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Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Clear message from @thecccuk.bsky.social which anyone proposing that the answer to a fossil fuel crisis is somehow more fossil fuels should be able to understand.

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Join our Cleaner Air Campaign 2026, and download our '5 Ways to Cleaner Air Guide' here: www.climateactionnewcastle.com/30-ways

Tonight, 22 January, is #CleanAirNight2026, and we're raising awareness of the dangers of wood burning stoves. These stoves not only put the health of you and those around you at risk, but wood burning harms the planet, and creates more harmful carbon emissions than other sources of heat.

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

Organisers of Clean Air Night (Thursday 22 Jan) say “wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home”. One poorly operated stove can affect dozens of nearby households & the surrounding ecosystem, & even newer “eco-design” stoves release more particulate pollution hourly than many vehicles.

Do you know the hidden costs & harms of woodburning stoves? Nearly 2,500 UK deaths per year are attributed to the health harms linked to fine particulates produced by domestic burning, including heart & lung damage, diabetes & dementia. #welovecleanerair

LOCAL AI ZONES: what's at stake?2025-09-26T08:05:27.412Z <<The Government’s announcement that Blyth in Northumberland and Cobalt Park in North Tyneside will become designated AI Growth Zones has prompted debate about the trade-offs we need to consider. Durh...

These and other environmental risks of the proposed North East AI 'Growth Zone' are detailed in this post by @karenpylai.bsky.social, Professor of Economic Geography at Durham University. www.climateactionnewcastle.com/post/ai-grow...

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’ Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

The water consumption at the proposed Cambois data centre in Blyth could be 50 times higher than the original estimates put forward by its operator, QTS.
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Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…

To get the government to respond to our petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan, we need 10,000 of you to help us. We are over halfway now! If you haven't already, please sign it and encourage others to do so as well ✒️ 🌍

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TONIGHT!

It's nearly time for the CAN Xmas Social! We'll be meeting in the Forth pub, Pink Lane, Newcastle from 7pm this Monday, 1 December, and we'd love to see you. The pub serves food, and has good links to public transport, being handily located near Central Station. All are very welcome. 🎄

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
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Rally happening NOW at Civic Centre, Newcastle as part of the Global Day of Action for #COP30. Jamie Driscoll from Majority, Tony Dowling from Extinction Rebellion, and many more speaking on climate justice.

This Saturday, bring your placards and join us in a march for climate justice in Newcastle. Meet at 11am, Newcastle Civic Centre.

Rolling sign-on form for open letter to pension funds: Guardians of our pensions, don't let young people down! This form is to add organisational sign-ons to the open letter 'Guardians of our pensions, don't let young people down! Act now to protect our retirement from planetary and economic collapse' which ad...

Young people fighting for their future pensions, pensioners fighting for their grandchildren, & workers fighting for economic security are all united by one message: pension funds must stop bankrolling climate breakdown. Demand action now: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sgt... #FutureProofPensions

This Saturday, join Climate Action Durham for a march to coincide with the COP30 UN Conference. Meet on Framwellgate Bridge at 10.15am for a 10.30am start.

Newcastle COP30 climate rally & march 15 Nov
11am Assemble for rally outside Newcastle Civic Centre
12pm March to Monument
12.30 Stalls, speakers, refreshments at St James Church Hall, Northumberland St

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No prosecutions made after 15,195 wood-burning complaints in a year in England Campaigners say figures reveal a lack of enforcement with just 24 fines issued by councils for rule violations

BREAKING: Our latest research shows a 65% increase in complaints in Smoke Control Areas across England since last year.

Families across the country are suffering from neighbours’ burning, yet even after thousands of complaints, barely a handful of fines have been issued. #AirPollution #WoodBurning

Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions

Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds

- Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions

#airpollution @globalactionplan.bsky.social
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Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century, says economist Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction Investment in climate action is the economic growth story of the 21st century, the economist Nicholas Stern has said. Growth fuelled by fossil fuels is futile, he said, as the damage it causes ends in self-destruction. The plummeting costs of clean technologies, from renewable energy to electric cars, plus the healthier and more productive societies they enable, mean investments can simultaneously tackle the climate crisis and faltering economic growth, and bring millions of people out of poverty. Continue reading...

Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century, says economist

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

Losing coral reefs is losing a vital resource for hundreds of millions of people and the home of about a quarter of all marine species. How much longer can filthy rich fossil fuel companies avoid accountability for fuelling the climate crisis in times like these? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Save the date for the COP30 Global Day of Action in Newcastle on 15 November. Updates to follow. There is no Planet B!

Our monthly meeting is tonight, Monday 29 September at 7.30pm. The meeting takes place online, and all are welcome. Email: contact@climateactionnewcastle.com for the Zoom link.

North East England set for billions in investment and thousands of jobs through new AI Growth Zone An AI Growth Zone for the North East is set to unlock more than 5,000 new jobs in the years to come and bring in £30 billion in investment.

More information on the planned AI Growth Zone can be found here: www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/news/finance...

LOCAL AI ZONES: what's at stake?2025-09-26T08:05:27.412Z <<The Government’s announcement that Blyth in Northumberland and Cobalt Park in North Tyneside will become designated AI Growth Zones has prompted debate about the trade-offs we need to consider. Durh...

Last week, a new North East AI Growth Zone was announced, with new data centres at Blyth & Cobalt. But what is at stake for resources & the environment? Prof Karen Lai (@karenpylai.bsky.social) of Durham University explains the issue in a guest blog. www.climateactionnewcastle.com/post/ai-grow...

This speculation around new licensing is a complete distraction from the conversation we need to have.

The North Sea is in decline, which is just a geological fact. We’ve burned most of our gas, and around 80% of our oil is exported. It plays little role in UK energy security.

Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’ Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise

A 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing

The web of life is unravelling fast

Join the national Day of Action to #StopRosebank this Saturday, 6 September. There are TWO events in the North East to choose from:
1. 12pm opposite Equinor, Port of Tyne, South Shields, NE33 5SW
2. 3pm @ Central Station, Centurion Bar, Neville Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 5DG

Druridge Bay blaze prompts Northumberland campfire warning The Druridge Bay fire at the weekend prompts concerns ahead of this week's hot weather.

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Current wildfire situation in Europe See the most recent data on the forest fire situation in the EU and the weather forecast for the coming days.

Official figures released yesterday show that nearly 440,000 hectares have been burned in wildfires so far this year in the EU

This is more than DOUBLE the size of the area burned this time last year

Unchecked climate change makes this more likely and more dangerous