• annual fuel consumption (litres)
• car - petrol or diesel ? / engine size / annual mileage
• public transport - commute miles per week + leisure miles
• air travel (in past year) - hours SHORT haul / hours LONG haul

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Mon, 4 Dec 2006
STOP PRESS>>>>> NEW MEETING VENUE

HULL FRIENDS OF THE EARTH HAS CHANGED THE MEETING VENUE
Join us at our meetings and help plan the next campaigns and activities. We meet: 1st Tuesday of each month 7.30 p.m. onwards at:
The function room above Pier Luigi's restaurant on Princes Avenue in Hull.
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Sat, 2 Dec 2006
Long but mildly interesting!
Dear Friends,
Petition UK to pursue carbon rationing...
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Carbon-Rationing/
Your personal carbon dioxide bubble... http://www.msn.co.uk/htx/carbonemissionsestimator/

Hull Incinerator set to proceed. Leave your comment...? click here

EDM 335: IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ MPs John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn have tabled an Early Day Motion calling for immediate withdrawal of all British troops. (see below) www.writetothem.com

Poster - 61% say bring all the troops home from Iraq by Christmas. Download from
http://www.voicesuk.org/

How Nuclear Power produces CO2, Helen Caldicott http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=9820

hull@no2id.net - send a note to be included.
NO to ID cards and database state.

Trains -
Why do I bother!? Misread the site, had to pay £90 to get back from Exeter!!! Booking 1-2 weeks prior could save a third off this. Use www.thetrainline.com
(or gner.co.uk) on the "buying tickets" section (you dont have to buy til the very last bit). The price matches driving from Hull to Exeter THREE times. This should be reversed. The right emphasis will be when it is three times cheaper to go by train than driving yourself! Not so hard to achieve! The billion pound saved by going with renewables instead of Nuclear Blair Power, would go a long way. The £26 billion for Trident replacement would pay roughly for EVERYONE'S train tickets for the next 6 years.
Regards,

Martin Deane
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Sun, 26 Nov 2006
Anti-incinerator lobbying
Last week's DEFRA news showed the volume of municipal waste generated in England fell by 3% in 2005-6!
"The historic tide in the growth of waste may have turned, according to figures released today. They show that the amount of municipal waste produced last year dropped by 3%. Last year's 3% fall was the biggest on record and was accompanied by a reduction of 10% (1.9 million tonnes) in the amount of municipal waste sent to landfill. Recycling increased to 27% - nearly four times higher than in 1996/97. "
The Minister, Ben Bradshaw, said "Sustainable waste management is not some peripheral activity but central to our environmental vision. Central and local government can no longer afford to treat it as a Cinderella service but as something central to their environmental delivery."
You can read the full press release from DEFRA ( only 1 page to read) at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2006/061116b.htm
And here:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2006/061116a.htm
Please consider that the planning application is based on a 3.8% increase in waste year on year in order to justify a large incinerator. With DEFRA's long term goal of at least 50% recycling ( and the good progress being made according to DEFRA's press release), this will render a large percentage of the incinerator capacity free to accept non-consumer waste.
WRG's consultants, RPS Group, have already said that " WRG's view is that a shortfall of this magnitude could easily be filled by the plant taking commercial and industrial waste from the Hull & East Riding area..." [ letter from Jonathan Standen ,Technical Director of RPS group ,to Chris Peach HUllCC 26/10/06]....if there isn't enough commercial waste in our area will it be imported?
Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Sue Jolliffe
Co-ordinator Hull Friends of the Earth
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Fri, 24 Nov 2006
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER: NORTHERN NETWORK NEWS
Hello everyone, and welcome to this edition of Northern Network News.
As you probably have heard by now a Climate Change Bill was introduced in the Queen's Speech!! This is a phenomenal success for Friends of the Earth as an organisation and simply could not have been achieved without the dedicated support and enthusiasm of all of you who took part in the Big Ask in whatever capacity. A massive “thank you” is due to everyone who took part! Well done. We will now be campaigning to make sure that the Bill has some teeth, and does not just allow successive Governments to pass the buck.

While we celebrate this fantastic success, we’re not going to rest on our laurels. Campaigns on many other issues are moving on apace. In the Food Campaign, FoE has just been given permission by a high court judge to take the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to a full hearing in the High Court over their failure to prevent unauthorised GM rice entering the UK food chain. However, on the “waste” front, European Industry and Economy Ministers recently ducked out of concrete commitments to cut energy waste at the EU Energy Council meeting.

So, there’s lots to do!! Keep up the good work, and let us know what you are doing in your local groups so that we can spread the news. Thanks to everyone who has sent in news for this edition. Please keep letting us have your ideas, contributions and, especially, any news of what your group’s been up to. Please send them to me (nickis@foe.co.uk ) or to Neil(neilk@foe.co.uk ).

**CONTENTS**
**Action Stations**
* Lobby for an end to road-building * make the grocery industry fairer for everyone * CONSERVATIVE CLIMATE BILL * RAISE MONEY FOR FRIENDS OF THE EARTH BY SEARCHING THE WEB *

**Upcoming Events**
* How to make the most of the media *, Personal Carbon Quotas
DISCUSSION MEETING IN MANCHESTER * YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER GROUPS REGIONAL GET-TOGETHER * NORTH-WEST AND NORTH-EAST GET-TOGETHERS * NORTHERN GATHERING 2007 *

**ACTION STATIONS**
* Lobby for an end to road-building - Road Block http://www.roadblock.org.uk/ - the national alliance against road-building - have produced a postcard calling on the transport minister to put an end to road-building because of its negative impact on the climate. Road transport currently accounts for 21% of UK emissions and rises every year as traffic grows. What's more, the government has approved £12bn of road schemes which are fuelling traffic growth and consequently climate change. You can order postcards by emailing Road Block at office@roadblock.org.uk or download them online

* make the grocery industry fairer for everyone - The Competition Commission is undertaking a new market investigation into supermarkets. Ask them click here to make sure that consumers, farmers, workers and the environment are protected.

* CONSERVATIVE BILL!! - As competition rages on between Labour and Conservatives over climate change, the Conservative party has drafted a Bill that seems to be a good version of what we are calling for. So, who cares if they have nicked our idea, what is really important is that we can count on them to back up a tough Bill. So, any old lefties out there, please swallow your pride and use the Conservatives' website to email Tony and call for a Bill. Remember - as usual - the more calls he gets the better.
www.canihavethebillplease.co.uk
http://www.canihavethebillplease.co.uk

* RAISE MONEY FOR FRIENDS OF THE EARTH BY SEARCHING THE WEB -
Everyclick is an internet search engine with a big difference - it donates half its revenues to charity. It doesn’t cost us, or you, a penny so please use it when searching the web to support Friends of the Earth. Please make everyclick your home page today.

**UPCOMING EVENTS**
* How to make the most of the media - Training event in Leeds, 2nd Dec, 11.00am. The media can be a hugely powerful campaigning tool and a way reach to thousands, and sometimes millions of people, including the key decision makers you're trying to persuade. This session looks at how to make the most out of using the media, how to get the best results from doing media work and how to build up good relations with the media. It should leave you feeling more skilled and knowledgeable but also more confident about approaching and working within this vital campaigning medium. The event is open to all local group members. If you'd like to come along, let Neil know neilk@foe.co.uk * Personal Carbon Quotas - Discussion meeting on with Dr Richard Starkey from the Tyndall Centre, Manchester FoE office, Friends Meeting House (map click here)
Tuesday 28th November, 7pm.

* YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER GROUPS REGIONAL GET-TOGETHER -
13th Jan 2007
This is a chance to get to meet other activists in the area and share ideas and experiences. Talks, workshops and discussions are planned including a chance for local group members to discuss and contribute to one or more of the big themes arising from the initial phase of work on creating the Friends of the Earth Strategic Plan 2008-2013. Contacts:
Neil Kingsnorth and Jess Dolan.

* NORTH WEST AND NORTH EAST GET TOGETHERS –
20th Jan 2007
A chance for members of local groups to get together, share skills and experiences and get updates on the key campaigns. Again, there's also a chance to feed in to the Friends of the Earth Strategic Plan 2008-2013. To be held in Preston (North West Region) and Newcastle (North East Region). Further details to be announced soon. Contacts: Neil Kingsnorth and Jess Dolan.

* NORTHERN GATHERING 2007 –
The second annual residential Northern Gathering will be held on the weekend of 28th April 2007 in York. The team is meeting right now to plan the timetable for the weekend. So mark this in your diary – more information shortly.

* Walk for a Nuclear Free Future - 12 May 07
This walk from Dublin to London, is an opportunity for all people to come together to protest against the Nuclear industry. The walk will go from Dublin, via Faslane, Sellafield, Menwithhills and Aldermaston. Anyone is invited to join in the whole or just a part of the route. Contact: Marcus Atkinson, marcus@footprintsforpeace.net
Footprints for Peace

Support Friends of the Earth
https://www.foe.co.uk/?email_staff
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Thu, 23 Nov 2006
Five Useful Sods
Hi friends,
Five useful odds and sods brought to you by those of us with too much social commitment. Also the latest Hull Stop the War newsletter is online -
http://www.sokuto12.karoo.net/
and RC bishops call for nukes to be scrapped.

1. UK Telephone Directories
http://www.bt.com/directory-enquiries/
FREE BT search. No fee (unlike 118... etc)
You can TEXT the number to a mobile. (i THINK it's free).

2. Search best train fare
http://www.thetrainline.com/
FREE Search of trains db to find the range of ticket prices for given journeys.
Eg a £60 fare I found for £31.50, etc.

3. Amazing set of talks - many subjects
http://ted.com/tedtalks/
Watch Hans Rosling (Bottom of list) first! And Ross Lovegrove...

4. Solar Panel outfit in Hull
http://www.solartek-uk.com/
These guys look well worth investigating.
Small Hull firm using great technology.
Hope they exhibit at The Electric Car, Dec 6/7.

5. The World's Newspapers online
http://onlinenewspapers.com

See you at the Green Fair??
... Enjoy, Martin.
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Sun, 19 Nov 2006
Hull Activists' Ball, Dec 14th

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Thu, 16 Nov 2006
Actions speak louder...
Dear Friends,
Well done to all on all the recent campaigins!! Queens Speech showed some Blair commitment with the Climate Bill.
This comes just as the EU is about to sue the UK for not meeting its obligations on climate change!
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2758
Well done to last night's student showing of An Inconvenient Truth at the Union!
Very well attended, despite football competing!

Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster
part of the Plane Stupid campaign -
against short haul flights, lack of tax on plane fuel, airport expansion...
Read more...
http://www.sokuto12.karoo.net/robin.htm
http://www.sokuto12.karoo.net/electric.htm

Northern Quakers at Faslane 365
Hull contingent attended including arrests!
Year long protest against Trident nukes and proposed replacement
Read more...
http://www.sokuto12.karoo.net/fas.htm
Cheers,

Martin
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Tue, 14 Nov 2006
WASTE_NEWS
INTERNAL NEWS
REMINDER - EMAIL YOUR MEP AT
WWW.STOPTHEWASTE.EU
On 28th November, MEPs in the EU Environment Committee will vote on a revised European Waste Framework Directive. Friends of the Earth is calling on them to improve waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting rates in Europe - without encouraging more incineration.
You can find out which of your MEPs are on the Environment Committee and send them an email at
www.stopthewaste.eu
Please forward this link to as many people as possible (including any in other European countries).

EXTERNAL NEWS
CONSULTATION ON EU WASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE
Defra have launched a consultation on the European Commission's proposed revision to the Waste Framework Directive, in order to obtain views and evidence to strengthen its negotiating position in Brussels.
Consultation documents can be found here:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/
waste-directive/index.htm
and more information can be read here:
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/
news.jsp?story=6148
The deadline for responses is 5 January 2007 but if you are able to respond, it would be good to do so as soon as possible. We will be producing a briefing to help people wishing to respond to this consultation, which will be linked to in the next Waste News.

COMPOSTING ASSOCIATION REPORT PUBLISHED
A new Composting Association report has found that UK composting grew from 1.97 million tonnes (Mt) in 2003/04 to 2.67 Mt in 2004/05, representing a 35% increase, 2.6 times the amount of waste composted in 2000/01. However, only 8% of kerbside recycling schemes currently collect food waste, the report estimated that in the past year, some 4 million tonnes of food waste went to landfill instead of a composting facility.
The report is available here:
Click here
And more info can be found here:
http://www.letsrecycle.com/materials/
composting/news.jsp?story=6177

WALES REACHES 21.9% RECYCLING RATE
New figures issued by the Welsh Assembly show that local authorities in Wales have reached a 21.9% household waste recycling rate and a 25.9% municipal waste recycling rate in 2005/06. More details are available here:
http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/archive/
news.jsp?story=6190

ZERO WASTE SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE
A one day conference organised by the Zero Waste Chartists and hosted by Colchester Friends of the Earth will be held on Saturday 25th November 2006 in Colchester.
Speakers include:
Roger Symonds (LibDem councillor, Bath & NE Somerset Council: key to the national LibDems adopting the Zero Waste Charter in 2003) Phil Barlow (Labour councillor, Braintree Council: Braintree's Labour council was the first to formally adopt the Charter in 2002) Andy Bond (Director ECT/CRN, London/Somerset Separated kerbside recycling in Somerset including bucket foodwaste collections) Worku Lakew (Director London Community Recycling Network, runs collections for 80,000 households/highrise in Tower Hamlets)
Tickets are £15 including buffet lunch (£10 ZWC members/NUS/UB40/OAP). For more info or to book a place please email paula.essexfoe@btopenworld.com or phone 01206 383123.
Best wishes,

Becky Slater
Campaign Assistant
Waste and Resource Use
beckys@foe.co.uk
Tel 020 7566 4079
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Fri, 10 Nov 2006
Hull, Trident and Faslane 365
*** IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***
"We could be beginning a new nuclear arms race. We must stop it."
John Beardmore, Quaker, and Warden of Percy Street Meeting House, Hull, joins the Faslane 365 protests in Scotland tomorrow. He writes:
"I really don't think there is much that I can add that is not readily available to anyone and certainly written in a far better way than I ever could.
What I would like to say is that in addition to all the info available - how can we in this country be so hypocritical as to pass judgement on the likes of North Korea, Iran, etc? Small wonder other countries want nuclear power! Look at the bargaining power it gives them! The western world trembles!!
The weapons are immoral and illegal in that they without doubt target non-combatants in war. Britain signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968 and I would draw readers' attention to article 4 of that treaty which states that "each of the parties undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament under strict and effective international control".
Upgrading Trident can hardly be seen as complying to the 1968 Treaty, more the opposite. We would be beginning a new nuclear arms race! We must stop it."

Notes -
Hull group travelling tomorrow morning:
John Beardmore, Society of Friends, Warden of Quaker Meeting House, Percy Street, Hull, for many years
Martin Deane, Sec., Hull & E.Riding Green Party, 07812 838701
Jane Harvey, Society of Friends (Quakers), Hull
Mary Codd, supporter, Hull Stop the War Coalition

Faslane 365 - 365 days of protest beginning Oct 1st 2006 at Faslane base, Scotland. 100 people protest each day from groups all over the country. See www.faslane365.org Faslane naval base is on the Scottish coast 25 miles west of Glasgow on the River Clyde and home to the fleet of four Trident nuclear missile submarines.
Trident - Britain's four Trident submarines carry 48 missiles each. Each missile is 7 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. NPT - the Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed by Britain on 1st July 1968 along with dozens of other countries. As well as agreeing that non nuclear states not pursue nuclear weaponry, it binds the nuclear states to pursue full nuclear disarmament.

Martin Deane
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Wed, 8 Nov 20
Faslane
*** IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***

NO TO DEATH SUBMARINES

Demonstrators at Faslane

John Beardmore of the Society of Friends, Hull, (the Quakers), Martin Deane of Hull & E.Riding Green Party, and Stop the War peace activist Mary Codd, of Hull, will be attending the Faslane 365 demonstrations on the west coast of Scotland.
Faslane365 is a whole-year-round mass arrest protest supported by many dozens of peace activist groups from all over the country.
From 1st October there has been a continuous presence at the Faslane naval base protesting at the greatest weapons that Britain has in its arsenal. The Trident submarine missiles, fully armed, could already potentially unleash the killing power of over 1300 Hiroshimas. The protests are against Blair's intended complete replacement and upgrade of this Trident submarine based nuclear 'deterrent'. This will cost a minimum of 25 billion pounds and more likely a total bill of 75 billion.
"Trident represents an incredible commitment by the Blair government to weapons of war. This is his real cost to our overstretched and pressurized welfare, health and education services. We reject it utterly - no more so than in the face of real enemies like climate change or the oil grab driving his present wars," says Martin Deane, Hull Green Party Secretary.
Faslane has seen thousands of arrests over the years including Caroline Lucas, MEP, Green Party, and George Galloway, MP, (RESPECT).
They will be setting off on Saturday morning for Glasgow.

Martin Deane
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Tue, 7 Nov 2006
Royal Mail postal scam
Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas is fast approaching - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail.
The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:
A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize . If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call.
If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at http://www.icstis.org.uk/

Hilary Byers
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Mon, 6 Nov 2006
NORTHEAST: NORTHERN NETWORK NEWS *
Hello everyone – welcome to this edition of Northern Network News. Amazing – thanks to a huge amount of effort on your part, on 30th Oct David Milliband announced a climate bill!! Obviously still a lot of negotiations to be done to make sure it's a decent bill but still we've definitely got a bill - hurray! The ICOUNT STOP CLIMATE CHAOS rally in London is only a couple of days away. Be there if you can, to keep the pressure up. The information on transport to London (which was in the last Northern Network News) is repeated further down this newsletter in case you are trying to organise yourself at the last minute!! Follow the link for details.

Fond Farewell Sadly, we will soon be saying goodbye to Sally, who is leaving in about 10 day’s time. Less than a year ago there were no staff covering the Yorkshire area at all as restructuring and recruitment was taking place.
Recently Jess and I have been covering the area together as Network Developers. Holding it all together from a campaigns perspective has been Sally who jumped in at the deep end working on the RSS and built up great relationships with groups, staff and external organisations. In a short time Jess and I have both come to really enjoy working with Sally and have built up a strong team working together in Yorkshire. I'm sure you'll join us in wishing Sally all the best in her reluctant departure - we're sorry to see her go! News of the new RCC for Yorkshire will come to you as soon as we know the details.

Thanks to everyone who has sent in news for this edition. Please keep letting us have your ideas, contributions and, especially, any news of what your group’s been up to. Please send them to me (nickis@foe.co.uk) or to Neil( neilk@foe.co.uk).

Brought to you by the northern regional team: * Nicki Smith, capacity-building volunteer nickis@foe.co.uk) Neil Kingsnorth, NW and Y&H ND (neilk@foe.co.uk, 0113 389 9952) Jess Dolan, NE and Y&H ND (jessd@foe.co.uk, 0113 389 9964) Frank Kennedy, NW RCC (frankk@foe.co.uk, 0151 707 4328) Carole Zagrovic, NE RCC (carolez@foe.co.uk, 01642 459 171) Sally Snowball, Y&H RCC (sallys@foe.co.uk, 0113 242 8150) Sarah Hards, capacity-building volunteer (sarah@foe.co.uk)

***CONTENTS***
***Action Stations***
* SEARCH THE WEB AND RAISE MONEY FOR FRIENDS OF THE EARTH * CONSERVATIVE BILL?! * NOMINATE SOMEONE IN YOUR GROUP FOR AN AWARD * ACT ON THE NORTH-EAST MASTERPLAN * TAKE ACTION ON CORPORATES *

***Upcoming Events***
* PERSONAL CARBON TRADING – TYNDALL REPORT MEETING, HUDDERSFIELD* REGIONAL MEETINGS FOR YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE, NORTH-EAST AND NORTH-WEST REGIONS*
* TRANSPORT DETAILS FOR ICOUNT RALLY, AGAIN!!*

***Network News***
* HULL AND LEEDS GROUPS INCINERATOR CAMPAIGNS * BEVERLEY GROUP RELAUNCHED* BURNLEY FEELING REINVIGORATED * NEW GROUP IN WARRINGTON?

***ACTION STATIONS***
* RAISE MONEY FOR FRIENDS OF THE EARTH BY SEARCHING THE WEB -
Everyclick is an internet search engine with a big difference - it donates half its revenues to charity. It doesn’t cost us, or you, a penny so please use it when searching the web to support Friends of the Earth. Please make everyclick your home page today.

