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Volunteers map swift nest sites in Dales - Richmondshire Today
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Volunteers from Swaledale and Arkengathdale are mapping the nest sites of swifts in the Dales. The volunteer recorders are out most evenings watching swifts, and will continue to do so until the birds...
Just pop in the salon and we are happy to give you some hair cuttings, our salon plants have thrived since having hair in their soil 💚✅
Friends of the Dales - Making Space for Nature. Saturday 1 July 10am to 3pm, Addingham![]()
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Yorkshire Dales environmental campaigning charity, Friends of the Dales is inviting individuals and groups keen to create more space for nature in their village or community to book for Making Space for Nature on 1 July. Run in collaboration with Addingham Environment Group and supported by Vice President of Friends of the Dales, Rick Battarbee, Emeritus Professor of environmental change at University College London, the event includes the chance to join one of two guided walks through Addingham village to see first hand the nature positive actions taken to improve and restore habitats, support clean water (pond creation, becks, river) and increase biodiversity. This free event will also include a light, complimentary lunch and opportunity for ideas sharing and discussion. Places limited. To register email: [victoria.benn@friendsofthedales.org.uk](mailto:victoria.benn@friendsofthedales.org.uk)![]()
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Pictures of volunteers sampling for microplastics, the new Addingham Primary School Pond and Old Station Way Meadow
A nice day out?
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/03/electric-vehicles-early-adopter-petrol-car-ev-envir...![]()
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Really interesting piece by Rowan Atkinson. Sure to divide opinion though…do you have a counter argument?!!
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Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV, says actor Rowan Atkinson
Just had to write a few words to thank Rob for his really interesting articles in the Gazette about the woodland in the Dales and how it changed over the centuries they have made for some lovely insight into why the Dale looks to way it does ![]()
Great job Rob
The community vegetable plot at the Medical Centre coming on nicely!![]()
Thank you to whoever moved one of the bean frames (I couldn't) and put a couple of beans in. Thanks also to whoever sowed some seeds!![]()
Goodness we need some 'nice' rain!![]()
As before there are rocket leaves and herbs ready for harvest. ![]()
Growing, but not ready, are lettuce plants, broad beans, new potatoes, French beans, courgettes.
Our June blog piece - lots of interesting things!
News: May 2023 – Sustainable Swaledale
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News: May 2023 1st June 2023 SSwaledale Leave a comment Wildflower meadow, Oxnop, Swaledale. Photo: Adam Bradley Bug splatometer: insect monitoring using your car number plate; Coronation Big Help Out...
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*Below is a precis of a recent article from The Economist about what oil companies are 'really' doing about climate change. A similar one appeared in the Wall St Journal last month. I'm not expressing an opinion - sharing because some may find it interesting (warning - it's all about money).*![]()
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Occidental’s Direct Air Capture (DAC) machine in Texas will soon be sucking half a million tonnes of CO2 per year from the atmosphere. Companies not wanting the hassle of investing in nature to capture CO2 will instead pay Occidental to help with their net-zero targets. Occidental plans to build 100 large-scale DAC facilities by 2035. ExxonMobil has unveiled plans to offer a similar service, thinking industrial decarbonisation could be raking in annual revenues of 6 *trillion* dollars globally by 2050.![]()
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Currently, the cost of DAC is thought to be about $600 per tonne of CO2 captured, but the latest machines are aiming at $100 to $200 per tonne. The cost of extracting CO2 directly from the flues of power stations may be as little as half that. Business will pay some of the cost but what’s making big energy companies excited is the prospect of tax-payers making up the difference (the US is already offering up to $85 per tonne in tax credits – the EU is likely to follow suit). Once captured, the CO2 needs to be stored somewhere (a cost not included in the above figures). Beneath the floor of the North Sea is considered a prime site in Europe and licenses have already been granted to two big German oil and gas companies who see a lucrative future in transforming into ‘energy and carbon-management’ businesses, a vision shared by oil majors all around the world – effectively meaning they can continue to profit from oil and gas, and then charge us for cleaning up afterwards.