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  • Pipewalk

    Starting locations, times and maps for each section to follow soon.

    A simultaneous relay event to raise awareness and show strength in numbers across all communities affected by thePeak Cluster pipeline proposal. Residents, farmers, businesses and community groups from across Derbyshire, Cheshire and Wirral will come together for the Great Pipeline Walk from Hope Valley to Leasowe Lighthouse.  

    The event will be split into 5 different sections: High Peak, Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Chester and Wirral with each section coordinated by local volunteers. Participants will be able to join or leave the event at designated points throughout the day, making it accessible to people of all ages and abilities.

    To help ensure the safety of participants, organisers have planned routes using existing roads, pavements, footpaths and public rights of way wherever possible. 

    Whether people choose to walk an entire section, cycle, horse ride, bring the dog, join us for a short distance, or simply come along to support those taking part, everyone is welcome. This is intended to be a positive, peaceful and family-friendly community event.

    Action Against CCS hopes this event will reflect the wide range of communities affected by the proposed project, bringing together residents, farmers, businesses, equestrian groups, cyclists, dog walkers and community organisations from across the route. We are stronger together.

    The Wirral section of the Great Pipeline Walk will begin in Heswall 9am and finish at Leasowe Lighthouse, approximately 4pm. Supporters who are unable to take part in the event itself are warmly invited to join participants at Leasowe Lighthouse for a community picnic and celebration of the day’s achievement. Families, friends and local residents are encouraged to come along, meet people from across the route and show their support.

    Following the picnic, participants and supporters are invited to continue the day’s conversations at The Ship, Hoylake, from 6pm onwards for an informal opportunity to relax, reflect on the day and celebrate the communities that have come together along the route.

    Disclaimer:

    By participating in this event, you acknowledge that participation is voluntary and undertaken at your own risk.

    Participants are responsible for ensuring they are medically fit and able to take part. The organisers recommend consulting a healthcare professional if you have any concerns about your health or fitness.

    Although Action Against CCS (AACCS) will take reasonable steps to promote participant safety, the group coordinators and volunteers cannot accept responsibility for any injury, illness, accident, loss, damage, or expense incurred during or as a result of participation, except where liability cannot be excluded by law.

    Participants agree to follow all instructions provided by event staff and volunteers and to act responsibly throughout the event.

    There may be camera crews and photographers capturing images at this event. Your presence constitutes your permission to be filmed or photographed and that your likeness may be used as part of a record of the event and ongoing promotion or publicity of the aims of ACTION AGAINST CCS only. This permission is granted in perpetuity and across all media.

    If you would prefer NOT to be captured in these images, please let us know and we will do our best to ensure that your image is not used. 

    By taking part, you acknowledge and accept these terms.

  • Wirral Earth Festival

    The Action Against CCS team will have a stall at this event, organised by Transition Town West Kirby. It is a family-friendly, planet-focused event and entry is completely free. 

    Please come along to see the AACCS team as well as many other stall holders to support our Wirral community. 

    Merchandise available T-shirts, signs, car stickers, dog bandanas, wrist bands, pencils, badges.  Help support our fundraising for legal fees.

  • West Kirby Live

    Action Against CCS are partnering with West Kirby Live for it’s 10th-anniversary milestone event. Join us for a full day of free, multi-venue live music across West Kirby.

    This festival will bring the community together for great local music featuring a diverse lineup of grassroots Merseyside bands, solo artists, and indie musicians. It will also raise awareness and funds to enable Action Against CCS to protest the proposed Peak Cluster CO2 pipeline.

    The AACCS team will be at West Kirby Football Club selling Merchandise. We have special WK live festival wristbands available so don’t miss out.

    There will be a minibus running between venues £2 per journey. Pick up/drop off points will be confirmed nearer the time.