* CONSERVATIVE BILL!! - As competition rages on between Labour and Conservatives over climate change, the Conservative party has drafted a Bill that seems to be a good version of what we are calling for. So, who cares if they have nicked our idea, what is really important is that we can count on them to back up a tough Bill. So, any old lefties out there, please swallow your pride and use the Conservatives' website to email Tony and call for a Bill. Remember - as usual - the more calls he gets the better.
www.canihavethebillplease.co.uk

* NOMINATE SOMEONE IN YOUR GROUP FOR AN AWARD -
The Sheila McKechnie Awards are for those who are breaking the mould in their campaigns for justice " Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP (Patron. Campaigning can be exhilarating and rewarding, but we know the reality is often hard work and a lot of frustration. The Sheila McKechnie award may be able to help you. A person it is awarded to gets a package of help which includes advice from a senior campaigner on how to conduct a campaign, help in crucial areas and even the opportunity to shadow a senior decision maker in the field. There is a chance to work through shared challenges with other campaigners and up to ten one-to-one coaching sessions to review progress and tactics. This year winners met senior influencers such as broadcaster Jon Snow, Secretary of State Hilary Benn and former International Development Secretary, Clare Short. Sessions, including one on using the Freedom of information Act, were presented by public affairs specialists AS Biss & Co. Finally the award connected campaigners, so they can form alliances and learn from each other. If this sounds like you or someone you know then check out
www.sheilamckechnie.org.uk
or call 0207 770 7892 for more information. North West England’s policymakers were publicly challenged on 30th Oct to combat climate change as their top priority for the next 25 years. Friends of the Earth and the Campaign to Protect Rural England have joined with the Environment Agency and some of the region’s local authorities to voice their concern. FOE are concerned that if the level of development that is in the “master plan” is allowed it will have a disastrous effect on the environment. No carbon costing has been done for any of these proposals, and the plans are likely to keep sending climate changing gas emissions up and up. Various public hearings are planned – contact frankk@foe.co.uk for details.

* TAKE ACTION ON CORPORATES -
Some of Shell's fenceline neighbours will be in London when the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition is announced in October. The competition has a valuable role to play in promoting wildlife protection to the public. However, this role has been undermined by the Natural History Museum's choice of sponsor - one of the UK's most environmentally destructive companies - Shell. Ask them not to renew Shell's sponsorship of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/contact-enquiries/forms/

*BE THE CHANGE (http://www.bethechange.org.uk) is a group working on global issues of climate change, social justice and global consciousness. They have just recently put together a symposium which tells the story of the planet, outlines the issues of today, and takes the audience on a journey of what they can do to change things. They want to hold these symposiums all over the UK and would like to hear from any local FoE Groups who would be interested in hosting one their local community.

*TRANSPORT TO STOP CLIMATE CHAOS RALLY* -
Saturday November 4th Details from
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/event_background_documents/transport_4_nov_06_scc.pdf
However please note that if you are intending to book the Megabus ticket deal to get down to London for the Stop Climate Chaos demo on November 4th, please DO NOT call the number listed on the travel information - instead you need to call 07740 938 954 and quote "RSPB 2006" in order to get the deal.

***UPCOMING EVENTS***
* PERSONAL CARBON TRADING -
A PUBLIC MEETING WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE TYNDALL REPORT. Huddersfield Group is hosting a public meeting at 7.00pm on 7th November at Huddersfield Methodist Mission. Richard Starkey, one of the authors of the Tyndall report on Climate Change, will be addressing questions such as - What is Personal Carbon Trading; can it work in practice; and it is really an answer to the growing problem of Climate Change? Contact: neil kingsnorth

* MEDIA TRAINING EVENT IN LEEDS
In response to a request from a member of Leeds FOE, we will be holding a media training session in Leeds in early December. We'll look at the best ways to get your message across, who to build up good relations with journalists and how to do interviews. If you'd like to come along (all groups members welcome, from any group!) let Neil know and any dates you can't make - neilk@foe.co.uk

* YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER GROUPS REGIONAL GET-TOGETHER -
13th Jan 2007 (venue to be confirmed)
This is a chance to get to meet other activists in the area and share ideas and experiences. Talks, workshops and discussions are planned and there's a chance this time around to feed in to the process planning the future campaigns of national Friends of the Earth. Contacts: neil kingsnorth and jess dolan

* NORTH WEST AND NORTH EAST GET TOGETHERS –
20th Jan 2007
A chance for members of local groups to get together, share skills and experiences and get updates on the key campaigns. Again, there's also a chance to feed in to the process planning the future campaigns of national Friends of the Earth. To be held in Preston (North West Region) and Newcastle (North East Region). Further details to be announced soon.

***NETWORK NEWS***
* HULL GROUP -
Incinerator campaign continues. Continuing their campaign against proposals for a local incinerator, the group have been collecting postcards opposing the plans through several street stalls and visits to community centres and meetings. Ten of the group presented the cards to Councillors at the Guildhall. They press released the presentation and got two half page articles with big pictures in the Hull Daily Mail. 24 Oct

* LEEDS GROUP -
Leeds have also been running an urgent incinerator campaign, finding out about the plans quite late. After a great media stunt in the city centre they've kept the pressure on with the council and newspaper articles report that the council is split on the decision. The campaign continues ...

* BEVERLEY GROUP HAS BEEN RELAUNCHED -
After a break in meetings, they are pleased to announce that the Beverley group has reformed. They held their first meeting on Tuesday 24th October. Please contact Colleen c.coulbeck@gmail.com for details of future meetings. Everyone is welcome.

* BURNLEY -
After a public meeting in the town a month or so ago the group has managed to attract a number of new members and is not settling in to being a bigger voice for environmentalism in the town and deciding what to focus on in the coming months

*WARRINGTON AND CHESTER -
There are increasing numbers of people keen to get active in groups in Warrington and Chester. Neil will be attempting to get new groups off the ground there soon so if you know of people that may want to get involved, let Neil know.

* TELL US what your group is up to – we love hearing about it, and we can share it with others in the next Northern Network News. AND * SHARE what you’re doing with other groups through the local groups’ activity table, at http://community.foe.co.uk/local_groups/activities/ It’s really simple and just takes a few minutes to add an entry online! The password is activ8.

***UPDATES FROM US***
**News from Neil**
Stop for just one moment and take a deep breath. Hold it and then breathe out slowly. Do that a few more times and as you do it think about how you have just changed the world. It is entirely down to the work of the local groups’ network that there is a climate bill in the Queen's speech. Without your work that Bill would simple not be there. It's as simple as that. So a huge well done to you all. Let's try to make sure we really celebrate what we've all achieved - it's massive and down to you and it could be the start of big things internationally. When the world looks back at what we did about climate change, you'll be the people that did something significant.
Of course, the work goes on. I'm now working with Jess on the initial preparation on next year's Northern Gathering. We're really excited about it and we'll be getting you all the news soon. On top of that I'm doing work with a number of groups 1-1, including West Cumbria, Bolton, Burnley and Penrith, helping to get some old groups back up and running in Carlisle and Blackburn and also looking at areas where it looks like we could get new groups up and running such as Warrington. Keep up the amazing work! Neil.

**News from Jess**
Happy Halloween everyone! I hope everyone has enjoyed lots of spooky fun recently. I went to a party dressed as a monster (made out of papier-mâché - very eco-friendly) so I think that that is my bit of childish fun over for another year. Apart from that it's been an exciting time keeping an eye on the news reports as it seems like a Climate Change Bill is now almost certain to be included in the Queen's Speech. Massive thank you to everyone who lobbied as part of the Big Ask - it is very rewarding to see that this kind of action can have such a positive effect.

Now that the activities around the Big Ask are slowing down a bit, I'm getting more of a chance to see local groups. Beverly FOE had their re-launch meeting last week which was very well attended, and I should be getting along to assist with the relaunch of North Durham and Derwent FOE in a couple of weeks too. Do let me know what you are all up to.

I had a really interesting meeting with the Energy Saving Trust in the North East last week. They are really keen to come along to group meetings and to give little talks on their work and ways to cut carbon emissions in the home. Especially interesting for groups is that they have a Renewables Coordinator (keith.devanney@est-ne.org.uk) and he would be able to come and talk to your group about renewable energy and the most cost-effective ways to install it. If you are interested in having someone from the Energy Saving Trust come and speak to the group (or to your place of work or other community group) please contact Laura Thompson - laura.thompson@est-ne.org.uk and she will be able to arrange this.
Other than that I hope to see some of you at the Stop Climate Chaos rally on Saturday. Cheery Jess>

** News from Sally**
The Yorkshire & Humber *Regional Spatial Strategy* Examination in Public finished last week, with the focus on the final few days concentrating on public transport and aviation. Anthony Rae (Calderdale Group Coordinator and Friends of the Earth Board Member for Y&H) won the prestigious accolade of 'Man of the Match' from the Inspector in his final summing up. I'm hoping that this means they've been so impressed with Friends of the Earth arguments that they'll be incorporating a whole rash of changes in to the final planning document, based on our recommendations. The inspectors report will be due out in January so we won't find out until then. In the meantime I'll be producing a very short and 'user-friendly' summary of some of the main issues and debates covered in the RSS process which should appear on the website at some point in the near future.

Other news - I attended an* 'incinerator summit'* last Saturday in London which saw the gathering together of groups from around the country (the majority were non-Friends of the Earth groups) who are fighting incinerator campaigns within their community. The morning saw a series of inspiring presentations from activists, including Keith Kondakor of Nuneaton Friends of the Earth who stood in the elections for his local council in order to defeat plans for an incinerator. (Check out his informative website at www.greennuneaton.org.uk/waste). Keith has also recently submitted evidence to the Hull Salt End incinerator inquiry. Dr Lesley Rowan of Somerset Waste Partnership also gave a presentation, describing how a rural council plans to reach LATS and tackle waste without resorting to incineration - this presentation is well worth a read for all who are interested in waste and incineration issues and will shortly be available on the Community website. The afternoon was dedicated to workshops collecting input on people's ideas for how the new incinerator network should work.

Finally, we've submitted a response to the *Humberside Airport Master Plan* which underlines the responsibility the airport has to identify very clearly how it intends to respond to the unprecedented threat of climate change, with aviation emissions being the fastest-growing source of such pollution. This is particularly essential since its location in the Humberside area ought to make the airport operator reflect on the acute and growing vulnerability of this area to flood risk, caused by climate change and other reasons. We've argued that a responsible business and good neighbour would absolutely not, by its proposed future actions, be contributing to the worsening of those risks - contact me for a copy of this response. Cheers Sally.

