We have set up a General Election survey for all candidates within the Kirklees area. Please scroll down to see responses to date below. If you are a candidate there is still time to respond. We will post final responses by Wednesday 3rd July at 7pm. In addition, you may be interested to cross-check if any […]

For immediate release: Saturday 18 November 2023 Local organisations and residents took part in the Day of Action for warm homes to demand urgent action to lower energy bills and slash emissions. People from across Kirklees came together this Friday and Saturday  to demand the solutions that will lower energy bills permanently and ensure no […]

The public is invited to join a drop-in event held at Slaithwaite Civic Hall, New Street, Slaithwaite HD7 5AB on Saturday 24 June between 10.30 am – 12.30pm.  Colne & Holme Valley for Warm Homes is a new local campaign which aims to bring together communities concerned about the impacts of rising energy bills to […]

7 December 2022 Huddersfield Friends of the Earth has expressed mixed reactions to the Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) for Kirklees being presented at Kirklees Council meeting today Wednesday 7 December 2022. The group is broadly supportive of the 206 potential measures being put forward and the fact that the council is fully acknowledging the threat that […]

Residents in Huddersfieldtook part in a nationwide campaign this December to highlight the need for urgent action on fuel poverty. Held on Saturday 3 December, the Day of Action on Fuel Poverty has seen thousands of people across the UK organising events in their towns and cities. The campaign is demanding more help for the […]

For release: 27/06/22 On the 3-year anniversary of the ‘Climate Emergency’ Declaration by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA), campaigners ask for progress update on climate goals Environmental campaigners representing Friends of the Earth groups from across West Yorkshire, have marked the 3rd year anniversary of WYCA’s Climate Emergency Declaration by calling on WYCA and Tracy Brabin, the […]

Huddersfield Friends of the Earth has just launched a Climate Action Pledge for local election candidates to sign to help raise climate and environmental issues up the agenda of the forthcoming Kirklees local elections in May 2022. The campaign group is asking candidates in the Kirklees council elections to sign up to the following pledge: […]

Climate Emergency UK and Huddersfield Friends of the Earth assess progress made since 2019 This month (January 2022) has seen the 3rd anniversary of Kirklees’ declaration of ‘Climate Emergency’ in 2019. Kirklees Council, like all others across West Yorkshire agreed to achieve ‘Net Zero’ carbon dioxide emissions by 2038. Climate Emergency UK has just published […]