    Venues confirmed so far:

    The Wro

    The Tap

    The White Lion

    Black Lodge (selling Peak Clusterf**k IPA)

    Wild Inn

    Slinkys

    Montys

    Tanskeys

  • Petitioning for Change – An Open Letter to Andy Burnham

    Petitioning for Change – An Open Letter to Andy Burnham

    Dear Andy,

    I listened carefully to your recent speech outlining your vision for the future of our country and your ambition to create a stronger voice for the North.

    You spoke with conviction about reindustrialisation, protecting jobs and securing the future of British industry.

    Those are ambitions that many of us share.

    We believe Britain should manufacture, innovate and lead once again. We believe our industries deserve investment, our workers deserve security, and our communities deserve prosperity.

    However, reindustrialisation cannot come at the expense of ordinary people.

    It cannot mean families losing their homes, farmers losing their land, communities living alongside unnecessary industrial infrastructure, or irreversible damage to our countryside and wildlife. Economic growth should never require the sacrifice of the very people it is meant to serve.

    If Britain is to lead a new industrial revolution, it should be built around genuinely sustainable industries, modern manufacturing, green steel, renewable technologies and innovation that creates long-term prosperity while protecting our environment. It should not depend on extending the life of the fossil fuel industry through increasingly costly infrastructure that many communities neither want nor believe is the right solution.For too long, large corporations have had the loudest voice. They have the resources, the influence and the ability to shape policy in ways that ordinary people simply cannot. Yet it is communities that bear the consequences of those decisions.

    Now is the time to listen to the public.

    People want secure, affordable energy. They want well-paid jobs. They want investment in British industry. But they also want clean air, healthy ecosystems and confidence that decisions made today will leave a better legacy for future generations.

    Projects such as carbon capture and storage are often presented as essential to our future. Many of us see them differently. We see them as an attempt to prolong dependence on fossil fuels rather than accelerate the transition to genuinely clean energy. Britain has the opportunity to become a global leader in renewable energy, clean technology and sustainable manufacturing without placing unnecessary burdens on communities or the natural environment.

    When you speak of reindustrialisation, we ask that you champion a vision that puts people first.A vision that protects jobs without sacrificing communities.A vision that safeguards our environment while strengthening our economy.A vision that invests in industries of the future rather than prolonging those of the past.

    The North has always been the engine of British innovation. Let it now become the engine of Britain’s green future.

    We urge you to stand with the people, not simply those with the greatest financial influence, and help build an economy that delivers prosperity, energy security and environmental responsibility for generations to come.

    Thank you,

    AACCS, and our valued followers,

    On behalf of everyone in the UK and beyond.

  • Great Meols Summer Fair

    Great Meols Summer Fair

    Great Meols Primary School’s annual Summer Fair is a family-friendly community event featuring fun games, stalls, food, and plenty of community spirit for all ages. It’s a great opportunity to get involved locally, and you don’t need to have children at the school to attend.

    Come and visit the Action Against CCS team and volunteers and check out our newly launched dog bandanna’s!

    Great Meols Primary SchoolElwyn Road, Meols, CH47 7APSaturday 27th June 11am – 2pm

  • Peak Cluster Responds to Justin Madders, MP

    On 30th April, 2026, Justin Madders, MP sent Peak Cluster an email, which we have included below (at the end of this article).

    A reply from Peak Cluster has now been received, and we have included this on the following link:

    Peak Cluster Response to Justin Madders MP

    See below for the email this was replying to.

    David Parkin
    Chair
    Peak Cluster
    Our Ref: EV/ZA73458
    30 April 2026

    Dear David,

    Further to the below response, which has been shared with all of our constituents who have contacted us regarding Peak Cluster, we have received responses from a number of our constituents outlining their further concerns with the project relating to details about international contributors to Peak Cluster.

    Constituents have attended events in person and online regarding Peak Cluster, including a webinar on 1 April and a community event at Floral Pavilion in New Brighton on 20 April, which were also attended by representatives from Peak Cluster. During these events, constituents report that Peak Cluster representatives confirmed that this project would involve CO2 being imported from the EU and further afield, and that Peak Cluster is receiving funding for this project from multiple overseas investors. We were surprised to hear about the potential importation of CO2 given the likely cost and practicalities of this but would be grateful for your comments on it.

