November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
They’ve already planted about 15,000 native trees but work never stops! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/winter-vol...
Emails released to @theferret.scot show the MoD, the Department of Business and Trade and the Health and Safety Executive have identified sites in our region, including Seal Sands, as possible sites to make explosives and ammunition. www.theferret.scot/mod-details-...
Oops: MoD blunder reveals secret details of bomb project
A botched freedom of information response has revealed sites in the frame for the UK’s expanding weapons programme.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Emails released to @theferret.scot show the MoD, the Department of Business and Trade and the Health and Safety Executive have identified sites in our region, including Seal Sands, as possible sites to make explosives and ammunition. www.theferret.scot/mod-details-...
Today's full newsletter starts with the latest moves for our In the Weeds campaign, as we contact MPs. @sianberry.bsky.social FYI
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Dear Mr Sunak.....
The latest moves in our pesticide campaign plus all the eco news from the week across North Yorkshire and the North East
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November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Today's full newsletter starts with the latest moves for our In the Weeds campaign, as we contact MPs. @sianberry.bsky.social FYI
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I recall falling down a bog on this stretch! It was scary, one leg completely submerged (lovely wet walking for the rest of the day too!) thenortherneco.substack.com/p/work-compl...
Work completed on key stretch of Coast to Coast Walk
Work has been completed on a key stretch of the Coast to Coast Walk ahead of the route being designated a National Trail
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November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I recall falling down a bog on this stretch! It was scary, one leg completely submerged (lovely wet walking for the rest of the day too!) thenortherneco.substack.com/p/work-compl...
Is it, isn't it - a frack? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/council-as...
Council asks for clarity on proposed fracking ban
North Yorkshire leaders have said they require clarity on a proposed permanent legal ban on fracking before deciding on an application near Scarborough
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November 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Is it, isn't it - a frack? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/council-as...
Some good news! Plus how cute are those owlets?! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/conservati...
Conservationists celebrate significant rise in barn owls
Tees Valley barn owls buck national trend
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November 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Some good news! Plus how cute are those owlets?! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/conservati...
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Water regulations, climate action and some weedy love
Wishing the world leaders gathering for COP every success in their global endeavours while taking our gaze to the planet promoting activities going on closer to home
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November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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A significant project which is treated as part of national infrastructure but how many people are even aware they can have their say on this? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/carbon-cap...
Carbon Capture Pipeline consultation now on
The pipeline would be built between the Drax area in North Yorkshire and the coast north of Easington in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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November 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A significant project which is treated as part of national infrastructure but how many people are even aware they can have their say on this? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/carbon-cap...
We're excited to be involved with this @carbonliteracy.bsky.social day of mass climate action! Will you join us?
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Will you join us for Carbon Literacy Action Day?
Plus plenty of wind, sun and other environmental news from North Yorkshire and the North East
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November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We're excited to be involved with this @carbonliteracy.bsky.social day of mass climate action! Will you join us?
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Keir Mather, MP for Selby, said earlier responses from Light Valley Solar project bosses did not adequately address concerns he raised on behalf of constituents. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/mps-concer...
MP's concerns over Light Valley Solar scheme
MP raises concerns over loss of agricultural land to huge solar scheme
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November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Keir Mather, MP for Selby, said earlier responses from Light Valley Solar project bosses did not adequately address concerns he raised on behalf of constituents. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/mps-concer...
We often get asked how people can find local, sustainable food products so it was a delight to come across @balefiresauce.bsky.social and talk with its founder! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/taking-the...
Taking the ancient art of fermentation to new fans
Meet the business owner taking a sustainable approach to a hot food trend
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October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We often get asked how people can find local, sustainable food products so it was a delight to come across @balefiresauce.bsky.social and talk with its founder! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/taking-the...
Why is this woman standing on a step ladder, wearing a top hat and carrying a case? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/mother-nat...
Mother Nature mailed...she’s mad
This performance will see Barrow in Furness artist Maddi Nicholson strike a series of poses atop a tall green step ladder plastered with environmental activist placards
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October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Why is this woman standing on a step ladder, wearing a top hat and carrying a case? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/mother-nat...
I've only experienced this vast and remote area by bicycle and love the solitary experience of being there alone, on top of the world. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/plans-for-...
Plans for large wind farm on edge of Yorkshire Dales revealed
The scheme would generate more than 100MW of clean energy
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October 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I've only experienced this vast and remote area by bicycle and love the solitary experience of being there alone, on top of the world. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/plans-for-...
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Read the full story about our #flagship Natural Flood Management project at Hauxwell:
The #Ousewem delivery team - led by us - has created a new 9 hectare #wetland reconnecting Brompton Beck to its #floodplain which will store around 2994 cubic metres of water!
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#NFM
The #Ousewem delivery team - led by us - has created a new 9 hectare #wetland reconnecting Brompton Beck to its #floodplain which will store around 2994 cubic metres of water!
www.ousewem.co.uk/news/article...
#NFM
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Read the full story about our #flagship Natural Flood Management project at Hauxwell:
The #Ousewem delivery team - led by us - has created a new 9 hectare #wetland reconnecting Brompton Beck to its #floodplain which will store around 2994 cubic metres of water!
www.ousewem.co.uk/news/article...