***FOEedback***
Is there anything that’s working really well, or not so well? Anything you agree with or disagree with that you'd like FOE to know about? How did the last day of action go for you? What do you think of the website, magazines or flyers? Let us know anything that you think could usefully be fed back up in to the organisation and we'll do it. Just email neilk@foe.co.uk or phone 0113 3899952.

Neil Kingsnorth
Northern Network Developer
Friends of the Earth
Leeds office : 74 Kirkgate, LS2 7DJ
Tel : 0113 3899952
E-mail : neilk@foe.co.uk
Mobile : 07921 039844
Web:www.foe.co.uk
Visit Friends of the Earth's local activism site -
http://community.foe.co.uk Worried about climate change?
Think the Government isn't doing enough?
You're not alone. Write to your MP at:
www.thebigask.com

Jess Dolan
Northern Network Developer
Friends of the Earth - Leeds
Tel: 0113 389 9964
Mobile: 07921 039204

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Mon, 6 Nov 2006
Opportunity to put our anti-incinerator case before ERYC and KHCC Planning Committee Members
There will be full details of how to take part in the meeting and the site visit published soon. Both ERYC and HCC have plans to allow public speaking above and beyond the normal practices given the importance of this case.
More details to follow.

Chris Peach
Principal Development Control Officer
Development and Renewal Services
Hull City Council
Kingston House
Bond Street
Kingston-upon-Hull
HU1 3ER
Tel. (01482) 612734
Fax (01482) 612350
Email: Chris.Peach@hullcc.gov.uk Web:http://www.hullcc.gov.uk

Hull City Council recognises the importance of delivering high quality services that meet your needs. How you see the services provided by us determines whether we succeed or fail. As part of our pursuit of Service Excellence, we want to know your views of the services provided - whether they are good or bad. If you have a suggestion that may improve the services we provide let us know. All of this information will help us to provide services that:

• Are reliable
• Meet your needs
• Represent value for money

If you require a Customer Feedback Form then please contact Bev Procter tel. (01482) 612197.
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Sun, 29 Oct 2006
Climate March for Green Revolution
PRESS RELEASE
Deane for Green - Revolution!
Martin Deane, former Green Party Parliamentary candidate for Hull North, will call for a Green Revolution in our consciousness and priorities at the Climate March in Queens Gardens Hull today.

The greatest psychotherapist, Carl Jung, once said: ‘A problem is not solved by the same consciousness that created it.’

In other words, he is saying - to solve a problem in relationships – with each other – with the planet – we have to find a new, a different, way of thinking.

But for 100s of years, man – and I say, principally, Man – has been exploiting all his fellow creatures – and the entire planet – as if there might be no tomorrow.

It has been true – since the 1960s – and the huge proliferation of nuclear weapons, driven by the so-called “Cold” War – true that, one day, there might be NO TOMORROW.

This threat of nuclear winter is the greatest threat we have inflicted upon ourselves, upon life - maybe even on Gaia, the planet, herself.

Now, we know this threat. We’ve known it for a generation – for 50 or 60 years since the allies first atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in 1945, killing over 300,000 people – with TWO bombs. We’ve known it, too, since the early 1960s when America sited JUPITER nuclear missiles in Turkey prompting Russia to do the same in CUBA.

The world was on tenterhooks then. AND FOR THE SAME REASONS THE WORLD SHOULD BE ON TENTERHOOKS NOW - BECAUSE OUR CONSCIOUSNESS HAS NOT CHANGED.

Not - for George Bush. Not - for Tony Blair. OUR terrorist leaders, threatened to bomb Iraq with NUCLEAR weapons, falsely claiming that the country was crawling with Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Our terrorist leaders – are developing NOW, a new generation of battlefield nuclear weapons in America, and in Aldermaston in the UK.

And OUR Dear Leader is planning to replace Britain’s Trident nuclear submarines at a cost of at least #25,000 million – and IMPROVING the existing capability of destroying 1200 Hiroshimas.

AND YET – AND YET – Prof. Sir David King, the Government’s own chief scientist said a few years ago – that “Climate Change was a far more serious threat than terrorism”. SO, HAS OUR CONSCIOUSNESS CHANGED???

NO. Instead we YAP on endlessly about whether Muslim women should wear the niqab, AS IF WE’RE THE TALIBAN! - IN A FREE SOCIETY!

We ignore the biggest haul of explosives EVER FOUND on the British mainland – earlier this month – not found in a Muslim household – but found in the home of a former candidate for the BNP !!

We BLAME others for things - We scapegoat. Who’s to blame for climate change??? The RAINFORESTS??? No. Maybe it’s the polar bears. NO! Maybe it’s the Muslims? No! - It’s not EVEN the BNP !!!

It’s our old friend – the modern industrial capitalism of largely western societies – so far – and the rampant chewing up of the world by unaccountable EMPIRES - and by the private dictatorships that we call CORPORATIONS.

If BRITAIN does not lead the way over climate change then we CANNOT expect other countries to either: The Industrial Revolution started here!! The invention of the steam engine, the first locomotive, the first railways, the textile mills. We didn’t know THIS was terrorism! - Although some Luddites DID! - We didn’t know we were planting the seeds of INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE TERROR for 100s of years to come. We did not know we were building 100s of climate time-bomb-making factories in every city - unconsciously mapping out – not just maybe the end of history – but the END OF GEOGRAPHY!

We were taught : it was PROGRESS! It destroyed millions of SLAVE lives. It kept the POOR poor while enriching the richest. It destroyed LAND wherever resources were to be found.

AND IT IS AS POWERFUL as ever under Tony Blair - as it will be under his SUCCESSOR - whoever that turns out to be! And remember - BROWN is NOT the NEW GREEN ! And nor is climate salvation to be expected from David Camera-on !

So I call for a REVOLUTION - A GREEN revolution in our CONSCIOUSNESS - a revolution in our way of thinking – and a revolution in the PRIORITIES of our SOCIETIES.

A revolution where we take ownership of the means of production – OF ENERGY ! SUSTAINABLE - RENEWABLE. Where we buy FOOD THAT WE TRUST FROM FARMS THAT WE KNOW – and less from many thousands of miles away.

Where NOTHING is wasted. Where RECYCLABILITY is built in at the DESIGN stage. For a CITY committed to the three R’s of - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle – and NOT to a future that goes up in SMOKE. Or has to swim to Beverley to get to work!!
Our consciousness HAS TO CHANGE.
We remain SEDUCED – after 100s of years – into still thinking that life is about Big, Up and More: bigger cars and houses - higher salaries and positions - more possessions and greater power.
But that way lies RUIN!
Who want to live on a ruined planet!!??
Who wants to live on an earth with no atmosphere!??
Who wants to watch while millions lose their lives and livelihoods – through A NEW CLIMATE SLAVERY – when the water takes back their land. Even our land.
The time is now.
Forget Blair’s next war!!
Forget who he blames for terror!!
Our CONSCIOUSNESS HAS to change – to solve this problem.
WE – THEY – ALL OF US – have to find ways of living simpler – IN ORDER TO SIMPLY LIVE.
THANK YOU.

For more information - Hull Green Party
Martin Deane, Sec.
07812 838701
Queens Gardens
Martin Deane, 29.10.06
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Thu, 26 Oct 2006
Stewards for Sunday
Dear Friends,
I need to arrange, say, 20 further stewards for Sunday, 11am Pearson Park. (the Hull Daily Mail gave 11am as the start time - so any stalls or jugglers, fire-eaters, poy-flingers welcome to entertain !!!)
As you will see from the Briefing we have about 5 who've definitely given a yes...
Can you let me know if you're around and willing?
Sorry I havent had time to ring round individually - but thats gonna happen next !!!
Cheers,

Martin
Tel 471467
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Tue, 24 Oct 2006
Butterflies in October!
This morning I saw a Red Admiral butterfly in my garden, which, while being a pleasing sight, wouldn't be out of the ordinary except for the fact that this is late October, not July or August.

We could be quick to make assumptions about the unusually mild weather we've been experiencing, but it does make you think. I have no idea whether this butterflies in October is simply unusual or bizarre. Would anyone like to let me know if they have seen October butteflies in previous years.

Ian White
Email: hullfriendsoftheearth@yahoo.co.uk
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Mon, 23 Oct 2006
Objection to Saltend Incinerator
Dear Hull FOE & Beverley FoE
I have been looking at waste growth and plans for new incinerators in England. The one proposed at Saltend would drastically undermine recycling and lead to waste travelling great distances. I have today emailed my views on the size of the incinerator to the planning department at both councils as an objection to the plans. I understand the wide range of arguments against the incinerator but have focused my objection on the need for a facility of that size. My view is that the waste growth has ended and that with a lot of work we can drive waste down year-on-year. 2005/6 saw a significant drop in waste across England in almost every council. They will obviously try to claim that waste is growing as a justification for the incinerator.

It is clear that the proposal is twice as large as it needs to be. If the plans are defieted then the choice of technology is again up for grabs.

I am speaking at the FOE incinerator summit on Saturday. I am also an active member of the FOE waste discussion list. Please do contact me if I can help.

