Around 1,000 volunteers have begun cleaning nurdles from 11 North East beaches, with the next few days critical to prevent the pollution spreading. The spill is one of the UK's largest ever - an estimated 25 tonnes (around 1 billion pellets) entering the sea after a ship collision at Port of Tyne.

If you are interested in getting involved with volunteering for the clean up of our local beaches following the recent nurdle spill, this site has lots of information: nurdle-hub-ne.vercel.app/beach-cleanup

Hugely important letter to PM Andy Burnham from @kevinclimate.bsky.social &Tyndall colleagues. Rapidly shrinking global carbon budgets were ignored when Govt set the recent Seventh Carbon Budget - now a key ground in #CarbonReckoning legal case www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... (see below)

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Open letter to the PM on Rosebank & Jackdaw oil and gas fields, covered in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Full letter here: climateuncensored.com/letter-to-th...

Following the major plastic pollution disaster on our coastline, join us to stand with the local community, support the clean-up (if safe) & demand urgent action. 1pm, Fri 24 July Sail & Eye statue, South Pier, Littlehaven Beach, South Shields w3w.co/exam.soaks.s...

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This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near South Shields, Tyne & Wear.

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One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide

One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide

Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially feared Approximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a “devastating spill”, with the pellets thought to have spread much further than first thought. Nurdles, which are usually 1mm-5mm in size, act as the raw material to manufacture most plastic products. Continue reading...

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Today is Clean Air Day. Reducing levels of harmful air pollution in our communities will have immediate health benefits for all of us. This #CleanAirDay, join people across the country in calling on local councillors to commit to cleaning up the air: cleanairday.org.uk

Join us this Saturday 20 June for the North East Summer Gathering, presented by @friends-earth.bsky.social and @balticgateshead.bsky.social. A day of connection, inspiration and action, including panel discussions, workshops, films & more. Register for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-north-...

The North East Summer Gathering

Friends of the Earth and Baltic present: a day of inspiration, action and connection.

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Ahead of this year’s local council elections, people from across Newcastle are invited to come together for a public Election Assembly organised by Tyne & Wear Citizens. The event is TOMORROW, Tuesday 28 May, 6pm at Newcastle Cathedral. Free tickets available here: actionnetwork.org/events/tyne-...

Tyne & Wear Citizens - Newcastle Local Elections Assembly

Ahead of this year’s local council elections, people from across Newcastle will come together for a public Election Assembly organised by Tyne & Wear Citizens. This Assembly will bring communities fa...

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🌍 Climate Emergency Centre Webinar www.realzero.earth Wed 15 April 7-8PM. Prof Hugh Montgomery argues that climate change must no longer be seen as a distant risk but as an immediate and active hazard to human life. Please register to secure your place. Link below. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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🌸 Celebrate Spring at the Friends of the Earth Blossom Picnic, a family‑friendly celebration in our new community orchard! Wallsend Park (Richardson Dees Park), Sat 25 April 2026, 12.30–2.30pm. There'll be kids' entertainment & free snacks. Come & share ideas on how to help our community thrive.

Today's changes to recycling nationwide are great news, but 31 councils have 'bespoke transitional arrangements'. These include South Tyneside, Gateshead, & Sunderland, where residents will have to wait until 2039 for food waste collections due to existing contracts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Residents face 'frustrating' food waste collection delays

Some councils in the north-east will miss the government deadline of April 2026 to implement changes.

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Rubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matters

Rubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matters

Nationwide reforms aim to standardise collections and expand food waste recycling to tackle stagnating rates Recycling rules across England have long been inconsistent – but that will change from Tuesday when the government’s Simpler Recycling legislation comes into effect. Continue reading...

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Our campaign to stop flights and emissions doubling under Newcastle Airport’s expansion plans has been covered today in the Chronicle.

Climate campaigners attack Newcastle Airport expansion plans

Opponents of plans to almost double passenger numbers at Newcastle Airport to nine million per year by 2040 fear it could help 'derail' efforts to reach net zero

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Public invited to pick Sycamore Gap tree artwork. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Public invited to pick Sycamore Gap tree artwork commission

The winner will use half of the illegally-felled tree's timber, with voting open until 28 March.

