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
I got mail! This was the response from my local MP to my request for support of our campaign to ban the pesticide glyphosate thenortherneco.substack.com/p/response-f... ( @sianberry.bsky.social, @paneurope.bsky.social FYI too)
Response from Rishi Sunak MP
We contacted the MP for Richmond and Northallerton in November to ask for his support in banning the pesticide glyphosate from public spaces
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December 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I got mail! This was the response from my local MP to my request for support of our campaign to ban the pesticide glyphosate thenortherneco.substack.com/p/response-f... ( @sianberry.bsky.social, @paneurope.bsky.social FYI too)
Our first piece of audio! We were lucky to be interviewed by a radio professional for our first audio post at The Northern Eco.
📻 Bishop FM’s Peter Rush chatted all things community reporting following a recent workshop. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/our-bishop...
📻 Bishop FM’s Peter Rush chatted all things community reporting following a recent workshop. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/our-bishop...
Our Bishop FM interview about community reporting
The radio station's Peter Rush shared this clip from his recent broadcast
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December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our first piece of audio! We were lucky to be interviewed by a radio professional for our first audio post at The Northern Eco.
📻 Bishop FM’s Peter Rush chatted all things community reporting following a recent workshop. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/our-bishop...
📻 Bishop FM’s Peter Rush chatted all things community reporting following a recent workshop. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/our-bishop...
The sheer number of developments is making people ill say opponents thenortherneco.substack.com/p/behind-all...
'Behind all these patches of colour on a map, there are real people'
Cumulative impact of North Yorkshire solar farms being ignored, say campaigners
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December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The sheer number of developments is making people ill say opponents thenortherneco.substack.com/p/behind-all...
Shocking revelations which bring glyphosate safety claims into sharp relief thenortherneco.substack.com/p/retraction... #intheweeds @sianberry.bsky.social @paneurope.bsky.social
Retraction for flagship pesticide safety claims
Accusations of ghostwriting revealed in major glyphosate study
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December 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Shocking revelations which bring glyphosate safety claims into sharp relief thenortherneco.substack.com/p/retraction... #intheweeds @sianberry.bsky.social @paneurope.bsky.social
Another call for action on bathing water but will it be heard? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/mayor-wade... @sascampaigns.bsky.social, @saveourswale.bsky.social
Mayor wades into bathing water issue
North Yorkshire's Mayor says Scarborough’s bathing water problem ‘has to be sorted’
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December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Another call for action on bathing water but will it be heard? thenortherneco.substack.com/p/mayor-wade... @sascampaigns.bsky.social, @saveourswale.bsky.social
Not sure whether this is a first but it’s certainly unusual. In my experience, Yorkshire Water generally state they have a legal duty to deal with water/sewage if a housing plan is given the go-ahead. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/yorkshire-... @saveourswale.bsky.social
Yorkshire Water objects to housing plans in military town
In an unusual move, the utility company has submitted a formal objection to plans for 106 houses on land between Catterick Garrison and Colburn.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Not sure whether this is a first but it’s certainly unusual. In my experience, Yorkshire Water generally state they have a legal duty to deal with water/sewage if a housing plan is given the go-ahead. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/yorkshire-... @saveourswale.bsky.social
💦 Disappointing bathing water news on the coast
📝 Our first community reporting session
🌳 Book in for a re-wilding webinar
Just some of the goodies in today's newsletter! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/latest-wat...
📝 Our first community reporting session
🌳 Book in for a re-wilding webinar
Just some of the goodies in today's newsletter! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/latest-wat...
Latest water quality results, re-wilding event and pesticide updates
Plus a handpicked selection of sustainable, local Christmas gift experiences for you
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December 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
💦 Disappointing bathing water news on the coast
📝 Our first community reporting session
🌳 Book in for a re-wilding webinar
Just some of the goodies in today's newsletter! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/latest-wat...
📝 Our first community reporting session
🌳 Book in for a re-wilding webinar
Just some of the goodies in today's newsletter! thenortherneco.substack.com/p/latest-wat...
Hen Harrier found poisoned on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/h...
Hen Harrier found poisoned on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire
I’ve blogged recently about a number of illegally-killed Hen Harriers whose deaths have not been publicised by the authorities (Hen Harrier ‘Susie’ who was found dead with gunshot…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hen Harrier found poisoned on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/h...
Reposted by The Northern Eco
When Rachel analysed methane emissions data, the area around Drax had the UK's second highest levels of this potent greenhouse gas. Is using taxpayer money to subsidise chopping down forests to burn wood to power a data centre, the best way to address climate change?
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November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When Rachel analysed methane emissions data, the area around Drax had the UK's second highest levels of this potent greenhouse gas. Is using taxpayer money to subsidise chopping down forests to burn wood to power a data centre, the best way to address climate change?
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Campaigners are making their call for action at a conference tomorrow thenortherneco.substack.com/p/step-up-fo...
Step up for access call made to government
"We shall redouble our efforts to persuade ministers that this work is of vital importance to people’s livelihoods"
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November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Campaigners are making their call for action at a conference tomorrow thenortherneco.substack.com/p/step-up-fo...
The Environment Agency says sewage at this holiday hotspot is “only one piece of the puzzle”. Studies “show that several sources have a real impact on the South Bay” including seabirds, dogs, agriculture, industrial discharges, and the harbour. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/blow-to-sc...
Blow to Scarborough bathing water improvements as South Bay still rated ‘poor’
But bathing water quality at beaches in Whitby, Sandsend, and Cayton has been rated as ‘excellent’
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November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Environment Agency says sewage at this holiday hotspot is “only one piece of the puzzle”. Studies “show that several sources have a real impact on the South Bay” including seabirds, dogs, agriculture, industrial discharges, and the harbour. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/blow-to-sc...
Issue 159 is out now! I hope you enjoy it thenortherneco.substack.com/p/wind-farms...
Wind farms, tree planting and ammunitions plans
All the latest news plus your eco reading recommendations for the holiday season
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November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Issue 159 is out now! I hope you enjoy it thenortherneco.substack.com/p/wind-farms...
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...