Keith Kondakor
Member of Nuneaton & District FOE
Tel 024 76 344 079

PS I hope to update the waste pages on my website and add a page about WRGs plans at Saltend. Do send me any links that I can put on that page about your area.
www.greennuneaton.org.uk/waste
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Thu, 19 Oct 2006
THREE ACTIONS tomorrow...
Dear Friends, Good things come in THREEs!!!! So, for this Saturday !!! -

1.Menwith Hill Demo - No Star Spangled Nonsense! - Im travelling from 9am, probably home 6ish.
Space in my car - 07812 838701

If you cant make that try -
2.Leafleting in Queen Victoria Square, 10am, with Guy Moore, promoting the Hull climate change events.

and if you can make Leeds but not Harrogate (for some strange reason - ) 3.A Die-in in Leeds, in Briggate, noon, outside Body Shop, by Leeds Stop the War .
Cheers,

Martin
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Wed, 18 Oct 2006
March Promo
Dear Friends, The Humber Bridge Climate March for Oct 29th made the paper-
Click here
I even recognise my quotes...
Page 18 if youve got the hard copy!
Cheers

Martin Deane
www.sokuto12.karoo.net
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Mon, 16 Oct 2006
March & Website
Dear Friends,
Ive put up the local climate change campaign at
www.sokuto12.karoo.net including the folowing.
Also, subsequent to the latest attack on Muslims - proposed spying on Muslim students by University lecturers - ive joined Liberty at
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/

Cllr Polly Worsdale says "Support the Humber Bridge Climate Change March. We have to act now. Everyone has to be involved, and we need to be forgetting party politics, putting it on one side. This issue is rather bigger than that. We need a total re-think about the panacea of ‘economic growth’ which we have lived with for generations now." >>>more
An Inconvenient Truth is NOT showing in many cinemas in the area... But it WILL BE showing at Hull Screen on Weds. Oct 25th – Fri 27th. It's a great film. Yes, it’s been criticized for being a vehicle for Al Gore, but he has made an important and stunning film on the issue of climate change, and everyone ought to see it. >>>more
Climate Change meeting, Guildhall: "The level of debate was impressive", said Martin Deane, chairing, of Hull Green Party, "whether it was people asking questions about the green credentials of some Hull businesses, or questions on sea level rise or cycle lanes across the city, people made sure to get their points across." >>>more

Regards,
Martin
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Fri, 13 Oct 2006
WASTE_NEWS
INTERNAL NEWS
EMAIL YOUR MEPs AT
WWW.STOPTHEWASTE.EU
On 28th November, MEPs in the EU Environment Committee will vote on a revised European Waste Framework Directive. Friends of the Earth is calling on them to improve waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting rates in Europe - without encouraging more incineration. You can find out which of your MEPs are on the Environment Committee and send them an email at www.stopthewaste.eu
. Please forward this link to as many people as possible (including any in other European countries) and post a link to it on your group's website if you have one.
If you would like to meet an MEP to discuss waste issues, it would be a good time to do so during the week beginning 30th October, as MEPs don't have any European Parliament meetings during this week, so are more likely to be in their constituencies. Please let me know if you're interested and we'll advise you on the priority MEP to contact in your region.

LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE FRINGE MEETING
On 26th September, the Reduce Resource Use team held a fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference titled 'Reducing the climate change impacts of waste management', which around 45 people attended. It was chaired by Alan Whitehead MP, and the speakers were Sir John Harman (Chair of the Environment Agency), Ray Georgeson (WRAP) and Michael Warhurst (Senior Campaigner).
Michael's powerpoint presentation, 'Climate change and waste management: why we should Stop the Waste' is available here:
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/event
_presentations/waste_and_
climate_change.pdf
Another presentation, 'Stopping the waste: setting a long term direction for EU waste policy', which Michael recently gave to European parliamentary hearing on the current review of the European Union's Waste Framework Directive, is available at:
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/event
_presentations/eu_waste_hearing.pdf

CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS ONLINE
Powerpoint presentations from the Local Groups Conference workshops are now on the Community website.
'Changing the rules on waste - how to influence the EU's waste law review':
http://community.foe.co.uk/resource/
events/past/20061004180404Z.html
'Taking a positive approach to waste - using solutions to Stop the Waste':
http://community.foe.co.uk/resource/
events/past/20061004163135Z.html
Information and presentations from other Conference workshops can be found here:
http://community.foe.co.uk/resource/
events/past/

NEW ONLINE BOOK SHOP LAUNCHED
www.foe.co.uk/shop is a new online shop, which replaces the printed publications catalogue and allows people to browse and buy online. It boasts a new and extensive range of books and every purchase helps to fund our vital work.

EXTERNAL NEWS
ENGLAND HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING RATE PASSES 25 PER CENT
Defra has published provisional figures showing that the Government target to recycle and compost 25% of household waste in England by 2005/06 has been exceeded. Households in England recycled 27% of their waste during 2005/06, 4% more than in the previous year. Defra have also said that all English waste disposal authorities have met their limits for the first year of the Landfill Allowances Trading Scheme (LATS). Defra's press release can be read here:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/
2006/061012a.htm
Also, Cambridgeshire recycled 51% of its household rubbish from April to June 2006, rising to 55% in some districts.

STRENGTHENED EU BATTERY RULES PUBLISHED
new Batteries Directive has been published, which makes companies that produce and sell new batteries responsible for collecting and recycling spent batteries. A binding recycling target for general consumer batteries of 50% by 2010 must be met by member states and the new rules must be transposed into national law by September 2008. For more info see:
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation
/news.jsp?story=6097

COMPOST QUALITY PROTOCOL CONSULTATION LAUNCHED
The Environment Agency and WRAP have launched a consultation on their quality protocol for the production and use of high quality PAS100 composts. The protocol would set standards for the industry which, if met, would mean compost produced would be legally classified as a resource, not waste. For more info see:
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story
.asp?id=11990&channel=5

PROPOSED CHANGES TO PACKAGING REGULATIONS
Defra, the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly have issued a consultation paper proposing amendments to the Packaging waste Regulations 2005. The consultations seeks to insert corrections and technical changes and to allow for electronic packaging recovery and export recovery notes to enable the further development of the national packaging waste database. See:
www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/
packaging-reg06/index.htm

SAINSBURY'S MOVE TOWARDS COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING
Sainsbury's have announced plans to move towards using compostable packaging in 500 products including ready meals and organic food and to move to use recycled carrier bags. The British Plastics Federation responded by suggesting that the incineration and recycling of plastic was a better option than composting biodegradable material.
Friends of the Earth's press release can be read here:
Click here
and Qs and As on the plans can be read here:
Click here
Best wishes,

Becky Slater
Campaign Assistant
Waste and Resource Use
beckys@foe.co.uk
Tel 020 7566 4079
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Fri, 13 Oct 2006
Wind Turbine Wins Approval
A Giant wind turbine could tower over Hull after approval was given for the controversial plan.
Chemicals firm Croda wants to build the 410ft (124m) tower at its plant in Oak Road, north Hull, to generate electricity and reduce its energy costs.
The scheme was opposed by many residents amid concerns about noise, safety and the impact it could have on the landscape.
But Hull City Council's planning committee has approved the project, subject to the completion of reports into site contamination and the effect on wildlife, as first reported on the Mail's website yesterday.
The project was backed by Hull Civic Society, Hull Friends of the Earth and the Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce.
If built, the tower will be visible from as far afield as Cleethorpes and Driffield.
Mark Robinson, of Croda, said the turbine could generate between a quarter and half the plant's power needs.
He said the plant had reduced energy consumption by half, but still needed to cut fuel costs.
He said: "Despite these improvements, over the past three years we have seen crippling energy price increases. Consequently, we've had to look at how to take more energy costs out of the factory."
Steve Noreiko, of Hull Friends of the Earth, acknowledged residents' concerns, but said: "If climate change becomes irreversible then in 50 years' time this city will be underwater and back to the Stone Age, so those concerns will be secondary."
Six residents told the meeting they were concerned about the development. Peter Robinson, chairman of the Friends of Oak Road, said, while the group had no objections to wind turbines, it felt this one was too close to residential and play areas. He also voiced concerns about site contamination being stirred up by construction and the impact on water levels. a.houghton@hdmp.co.uk

Your Views " was certain this would be rejected due to needless worrying, i think this is fantastic news, a real positive move for the city. what a landmark it will be!
Matt, w hull

Great! I think more renewable energy sources should be used in and around the country. I can never understand why people moan about them beng such an eye sore. I actually think they make quite a feature!
Anon, hull Excellent its about time too.. one step forward i say Great stuff!
Vicky, West Hull

Great news - clean, silent, pollution-free energy. Brilliant!
Alf, Hull

What a fantastic achievement! It's about time someone took the lead on renewable energy in the City. Well done Croda!
CH, Hull

Why Dave? You never disappoint, didn't expect anything less from you. Get a life.
Allie, Hessle

They should design it to look like a giant cigarette.
Dave, London
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Thu, 12 Oct 2006
Redevelopment of Kesteven Way Meadows, North Carr ward, Hull
Hello,
I am an avid wildlife fan and have been forwarding information regarding the resident species of wild life in my area to groups interested in monitoring how they are coping with the changing environment.
I provide information to the BTO and Hull biodiversity Action Plan Group, mainly about the bird species in the area.
It has come to my attention that the Local Authority, Hull biodiversity group and woodland trust have agreed the redevelopment of the Kesteven Way meadow area. It seems, mainly due to the fact that it doesn’t look appealing to visitors, investors or residents.
Their proposal is to get rid of most of the flood meadow area there and turn it into football pitches, mown grass area and a strip of trees alongside the road. This would, in my humble opinion, decimate the already dwindling wildlife in that area.
I have lived on Parcevall Drive for six years when it and HEMBLE way were pretty much the only housing in the area and according to the housing developers, not much more of the green land flood meadow there would be developed on.
That has now happened and all the areas where skylarks, butterflies, frogs, bats, insects, including dragonflies, flowers and ducks used to live have disappeared. I now only see one pair of skylarks on the meadow on Kesteven Way , compared to six or seven before the Kingswood estate blossomed.
There is a healthy and growing population of House Martins on Kingswood . This bird has been and still is in serious decline in all areas of the country. One of the reasons, if not arguably the main reason for their success in this area, is the availability, ironically, of housing to nest on, but that COMBINED with, the meadow, for gathering mud for their nests and the insects it attracts for them to feed on.
Are you able to have any input on this proposed development? If so, there is a public meeting coming soon for concerns to be raised and the contact for the Local Area Team involved is Andrew PARKINSON at North Carr Area Team.
I hope you can add any concerns you may also have to this matter.
Kind regards

