Archive For October 21, 2019

ECDC declares a climate emergency

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Date:  Mon, 10/21/2019 East Cambridgeshire District Council has joined over 200 Councils around the UK in declaring a Climate Emergency. The council took the decision at last week’s Full Council meeting (Thursday 17 October), following the submission of a petition signed by local residents.

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Recycling charity gets John Lewis support

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The John Lewis Foundation made a grant of £4,500 to a charity in Witchford last week.

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Youngsters go on strike from school in climate change protest

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Students walked out of school to take the world-wide protests against climate change to the streets of a Norfolk town.

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Peterborough residents ‘cannot live without the car’ say councillors

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Peterborough cannot live without the car, say councillors who have rejected an idea to amend the draft Local Transport Plan (LTP) to include climate emergency changes.

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Decision on climate emergency gets further delay

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A decision to declare a climate emergency has been delayed by West Norfolk councillors despite a protest by environmental protestors.

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Environmental protesters to target meeting tonight

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Extinction Rebellion members are set to protest outside a town hall this evening over a council’s refusal to declare a climate emergency.

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XR graduate’s climate activism at Cambridge presentation is a first

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Sustainability student Sarah Clark attended ceremony with Extinction Rebellion in mind

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Cambridge climate protesters target BP recruitment events

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Cambridge climate protesters target BP recruitment events

The recruitment events were held in the same week that the University announced a new initiative to respond to climate change

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Extinction Rebellion Blockade Queen’s Road

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Extinction Rebellion Blockade Queen’s Road

Protestors held up traffic for ten minutes

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Further push for west Norfolk to declare climate emergency

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Activists will once again attempt to get a climate emergency declared in west Norfolk.

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