    Constituents also raise concerns about the cost effectiveness of the project, highlighting that it is projected to cost up to £5 billion, but that the proportional amount of the UK’s CO2 emissions that would be affected by this project amount to between 1.5% and 0.6%, drawing attention to alternative technologies which are more affordable and efficient at removing CO2 from emissions. Compounding this point are concerns about how this project is being financed, and who would bear financial responsibility for ongoing maintenance of the pipeline. It has been stated by Peak Cluster that the onshore pipeline design life is around 40 years, which could be extended with proper maintenance. Our constituents are concerned that Peak Cluster will pass the financial burden for this maintenance to the taxpayer once the project has finished construction. Can Peak Cluster share at this stage who would bear financial responsibility for this ongoing maintenance and whether alternative methods of decarbonisation are possible?

    Longer term concerns have also been raised about when the depleted gas fields are full and sealed, regarding who bears financial responsibility for monitoring CO2 leakages conducting maintenance works, and are again concerned that Peak Cluster plan to pass this financial burden to taxpayers. Is Peak Cluster able to provide these details?

    Also, are Peak Cluster able to share what impact assessments or considerations have been made of the emissions, noise pollution, and light pollution that will be released as part of the construction and ongoing use and maintenance of the proposed AGIs and block valve stations, the size of which has also caused considerable concerns for nearby residents. Have Peak Cluster made any such considerations?

    Constituents are also raising concerns that they are witnessing what looks to be construction or surveying activity along the proposed pipeline route before the consultation process has ended or entered its second phase. Can Peak Cluster please confirm whether or not this activity is taking place on behalf of Peak Cluster?

    Also, constituents are eager to engage with the more detailed next stage of Peak Cluster’s consultation process, and wish for a timeframe for when this is expected to begin has been requested. Are Peak Cluster able to provide this timeframe?

    Yours sincerely,

    Office of Justin Madders MP”

    We have now received a response from David to our email which addresses each of the above concerns in turn. Please find David’s letter attached to this email.

    We would welcome your thoughts on his response and the details he provides. Please let us know if you have any further questions or concerns to raise following David’s letter, as we expect to write back to Peak Cluster in the near future and certainly before the next stage of the consultation. We will ensure that any concerns you have to raise are included in our next email.

    Also, you may be aware that Justin recently participated in an adjournment debate in the House of Commons Chamber on 15 June regarding Carbon Capture Projects in Cheshire, in which Justin and several other members in the area raised concerns about the project, technology, and the consultation process. You can read the full transcript of the debate and Justin’s contributions here: Carbon Capture Pipeline Projects: Cheshire

    The Minister recognised that the National Wealth Fund, which is involved with Peak Cluster, is independent in the decisions it makes, and that his Department has made no funding decisions in respect of Peak Cluster. He confirmed that this project is independent of Government at this stage, and emphasised the importance of Peak Cluster’s clear and open engagement with communities throughout the entire process and that concerns must be heard and acted on. He also addressed issues of public safety in relation to Peak Cluster, which we know has been raised with us by many concerned constituents, and we trust that the comments and examples the Minister gives in his speech will offer some reassurance.

    We would welcome your comments on the above but please be assured we will continue engaging with all concerned constituents as extensively as possible for the duration of this project.

    Kind regards,

    Office of Justin Madders MP

  • Summer Strum Ukulele Festival

    Summer Strum Ukulele Festival

    Action Against CCS are delighted to have been invited to attend the 13th annual Summer Strum Ukulele Festival.

    The North West’s biggest free ukulele festival. It brings together over 60 bands and thousands of music fans to celebrate live music and community spirit. There will be live performances across 3 separate stages. The Sunday service strum is not to be missed! There will be various independent stalls, your local AACCS team and volunteers will be on site and waiting to meet you.