Andrew Carmichael
6 Parcevall Drive
Kingswood
Hull
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Wed, 11 Oct 2006
PUBLIC MEETING - Climate Change
Hull Guildhall, Thursday 12th Oct at 6.30pm, Conference Room C1
Ever done more than just think about climate change??? - And what it means for Hull??
Join us for speakers, a chance for questions, debate, details for further action and information, with stalls from Hull DOC, Hull Friends of the Earth, Hull Green Party, People and Planet (Hull University), Greenpeace, and more...
Speakers will include -
Dr Sonja Boehmer - Christiansen,
Geography, Hull University and Editor of Energy & Environment
Stephen Baker, Hull City Councillor, LD
Portfolio Holder for Adult Services, Health and Equalities
Adam Fowler, CHEF Community Environment Officer of CHEF, City of Hull Humber Environment Forum (CHEF)
Richard Claxton
Greenpeace Area Networker, Hull and East Yorkshire
Martin Budd, Environment Officer, Hull City Council
Chairing will be Martin Deane, Secretary, Hull and East Riding Green Party.
Guy Moore, independent climate change campaigner
Tel 01482 219429
Events being organised in Hull:
Screening of "An Inconvenient Truth"
Hull Screen, Wed 25th - Fri 27th October:
With speakers including Martin Williams of Friends of the Earth (tbc), and other specialists speaking before each showing.
Details: Hull Screen, George Street. 7.30pm, contact Hull Screen for bookings.
March across the Humber Bridge Sunday 29th October
The march takes place ahead of the national Stop Climate Chaos event being held in London on November 4th. See http://www.icount.org.uk/ for more details.
Details: Assemble by cafe in Humber Bridge car park. 11am for 12 noon start.
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Tue, 10 Oct 2006
Yorkshire & Humber Regional Partnership Meeting November
Dear Regional Partnership,
We now have some provisional dates for the next Regional Partnership meeting, which we would be very pleased if you could attend. Please could you reply to me indicating whether you are able to attend on 18th or 25th November, and if you are free on both dates, please could you state your preference. I shall then pick the date that the highest number of people can attend.
The draft agenda for the meeting is:
Information exchange
Review of The Big Ask – how was it for you?
Y&H Regional Spatial Strategy – update and discussion of likely outcomes.
Regional priority campaigns – initial discussion on potential candidate campaigns.
Campaign focus: Waste campaigning in Y&H – what next?
Capacity building update - including January 2007 event
The next 5 year plan – initial discussion
Y&H network skills database – update
Please let me know if there are any agenda items that you would like to add to the above.
The venue is likely to be the same venue as last time - the Swarthmore Centre in Leeds, but this will be confirmed depending on availability of rooms.
I have attached the minutes of the last Regional Partnership to refresh your memory on what was discussed last time.
Best wishes,

Sally Snowball
Yorkshire & Humber Regional Campaigner
Friends of the Earth - Leeds Office
74 Kirkgate
Leeds
LS2 7DJ
Tel: 0113 242 8150
Mobile: 07921 039251
Support Friends of the Earth
www.foe.co.uk/?email_staff
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Sun, 8 Oct 2006
Please help at the icount climate event, Trafalgar Sq, Nov 4th
Dear all,
This email contains information about the ICount, Stop Climate Chaos event in Trafalgar Square on November 4th.
If anyone is interested in stewarding there is a form attached to this email that you can send back to Joanna at Friends of the Earth (or send it to me and I will pass it on).
I am in the process of exploring different transport options and will circulate these as soon as possible. At the moment it seems like the cheapest option is to travel on the Megabus at a subsidised rate of around £4 return however I have just checked the times of these and it would involve either leaving Newcastle at 01.15AM and arriving into London at around 8AM on the day of the demo, or leaving the night before.
Those people travelling from Leeds on the Megabus would be leaving at around 5.45AM on the day of the demo.
I am currently trying to ascertain from Stop Climate Chaos if there will be dedicated coaches running from regional hubs (hopefully at more civilised times!), however it would be really useful to get an indication from you if you feel the Megabus option is worth doing.
Warm regards,

Jess Dolan
Northern Network Developer
Friends of the Earth - Leeds
Tel: 0113 389 9964
Mobile: 07921 039204

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Sun, 8 Oct 2006
They don't give up
WRG have submitted addenda to
Transport Assessment
Flood Risk Assessment
Red Line Boundary Plan.
We have until 27th Oct to comment
I’ll bet the Flood Risk Assessment could hold some nasty surprises
Source: Hull Daily Mail Friday 6th Oct page 45 .
I ask for a new cut off date as the documents can only be seen at Beverley or Hedon Customer Service Centres, or by special arrangement with Mr. Cormack, Preston Parish Clerk. Therefore we cannot see them before Monday. We have only 18 days to examine the documents. Please confirm new date.

Phil Parker
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Wed, 4 Oct 2006
Climate Change - Take it seriously

Some of YOU know about climate change Some of US want you to know MORE ALL OF US need to make Government know IT ALL PUBLIC MEETING 12 October 2006 The Guildhall - 6.30 pm FILM - An Inconvenient Truth 25/26/27 October 2006 - Hull Screen 7.30pm PLUS other local short films and speakers from London MARCH THE HUMBER BRIDGE 29 October 2006 Meet 11.00am for Noon, Humber Bridge car park SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE SERIOUSLY NOW!

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Mon, 2 Oct 2006
Friends of the Earth
Croda Wind Turbine Application, Oak Road - Clough Road, Hull
Thank you for your support with regard to the proposed Croda wind turbine. The application is going to be determined at the planning committee on Wednesday 11th October.
So far there have been 35 Objection letters submitted to the Council.
I would be really grateful if you could send this information to Friends of the Earth members to ask if they would be kind enough to lend their support to the wind turbine application by sending a brief note in support of the turbine to:
Jennifer Downs
Senior Development Control Officer
Development & Renewal Services
Hull City Council
Kingston House
Bond Street
HU1 3ER
Many thanks for your support.

Hannah
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Tue, 26 Sep 2006
October Meeting
Unfortunately I won't be able to chair the Oct. meeting as I have to go to Greece on family business. Once this trip is over I will be around every month. There are a few things to report. First, the lobbying of Diana Johnson was just fine. She agreed to do everything we suggested. We had a ten minute slot, but even though other people were waiting she seemed to like talking with us and we actually spent half an hour with her. Second, I talked to the Wyke Area Team, now in the Newland Primary School, about using one of their rooms for our meetings. They look kindly on this request although they won't know until sometime in Oct. if the building will be theirs or not, as it might be sold off to a developer. Third, hope the Green Fair preparations are coming along. I have booked tables for both Westbourne East NW and for the Friends of Pearson Park. Fourth, I'm in favour of Guy talking to the group about his climate change plans so the group can decide the level of their support. I could not let him join us for the lobbying as he is not in D. Johnson's constituency and I booked our time for just three people (me, Chrys and Alan) who are. He is supposed to be lobbying Prescott as that's his constituency. Fifth, my votes are for NOT joining the Recycling Network (I have read the literature and do not think this benefits us) and NOT using Resource for the same reason. Hope all goes well in Oct. See you in November.

Haris
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Fri, 22 Sep 2006
An Inconvenient Email!
Local Man Takes on Climate Change
Local man Guy Moore, of east Hull, saw a film that changed his life. He attended a preview screening of the film, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, by ex-US presidential candidate Al Gore.
The film is a passionate and inspirational documentary, exposing the myths and misconceptions surrounding global warming and the actions required to prevent it.
Mr Moore, a Bosnia and Gulf War veteran, who retired from the armed forces in December 2004, was unaware of the issues of climate change until recently. However, he was so moved by the ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ that he felt compelled to take action.
“The issue of climate change should be in the minds and on the lips of every person in this region", Moore argues.
The Al Gore film spurred him into action to ensure the debate really took off locally. Mr Moore set up a series of meetings with organisations working on climate change, such as Friends of the Earth, Oxfam, the local Green Party, and members of the council.
Within a few weeks his plans snowballed to include:

• a meeting with his local MP and Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, on the 30th September, to lobby him on a law to legally bind the government to reduce CO2 emissions
• a march across the Humber Bridge, ahead of the mass climate change march in London on Sunday 29th October
• booking national speakers for the Hull screenings of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’
• and organising a public meeting on October 12th at Hull Guildhall to raise local awareness and commitment on the issue.

Supplementary Notes:

• The 1990s was the warmest decade, and 1998 the warmest year on global record. The Earth is warming faster than at any time in the past 10,000 years. The burning of coal, oil and gas has increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere by 30% over natural levels. (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
• The summer of 2003 was Europe’s hottest for 500 years. The heatwave caused 28,000 premature deaths across the continent (Stop Climate Chaos)
• Mean sea levels in the Humber Estuary and along the Yorkshire coast have risen at a average rate of 2.55mm per year over the last 80 years. In January 2005 the highest tidal surge in four decades hit Hull. Water levels rose to about 90cm above normal levels. (Hull Business Forum)
• 150,000 people already die every year from climate change (World Health Organisation)
• People in low-income countries are four times more likely to die in natural disasters than people in high-income countries. Globally, disaster losses increased from $71 billion in the 1960s to $608 billion in 1990s. Poverty and lagging development exacerbates people’s vulnerability to extreme weather (Oxfam)
• Stop Climate Chaos is a coalition of civil society organisations working to mobilise public concern and political action to stop climate chaos. They have organised a national march on November 4th to raise awareness of climate change. The event will take place on the eve of international climate talks, and just over a week before the Queen's Speech which campaigners hope will include the introduction of a bill to help stop climate chaos.

Events being organised in Hull:

• Thursday 12th October: Public meeting at the Guildhall, with speakers including Guy Moore, Dave Woods, portfolio holder for the environment, Hull City Council, a representative from Friends of the Earth, Adam Fowler, City of Hull & Humber Environment Forum (CHEF), Martin Deane, Green Party, Martin Budd, Agenda 21, Hull City Council. Details: Conference Room C1, 6:30pm, contact Guy Moore to confirm attendance/ for more details - 01482 218 429
• Wednesday 25th – Friday 27th October: Screening of "An Inconvenient Truth" at Hull Screen. With speakers including Martin Williams of Friends of the Earth (tbc), and other specialists speaking before each showing. Details: Hull Screen, George Street. 7.30pm, contact Hull Screen for bookings.
• Sunday 29th October: March across the Humber Bridge. The march takes place ahead of the national Stop Climate Chaos event being held in London on November 4th. Seewww.icount.org.uk/ for more details. Details: Assemble by cafe in Humber Bridge car park. 11am for 12 noon start.

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Wed, 20 Sep 2006
A windy Bellamy

Dear Friends,
Monday night I was at a meeting on wind turbines in Skipsea (E. Riding of Yorkshire). The key speaker was David Bellamy. He and the following speaker, a guy from Scotland, spoke at great length on every problem you could imagine to do with wind turbines.