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OUR LAND focuses on the Right to Roam movement as it embarks on a provocative trail of mass trespass, campaigning & education. Catch a special preview screening + Q&A with Philip Le Marquand & Jo Aris of @righttoroam.bsky.social, Tyneside Cinema, Wed 29/04 6pm. tynesidecinema.co.uk/event/our-la...

Tyneside Cinema: Our Land Documentary + Q&A

Book tickets for Our Land + Q&A at Tyneside Cinema — explore public access to land in the UK then join an expert discussion after the screening.

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Clear message from @thecccuk.bsky.social which anyone proposing that the answer to a fossil fuel crisis is somehow more fossil fuels should be able to understand. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’

Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

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Tonight, 22 January, is #CleanAirNight2026, and we're raising awareness of the dangers of wood burning stoves. These stoves not only put the health of you and those around you at risk, but wood burning harms the planet, and creates more harmful carbon emissions than other sources of heat.

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

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The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX

Do you know the hidden costs & harms of woodburning stoves? Nearly 2,500 UK deaths per year are attributed to the health harms linked to fine particulates produced by domestic burning, including heart & lung damage, diabetes & dementia. #welovecleanerair

The water consumption at the proposed Cambois data centre in Blyth could be 50 times higher than the original estimates put forward by its operator, QTS. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

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To get the government to respond to our petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan, we need 10,000 of you to help us. We are over halfway now! If you haven't already, please sign it and encourage others to do so as well ✒️ 🌍 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact

From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…

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TONIGHT!

Climate Action Newcastle@climateactionncl.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's nearly time for the CAN Xmas Social! We'll be meeting in the Forth pub, Pink Lane, Newcastle from 7pm this Monday, 1 December, and we'd love to see you. The pub serves food, and has good links to public transport, being handily located near Central Station. All are very welcome. 🎄

It's nearly time for the CAN Xmas Social! We'll be meeting in the Forth pub, Pink Lane, Newcastle from 7pm this Monday, 1 December, and we'd love to see you. The pub serves food, and has good links to public transport, being handily located near Central Station. All are very welcome. 🎄

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds

Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

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Rally happening NOW at Civic Centre, Newcastle as part of the Global Day of Action for #COP30. Jamie Driscoll from Majority, Tony Dowling from Extinction Rebellion, and many more speaking on climate justice.

This Saturday, bring your placards and join us in a march for climate justice in Newcastle. Meet at 11am, Newcastle Civic Centre.

Campaign against Climate Change@campaigncc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Newcastle COP30 climate rally & march 15 Nov 11am Assemble for rally outside Newcastle Civic Centre 12pm March to Monument 12.30 Stalls, speakers, refreshments at St James Church Hall, Northumberland St Contact climatenewcastle@gmail.com @climateactionncl.bsky.social

Young people fighting for their future pensions, pensioners fighting for their grandchildren, & workers fighting for economic security are all united by one message: pension funds must stop bankrolling climate breakdown. Demand action now: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sgt... #FutureProofPensions

Rolling sign-on form for open letter to pension funds: Guardians of our pensions, don't let young people down!

This form is to add organisational sign-ons to the open letter 'Guardians of our pensions, don't let young people down! Act now to protect our retirement from planetary and economic collapse' which ad...

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This Saturday, join Climate Action Durham for a march to coincide with the COP30 UN Conference. Meet on Framwellgate Bridge at 10.15am for a 10.30am start.

Newcastle COP30 climate rally & march 15 Nov 11am Assemble for rally outside Newcastle Civic Centre 12pm March to Monument 12.30 Stalls, speakers, refreshments at St James Church Hall, Northumberland St Contact climatenewcastle@gmail.com @climateactionncl.bsky.social

BREAKING: Our latest research shows a 65% increase in complaints in Smoke Control Areas across England since last year. Families across the country are suffering from neighbours’ burning, yet even after thousands of complaints, barely a handful of fines have been issued. #AirPollution #WoodBurning

No prosecutions made after 15,195 wood-burning complaints in a year in England

Campaigners say figures reveal a lack of enforcement with just 24 fines issued by councils for rule violations

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