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Calderdale GND

@calderdalegnd.bsky.social
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LAG registered with FOE - focused on green issues specific to Calderdale; engaging in local concerns as an objective, critical friend to our political representatives. Members work with the local council's CAP, facilitate assemblies, hustings and demos.

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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Our #LoveOurRivers event with Calder Rivers Trust, local Canoe Club, Chior and Ukulele players on the Wavy Steps in Hebden Bridge today...
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Calderdale GND are with Friends of the Earth in Morrison's Carpark, Elland, Yorkshire from 11 am, Saturday 11 April 2026 hearing folk's opinions regarding what matters to them in their community; especially things like transport, green spaces, social harmony, etc. Come and let your voices be heard!
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Green New Deal Calderdale will be on the Wavy Steps Saturday 18 April 2026, from 11 am-2 pm as part of our 'Love our Rivers campaign - hopefully with musical accompaniment! @todmordentweets.bsky.social
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
GND Calderdale in Halifax town centre today, celebrating the Christmas season with gifts, climate-focused letters to Santa, and singing 'disrupted carols'...
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Calderdale GND reps marching in Leeds last Saturday, in solidarity with people experiencing ecocide and climate chaos around the world #COP30 ##ClimateJusticeIsSocialJustice
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Thanks to @wildcard.land for hosting our #Ghostwoods walk through #HardcastleCrags last Sunday; raising awareness about our #AncientWoodlands and how they might be restored in line with the gradual harvesting of non-native pinewood plantations, to restore the balance of indigenous flora and fauna
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Jenny Shepherd @green--jenny.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Thanks to all our Calderdale #GreenNewDeal activists for showing up in #SowerbyBridge today, collecting signatures demanding Calderdale Council uses its powers to enforce the ecological quality of the #RiverCalder and its tributaries @vimtosocialist.bsky.social @calderdale.bsky.social
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
We're setting-up our LoveOurRivers Event in #SowerbyBridge #Calderdale come and join our action and 'net a nasty' game, promoting greater local government interest in the #EcologicalHealth of the River Calder. #LoveOurRivers #RiverAction
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Just to remind you, the Scientists for Survival book launch is happening at The Corner bookshop in the Halifax Piece Hall this coming Thursday (24 April) from 7 pm...
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🚨The Green Deal is under attack! Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a sustainable economy! Sign NOW to defend our future! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
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Defend the Green Deal from the polluters' lobby!
The Green Deal is under attack! 🚨 Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a...
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Calderdale GND activists delivering 250 locally-signed cards to @katedeardenmp.bsky.social's office at the Elsie White Centre - expressing the interests of 50 Halifax and 200 Calder Valley constituents (@joshfg.bsky.social), demanding a bolder, fairer #ClimatePlan now.
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
.@greenpeace.org and @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social just lost $660M lawsuit from fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer for supporting peaceful protest. Standing in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
greenpeace.org
Jury delivers verdict finding Greenpeace entities liable for more than US$660 million in Energy Transfer SLAPP trial - Greenpeace International
Free speech and right to protest on the line in the United States.
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Scientists on Survival @scientistsonsurviv.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
‘I firmly believe that bad things occur when good people remain silent. I hope this collection of essays will serve as a catalyst for widespread, vocal and informed action from scientists of all disciplines and backgrounds’ Kevin Anderson #ScientistsOnSurvival Buy your copy now 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Book launch and discussion - Scientists on Survival, Stories of Journeys from Despair to Activism - at The Piece Hall, Halifax, 7 pm, 24 April 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scientists...
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
CGND with XR Calderdale on 'the wavy steps' in Hebden Bridge today, demanding the Government impliment the 2008 Climate Change Act with a new Climate Budget this coming May.
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The money to fund a better future exists but it is being hoarded by the super-rich. The government needs to tax extreme wealth and use it to fund renewable energy and better public services for all. Agree? Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/tax-the... #TaxTheirBillions
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Tax their billions to fund renewable energy for all!
The green economy in the UK is booming. Yet, the government is approving new runways and oil giants like BP are going all-in on new oil and gas. Billionaires are richer than ever. We should be taxing ...
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Axe Drax @axedrax.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
BREAKING: UK's single biggest carbon emitter makes record breaking profits 🤑 Once again, Drax has made BILLIONS in earnings at the expense of our bills, forests, the health of communities and our planet.  ➡️ Join our call tomorrow: actionnetwork.org/events/axe-d... #OurBillsOurFuture #AxeDrax
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Most chewing gum contains plastic—just like bags & bottles! 🤯 It’s polluting our streets & harming our planet. Let’s ban it! Sign the petition now! 💚🌍 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban Plastic Chewing Gum
Most chewing gum contains plastic—just like bags & bottles! 🤯 It’s polluting our streets & harming our planet. Let’s ban it! Sign the petition now! 💚🌍
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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
BREAKING: We’ve WON a historic case against the Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields. 🎉 👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣 This is GAME-CHANGING. And it’s ONLY been possible thanks to YEARS of fighting by THOUSANDS of climate campaigners! Power to the people. ✊
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Please call on your MP to support the Stop Burning Trees pledge. How can we protect the climate by decimating biodiverse forests?! actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
actionnetwork.org
Urgent action: Please call on your MP to support the Stop Burning Trees pledge
Did you know that the Government is currently spending billions from UK energy bills to fund tree burning in UK power stations like Drax in Yorkshire and Lynemouth in Northumberland? Burning wood i...
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
GND with local Green activists in Hebden Bridge this Saturday demanding local MPs @joshfg.bsky.social and @katedeardenmp.bsky.social support the Climate and Nature Bill.
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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UK: for a future without drilling
This is our chance to end oil and gas drilling in the UK - let’s demand clean energy and stop projects like Rosebank. Add your name now!
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Calderdale GND out collecting over 250 Xmas card signatures with XR Calderdale friends to send to our Mps Josh Fenton-Glynn @joshfg.bsky.social and Kate Dearden this afternoon @calderdale.bsky.social seeking their support for the Climate and Nature Bill.
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Adani Green is the supposedly sustainable arm of the Adani Group, but the reality is that finance is being redirected to Adani entities involved in coal mining. Tell Lombard Odier to divest: actions.eko.org/a/lombard-od...
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Calderdale GND @calderdalegnd.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
CGND delivering an FOE report to the offices of Halifax MP Kate Dearden at the Elsie Whitely Centre in Halifax and to Calder Valley MP Josh Fenton-Glyn MP highlighting what government needs highlighting what government needs to do to meet their international commitments to stay within 1.5 degrees.
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
⚡️ CAN BILL Constituency Week of Action! ⚡️ 💚 A big thank you to everyone who took part across the UK last week! It’s inspiring to see so many campaigners urging their MPs to back the Climate and Nature Bill. 🐝 Is your MP backing the #CANBill? zerohour.uk
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 01/11/2024
'Environmental campaigners, Fossil Free North Yorkshire are calling on Ed Miliband, secretary of state for energy security and net zero, not to agree any extension of subsidies for tree burning power stations at Drax in Selby and Lynemouth in Northumberland.'
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No more subsidies for tree burning power stations say environmental campaigners
Yorkshire campaigners call on the government to fund sustainable alternatives to wasteful wood-burning power stations
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