It was horrendous!! The arguments presented were totally NIMBY and no one spoke positively about wind energy from the panel at all, and very few from the floor. I offered that the meeting hear me for 5 minutes on the positives but the panel just fobbed it off. Wind turbines dont work, the 300 people were told in the plush leisure centre. They are noisy, they kill birds, etc. I remember an article in Green World which detailed such arguments.
I hope to take Bellamy's presentation to account and distribute this.
We also have him on video denying climate change, peak oil, etc.
I hear Bellamy got £5000 for his trouble for that night.
Not scot free though. He was on Look North with a polar bear and placards in the background with people noisily disagreeing with him!!
Regards

Martin Deane
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Wed, 13 Sep 2006
An Inconvenient Truth
PRESS RELEASE
Hull & E. Riding Green Party

Contact: Hull & E.Riding Green Party
Sec, Martin Deane
01482 471467
07812 838701
Martin Deane stood for Parliament for Hull North, 2005
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Tue, 12 Sep 2006
Green candidate slams official 9/11
P R E S S R E L E A S E
Green Party candidate slams official 9/11 story
After five years, Green Party candidate Martin Deane notes that –

• In the years since 2001, hundreds of major inconsistencies have arisen between the official story of September 11th . These incude accounts of “hijackers” still being alive and accounts of the buildings being blown up.
• A large number of survivors and families of victims have major doubts about the official story.
• Victims of the attacks are still dying today because their government lied to them that the air was safe to breathe.
• Now 9/11 is used on an almost daily basis to justify continued wars and increasing losses of civil liberties.
• Over one thousand Muslims have been arrested under these laws in Britain alone. The 2% or so convicted, have not been convicted of anything to do with terrorism. (1)

Martin Deane
Sec. HERGP
Tel 01482 471467
Tel 07812 838701
1. former Ambassador Craig Murray -
Click here
2. Martin Deane stood in Hull North, for Parliament last year.
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Sun, 10 Sep 2006
Friends of the Earth Activism Committee
All local group members have need invited to take part in Friends of the Earth Activism Committee in Leeds on Saturday 7th October at
Carlton Hill Meeting House
188 Woodhouse lane
LEEDS

The Activism Committee is a sub committee of the Board of Directors which has responsibility for the governance and strategic direction of Friends of the Earth .Most directors are regionally elected by local groups, and the Activism Committee is responsible for Local groups and activism. They meet four times a year, mostly in the regions to raise issues of local concern.
The meeting starts at 10 am and will finish around 4:30pm. Please feel free to come to as much as or little of the day as you feel able to.
The afternoon session will include presentations on regional campaigning and local group development in Yorkshire and Humber. These sessions are specifically arranged to enable local group members to contribute. Before this you ar invited to lunch.

Sue Jolliffe
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Fri, 8 Sep 2006
Climate Change Lobbying Training
I thought the training was an enjoyable evening and think we ought to do more of this kind of thing as it involves everyone in doing something.

Reminder to all:
Come and find Hull FOE stall in Pearson Park on Sunday 10th Sept between 12.00 and 4pm and help if you can.

Hilary
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Sun, 10 Sep 2006
Friends of the Earth Activism Committee
All local group members have need invited to take part in Friends of the Earth Activism Committee in Leeds on Saturday 7th October at
Carlton Hill Meeting House
188 Woodhouse lane
LEEDS

The Activism Committee is a sub committee of the Board of Directors which has responsibility for the governance and strategic direction of Friends of the Earth .Most directors are regionally elected by local groups, and the Activism Committee is responsible for Local groups and activism. They meet four times a year, mostly in the regions to raise issues of local concern.
The meeting starts at 10 am and will finish around 4:30pm. Please feel free to come to as much as or little of the day as you feel able to.
The afternoon session will include presentations on regional campaigning and local group development in Yorkshire and Humber. These sessions are specifically arranged to enable local group members to contribute. Before this you ar invited to lunch.

Sue Jolliffe
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Tue, 5 Sep 2006
Hull FOE Meeting Reminder!

This is a reminder that the Hull FoE meeting on Tuesday 5th September will be at the Pavilion, Pearson Park [next to bowling greens].
future monthly meetings will resume as normal at the Relax coffee shop on Newland Avenue.
AGENDA
Please keep all items brief to concentrate on training session for which we have visitors from Regional FOE:
1. Present and apologies.[Apology from Steve Whittemore]
2. Green Fair [suggest we form sub cttee to meet another date, as need more time]
3. Newsletter Bring items or email Chrys or Hilary.
4. Community Recycling Network Renew membership £35.25
5. Brief update on Marinet [Bill]
6. GM Foods Consultation [Haris]
7. Training Session, Climate Change Campaign
Notes on other business added here to avoid having to discuss at meeting:
1. Tony Devonshire has donated £70 proceeds of abseil from Humber Bridge. Hilary has sent thanks but please Minute.
2. Incineration Summit 28th October 2006 London [campaigning groups exchange experience] Hilary offered to go; anyone else interested contact her for details]
3. FOE Conference: Shan representing Beverley FOE, Bill representing Marinet, both also representing us; could you confirm whether Hull FOE will need to contribute towards costs?
4.Humberside Airport Masterplan; anyone interested in a joint response with Scunthorpe FOE please contact Steve Whittemore via Sue.
5. Blacktoft antenna, preliminary to wind generator, given Planning Permission. Wind farms now more likely.
6. We have been invited to the following. Anyone wanting to go please pick up details from Hilary: 1. Hull DOC Voluntary and Community Sector Event, Wednesday 20th September 2006 10.00am-3.30pm KC Stadium [networking and influencing opportunity; would be useful for someone to represent us]. 2.Opening of Hull Community Church, Newland Ave/Cottingham Rd corner, Friday 22nd September 2006 1-4pm.

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Sat, 26 Aug 2006
WASTE NEWS
INTERNAL NEWS REMINDER - BIG ASK BIG MONTH BIG LOBBY
During the four weeks between 12 September and 12 October we're aiming to ensure that every MP has been visited or spoken to by at least one constituent about Friends of the Earth's Big Ask climate change campaign.
More details are at http://community.foe.co.uk/conference

EXTERNAL NEWS WASTE CAMPAIGNERS CONFERENCE
A conference is being held on Wednesday 13th September at the University of the West of England, Bristol, to start developing a factual toolkit which will better enable waste campaigners to win the anti-incineration and pro-recycling/composting arguments. Subsequent workshops are also planned to complete the process. For more information please contact David Levy on levy@dr52.fsnet.co.uk.

WRAP REPORT FORECASTS INCREASED FOOD WASTE COLLECTIONS
WRAP has said that food waste collection is set to become a significant expansion area for local authorities and that running such schemes will make it easier to introduce fortnightly collections, as well as contributing to Landfill Directive targets. Please see: http://www.letsrecycle.com/materials/
composting/news.jsp?story=5974
Friends of the Earth will shortly be producing an action pack to help local groups and campaigners persuade their councils to introduce separate food waste collections. Please let me know if you would like to be sent one.

HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING INCENTIVE TRIAL RESULTS ANNOUNCED
DEFRA have reported the results of a six-month trial of 53 different local authority household incentive schemes, involving 100 districts and boroughs starting in October 2005. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive range of incentive schemes in encouraging householders to reduce, recycle and compost their waste.
The report is now published at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/
waste/localauth/encourage.htm
However, the report has revealed only limited results for the schemes:
http://www.letsrecycle.com/info/
localauth/news.jsp?story=5921
Best wishes, Becky Slater

Campaign Assistant
Waste and Resource Use
beckys@foe.co.uk
Tel 020 7566 4079
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Fri, 18 Aug 2006
Postcards against the incinerator
PRESS RELEASE
Postcards against the incinerator.
Councillor Pete Allen will be on the steps of Hull's Guildhall at 2 p.m. on Tuesday 22 August to receive more than twelve hundred signed postcards objecting to the proposed waste incinerator.
Hull Friends of the Earth have been collecting signatures in Hull and the East Riding from concerned citizens who would rather have the opportunity to recycle 100% of their waste than have it burnt in an incinerator.
"Each card represents an objection to incineration by an ordinary person who would prefer to recycle everything," said campaign organiser Carole Noreiko. "Councillor Allen is vice-chair of Hull City Council's Planning Committee, and we are grateful to him for agreeing to meet us and take these individual objections."
Anti-incinerator campaigners refuse to believe that electricity from waste is "green energy". Friends of the Earth have produced figures to show that burning waste emits more greenhouse gas that gas-fired electricity generation, and they point out that that organic waste will soon have to be collected separately, and it could be processed to produce compost and natural gas.
"There are other, greener solutions," said Carole, "And we would like to see the two Councils looking ahead."
For further information please contact:

Stephen F. Noreiko
Hull Friends of the Earth
6 Briarfield Road, HULL HU5 4HX
Tel 448 222
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Fri, 15 Sep 2006
A Low Carbon Economy
PRESS RELEASE
Hull Green Party

Hull Green Party welcomes both a report from Friends of the Earth and the launch of An Inconvenient Truth." The FOE report calls for immediate action on carbon emissions reductions, including setting a new target of 70% - over the next 30 years.
Martin Deane, Hull Green Party, comments, "Our government's current business as usual policies mean we will not reach the emissions targets they have outlined themselves, let alone Friends of the Earth's. Britain's carbon emissions are actually rising!
This report and the launch of Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth today, are reminders that climate change is a challenge that needs an urgent and radical response. Government must ensure the infrastructure is in place to encourage a shift to a low carbon economy - this means tax incentives, environmentally friendly planning laws and tackling the industry's that are our biggest polluters - namely aviation.
“A low carbon economy is possible. It's both possible and vital, but Tony Blair has so far failed to face these challenges head on. We all need to create the necessary impetus for real and decisive action."

Hull Green Party
Tel 01482 471467
www.greenparty.org.uk/hull
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Tue, 15 Aug 2006
Dioxins ARE deadly in small quantities
Dear Colleagues,
I would ask you to remember Michael Meacher. When he was a Minister he claimed that dioxins wee extremely dangerous, even in small quantities. He believed that they were cancerous.
I have seen photographic evidence of disabled Vietnamese children, so distorted as to make you weep. These poor kids’ MOTHERS and FATHERS were the people exposed to Agent Orange, a herbicide that the crazy military poured on Vietnam by the thousands of gallons. Agent Orange contained small quantities of dioxins. These caused the damage.
After Michael Meacher was disgracefully kicked out because he had the guts to stand up and be counted, suddenly there was a flood of alleged ‘evidence’ that incinerators don’t really emit dioxins. That they aren’t harmful anyway. How is it that suddenly there is all this evidence that these, the most cancer-causing chemicals known to man, are ‘safe’, that incinerators don’t emit them?
I worked at Capper Pass. Thank goodness I got a job at Reckitts. Please read the article.