#NFM
The #Ousewem delivery team - led by us - has created a new 9 hectare #wetland reconnecting Brompton Beck to its #floodplain which will store around 2994 cubic metres of water!
www.ousewem.co.uk/news/article...
#NFM
Wow, of the five million annual visitors to the Dales, 97 per cent are white and three-quarters are over 45. I wonder if that's consistent over other National Parks or unusual? @yorkshiredales.org.uk thenortherneco.substack.com/p/can-the-da...
Can the Dales be 'more welcoming and friendly'?
Plan to encourage more people from ethnic minority groups to visit Yorkshire Dales
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October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Wow, of the five million annual visitors to the Dales, 97 per cent are white and three-quarters are over 45. I wonder if that's consistent over other National Parks or unusual? @yorkshiredales.org.uk thenortherneco.substack.com/p/can-the-da...
It’s books day today, the last Tuesday of the month! There’s two recommendations for adults and this bee related suggestion for children from my local book store The Wonky Tree. (Can be ordered online so support indie book shops!) thenortherneco.substack.com/p/saving-tig...
Saving tigers and hedgehogs from extinction
Plus solar campaigners set sights on rooftops while planners consider more countryside proposals
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October 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It’s books day today, the last Tuesday of the month! There’s two recommendations for adults and this bee related suggestion for children from my local book store The Wonky Tree. (Can be ordered online so support indie book shops!) thenortherneco.substack.com/p/saving-tig...
Two more UK council’s consider a ban on spraying glyphosate in public spaces: Latest news from our In the Weeds campaign thenortherneco.substack.com/p/glyphosate... @sianberry.bsky.social, @paneurope.bsky.social, @foeeurope.bsky.social, @cllrtromans.bsky.social
Glyphosate in the news
Councillors reporting that the issue is being raised more often on the doorstep although outright bans still a way off
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October 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Two more UK council’s consider a ban on spraying glyphosate in public spaces: Latest news from our In the Weeds campaign thenortherneco.substack.com/p/glyphosate... @sianberry.bsky.social, @paneurope.bsky.social, @foeeurope.bsky.social, @cllrtromans.bsky.social
It was a surprise, but a good one, to find the entire BBC Politics North programme this week taken over by eco issues! Water pollution on the Nidd, Incinerators and renewable energy developments. They’ll be putting us out of work at this rate ;) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Politics North (North East and Cumbria) - 26/10/2025
The latest political news, interviews and debate.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It was a surprise, but a good one, to find the entire BBC Politics North programme this week taken over by eco issues! Water pollution on the Nidd, Incinerators and renewable energy developments. They’ll be putting us out of work at this rate ;) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
“The people of Heighington and Aycliffe have spoken clearly: we don’t want this incinerator, we don’t need it, and we won’t stop until this threat to our town is removed completely,” say the campaigners but is this the end of the road for the campaign? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/government...
Government declines incinerator plea
Residents and politicians backed calls to prevent the proposed facility
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October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“The people of Heighington and Aycliffe have spoken clearly: we don’t want this incinerator, we don’t need it, and we won’t stop until this threat to our town is removed completely,” say the campaigners but is this the end of the road for the campaign? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/government...
Campaign group, Rooftops not Countryside says it has raised a fighting fund of more than £2,000 and collected the signatures of almost 3,000 people opposed to Island Green Power’s aim to build a 500MW solar scheme between #York and #Selby. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/our-countr...
'Our countryside will no longer be countryside'
Opposition grows to huge solar scheme planned for North Yorkshire countryside
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October 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Campaign group, Rooftops not Countryside says it has raised a fighting fund of more than £2,000 and collected the signatures of almost 3,000 people opposed to Island Green Power’s aim to build a 500MW solar scheme between #York and #Selby. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/our-countr...
Do you ever wonder how your council tax payments are invested? The megafund pension pot is one such place and still invests in planet harming industries. These people are trying to change that thenortherneco.substack.com/p/fossil-fue...
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Fossil fuel campaigners step up action
The group want to ensure your council tax payments don't end up in overseas investment in fracking, tar sands and controversial extraction expansion
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October 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Do you ever wonder how your council tax payments are invested? The megafund pension pot is one such place and still invests in planet harming industries. These people are trying to change that thenortherneco.substack.com/p/fossil-fue...
@mp-fossilfree.bsky.social
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Momentum is building behind @saveourswale.bsky.social campaign for the river to receive extra monitoring under the Bathing Water Status regime thenortherneco.substack.com/p/save-our-s...
Save Our Swale welcomes MPs support
Rishi Sunak has given his support to a campaign to get a popular stretch of the River Swale designated as safe for bathing
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October 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Momentum is building behind @saveourswale.bsky.social campaign for the river to receive extra monitoring under the Bathing Water Status regime thenortherneco.substack.com/p/save-our-s...
Issue 153 of the newsletter is out! It's a real mix of topics as well as an invitation for readers to take action. Join us! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/action-on-...
Action on climate, enjoying dark skies and foraging fungi
All the eco news rounded up across North Yorkshire and the North East
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October 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Issue 153 of the newsletter is out! It's a real mix of topics as well as an invitation for readers to take action. Join us! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/action-on-...