Barry Robinson
70 year old Green Party Member
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Thu, 10 Aug 2006
Pearson Park Family Day
I've arranged for us to have a stall at the Pearson Park Family Day sponsored by the Community Wardens on Friday August 11. Chrys, Alan, Pam and I will be there (the event is from 11 to 4) but we'd welcome anyone else who wants to drop by and help us or just enjoy the day. We'll have a full exhibition of our work plus card signing. We might even get new members! Hope to see you there.

Haris
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Wed, 9 Aug 2006
Hull FOE Incinerator objection
know I keep banging on about it but I still think its worth investigating the effect of incineration on climate emmissions targets especially now when all politicians have finally accepted that climate change is real and that we do have to do something aboutit.

Louise
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Wed, 9 Aug 2006
Re - Hull FOE Incinerator objection
I agree wholeheartedly. Dominic Hogg wrote a good report for National FOE, ‘A Changing Climate for Energy from Waste’. Some of it is hard-going, otherwise it would be excellent. It shows that incinerators may well be bad, producing up to 33% more emissions than other energy generators, depending what you compare them with I can give the website details ANYONE who wants them.
Incidentally you do know that ordinary incineration is NOT recovery, (I believe), but just disposal like landfill, so it’s no further up the waste hierarchy (I believe). If so, not a lot of people know that!! Tell me if you want an explanation.
Yes, I do believe climate change should be investigated, but you’ll need to be absolutely sure you know what you’re talking about as I think it could be a minefield. Entrenched belief is that incineration SAVES on emissions.
Sorry I can’t do it myself, but I’ll certainly help anyone to do it.

Barry Robinson
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Wed, 9 Aug 2006
Re - Hull FOE Incinerator objection
Hi everyone I did use this argument vaguely back in the day however the source protection zones were cleverly drawn on the maps touching the Winterton site bur not overlapping so would need a very expensive geological survey to prove the obvious, done by someone with more credibility than the "experts" employed by the enviironment agency. At the public inquiry for the joint waste local plan I objected to incineration on the grounds that there were no sites licensed to take special waste arisings within the local area waste authority but failed to get the alterations needed. Still worth pointing out tho just need to confirm status of Winyerton's tip licence.
And maybe the location of other special waste sites cos Winterton was by far the nearest potential site.
This was years ago though.

Louise
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Tue, 08 Aug 2006
Scunthorpe-Friend of the Earth
Re: Hull FoE Incinerator objection
North Lincs Council have been consulted on this application as a neighbouring authority.
It is going to planning committee next Wednesday (16th at 1pm in Scunthorpe).
Officers are recommending no objections as you can see in the report.
Click here
The council's procedure rules permit one member of the public on each side to speak for no more than 3 minutes so long as they give notice to come bloke called Steve Whittemore at least 48 hours prior to the start of the meeting. Obviously he will be declaring an interest and leaving the room whilst the item is discusssed ;-) on the basis that Hull FOE are objecting.
Is it worth someone speaking if only to prepare them for some opposition should any applications come up in North Lincs area? There is also the possibility that the toxic ash may be buried in Winterton as per my earlier email.There is limited knowledge on incinerators in the new Scunny group so may be best if someone came over from Hull if possible.
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Tue, 8 Aug 2006
Hull FOE Incinerator objection
I understand from EYE Chairman Rick Sumner that Elliot Morley, MP claimed on radio/TV that he is quite happy to know that toxic ash will be landfilled at Winterton. I remember that when we fought the Foster St. incinerator, I explored this angle. A Lincolnshire Labour Councillor was very talkative about the landfill site being above the aquifer supplying water to the area. Suddenly he went very shy and I couldn’t get a word out of him. I believe that anyone who could show that there is any danger to the water supply could stop this in its tracks, as a consultant (I believe) suggested that EU legislation forbids such.
Get back to me if you intend to follow this up. (Examination of geological maps would be a good start -- will our geologist be interested?). I’m not passing the buck, simply exploring other avenues full time.
Good luck

Barry Robinson
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Sun, 6 Aug 2006
Wilberforce Movie
Dear Everyone,
Are people aware that there is a film to come out first quarter of 2007 entitled "Amazing Grace" on the life story of William Wilberforce?
How about lobbying Walden Media for a joint movie premiere in Hull, UK, where he was MP? http://www.walden.com/web/teach/grace
And how about marrying this up with the modern slave trade today which would be the issue of sweatshops and the ease with which multinational companies can wreck lives playing one country off against another?
Regards,

Martin Deane
Hull & ER Greens
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Sat, 5 Aug 2006
WASTE NEWS
INTERNAL NEWS
HAPPY PLANET INDEX PUBLISHED
Friends of the Earth and New Economics Foundation have published the Happy Planet Index, a new global measure of progress which shows that people can live long, happy lives without using more than their fair share of the Earth's resources.
You can work out your own Happy Planet Index by going to
http://www.happyplanetindex.org/survey.htm
and the whole report is at:
http://www.happyplanetindex.org/

BIG ASK BIG MONTH BIG LOBBY
The Big Ask campaign aims to get a Climate Change Bill passed in Parliament, writing year-on-year cuts in carbon dioxide emissions into law.
The campaign has been so successful to date that we're now aiming to get a Bill passed in the next parliamentary session, by persuading the government to write a commitment to it into the Queen's Speech (on November 15th when the Queens reads the Governments to-do list for the coming year).
In order to do this, we need to create a groundswell of opinion in favour of a Bill, especially among MPs, by ensuring that all 646 MPs are visited by their constituents between 12th September to 12th October and spoken to about the Climate Change Bill. We'd like MPs to commit to asking David Miliband (Secretary of State for the Environment) and Tony Blair to include a Bill in the Queen's Speech.
If you would like to take part in the Big Lobby, please go to
www.foe.co.uk/lobby, where you can check what is happening in your constituency and hook up with other campaigners who are planning to lobby their MPs.

DONATE MONEY THROUGH EBAY
eBay is a great way to find a home for unwanted items. People who sell items on eBay can now choose to donate a percentage of their takings to Friends of the Earth. If you would like to do this, just list your items with eBay for Charity. See
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/community/
charity/sellerinfo.html
A ribbon appears next to your listing allowing buyers to easily identify it as a charity item.

REMINDER - LOCAL GROUPS CONFERENCE 2006
Conference is the place to be inspired, have fun, get informed, share your skills and meet your neighbours. It's taking place in Nottingham from 8-10 September, and this year it's 30% cheaper if you book by 18th August - find out more and book online at:
http://community.foe.co.uk/conference

EXTERNAL NEWS
SUPERMARKETS ANNOUNCE NEW WASTE POLICIES
Supermarkets continue to vie with each other to show who is greener. Asda has pledged to stop sending any waste to landfill sites within four years. See http://business.guardian.co.uk/print/
0,,329538287-108725,00.html
and Tesco is to offer shoppers a financial incentive to use fewer plastic carrier bags. See
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/
0,,1837182,00.html
Friends of the Earth are part of the Tescopoly Alliance http://www.tescopoly.org
and we have commented on Tesco's initiative:
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/
green_bag_claims_cover_for_04082006.html

RESPONSES TO WASTE STRATEGY CONSULTATION PUBLISHED
You can now view the responses to the consultation on the waste strategy here:
http://defrawaste.dialoguebydesign.net/
The website contains:

• a report summarising responses to the consultation
  
• a section that allows you to browse through the responses that fit into the consultation structure by question and theme
• a section showing those which did not fit into the consultation structure plus examples of standard letters in PDF format.

BATTERY DIRECTIVE APPROVED
Europe has formally approved the Battery Directive, which will mean new collection and recycling regulations must be brought into UK law by 2008. See:
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation
/news.jsp?story=5796

JUDICIAL REVIEW SOUGHT OF BELVEDERE DECISION
Ken Livingstone has joined forces with Bexley council to challenge the government's decision to build an incinerator in Belvedere. For more info see:
Click here
and
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/
news.jsp?story=5865

DTI PUBLISH WEEE CONSULTATION
The Department of Trade and Industry has published its final consultation on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. See:
http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/
news.jsp?story=5872
and http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/
news.jsp?story=5873
Best wishes,

Becky Slater
Campaign Assistant
Waste and Resource Use
beckys@foe.co.uk Tel 020 7566 4079
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Fri, 4 Aug 2006
Humberside Airport Master Plan
It would be nice to work with Scunthorpe FOE on something, though as airports these days seem to be highly competitive I suspect opposing the expansion plans of one will be seen as offering help to their competitors. Might be a good opportunity to point out the effects of all air travel,however.

Hilary
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Thu, 3 Aug 2006
Humberside Airport Master Plan
Dear colleagues
My name is Anthony Rae, and I am the regional aviation campaigner for Friends of the Earth.
Although Humberside is the smallest of the regions three airports, we will need to respond to its master plan http://www.humberside-airport.co.uk/smx/airport-information/master-plan - as this message suggests - and I have already looked at it, and was interviewed on BBC Radio Humber about it. The line I decided to take was that it was irresponsible, in view of aviation's growing contribution to climate change, for this company to be seeking to expand its operations and emissions in a region that was particularly susceptible to flooding - and I referred to the Environment Agency maps which illustrate this graphically -
Click here
The Finningley airport master plan - which will seek to push the Doncaster airport up from 2 million passengers per annum (mppa) to about 14 mppa in 2030 is also about to be published, and it might be worth linking the two campaigns up.
Whilst I can supply analysis (should you want) obviously it is best if the campaign is led locally, so that's for you to organise.

Anthony
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Tue, 1 Aug 2006
Building on land behind Victoria Ave
Helen Thomas phoned this eveneing regarding the proposed housing development behind Victoria Avenue.
She sent some information to us ( presented to HullFOE at a meeting a few months ago) which someone from Hull FOE has kept ( Hilary/Carole?).
The planning application for 28 houses has just been submitted and there are 17 days left to object. SHe is concerned that the WHOLE area is going to be turned into housing with total loss of the wildlife habitat.
Helen would like some support in her objections & she wondered if people resident in the area can help.

Sue Jolliffe
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