    The event will be held at Hoylake Rugby Club, CH47 4FF, on the 18th and 19th of July, 10:30 am to 5:30pm.

    Parking restrictions apply in the RUFC car park, there is plenty of on road parking in the area. Walking access from Melrose Avenue, adjacent to The Ship Inn Hoylake.

  • Sky News – Carbon Pipelines: The new Net Zero

    View the video on Sky’s website

    On March 9th Sky News visited the Wirral to cover the Extraordinary General Meeting. Here they met local father and resident Chris Jolley.

    Information has since changed and the coordination between areas has increased. But this still highlights our plight and showcases the project on the national media stage.

    Action Against CCS will continue to push for further coverage of this story.

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  • The Great Wirral Dip

    The Great Wirral Dip is a fun, community-focused seaside event bringing people together along the beautiful Wirral coastline for a memorable mass sea dip in support of awareness, wellbeing, and local causes. Whether you’re taking the plunge for charity, personal challenge, or simply to be part of the atmosphere, the event promises a fantastic day filled with community spirit, laughter, and plenty of brave faces heading into the water together.

    Open to all ages and abilities, The Great Wirral Dip celebrates everything people love about the peninsula — fresh sea air, coastal scenery, and a strong sense of local community. Spectators, families, and supporters are all welcome, making it not just a dip, but a full day of encouragement, connection, and shared experience on the shore.

    This event is at 1pm on 4th July, at Wallasey Beach Club, Coastal Drive, CH45 3PZ.

    High tide is 8.4m at 14:20.

    Wallasey Beach Club will do all that they can to ensure that this is an accessible event, to get up onto the footpath but this is depends upon weather and sand blowing in.
    The footpath is accessible from Derby Pool Car Park, CH45, 3QS.

    Action Against CCS will be present, and will be pleased to meet you! We may even have some members participating!

    We have been recommended by Wallasey Beach Club to include this statement:

    Important Note:

    Safety Notice

    ACTION AGAINST CARBON CAPTURE & STORAGE (AACCS)

    Community Dip – Safety Notice

    Saturday 4 July 2026 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Thank you for attending today’s community dip.

    This is a voluntary community event. While AACCS has taken reasonable steps to promote a safe and enjoyable gathering, all participants enter the water entirely at their own risk.

    Please read the following safety information before entering the water.

    Children

    Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied and actively supervised by a responsible adult at all times. Parents and guardians remain fully responsible for the safety and wellbeing of the children in their care.

    Water Safety

    Even on a warm day, the sea can be extremely cold.

    Please be aware of the risk of cold water shock, which can affect anyone regardless of swimming ability. To reduce the risk:

    • Enter the water slowly and allow your body time to adjust.
    • Do not jump or dive into the water.
    • Never enter the water alone. Swim or paddle with others wherever possible.
    • Stay within your own abilities and avoid venturing into deeper water.
    • Leave the water immediately if you feel cold, faint, short of breath, experience cramp or feel unwell.

    Do not enter the water if you:

    • Have consumed alcohol or drugs.
    • Feel unwell or have a medical condition that could affect your safety.
    • Are unsure of your swimming ability.

    Please also be aware of:

    • Changing tides and sea conditions.
    • Slippery rocks, seaweed and uneven surfaces.
    • Other water users, including boats and paddle craft.

    Wear suitable footwear where appropriate and protect yourself from the sun by drinking plenty of water, using sunscreen and taking breaks in the shade.

    Emergency

    If you witness someone in difficulty:

    • Dial 999 immediately and ask for the Coastguard.
    • Do not enter the water to attempt a rescue unless you are trained and it is safe to do so.
    • Alert an AACCS event volunteer, who will assist in directing the emergency services to the location.

    Organiser Disclaimer

    This event is organised by Action Against Carbon Capture & Storage (AACCS) as a peaceful community gathering.

    Participation in any water-based activity is entirely voluntary. AACCS, its directors, volunteers and representatives cannot accept responsibility for any injury, loss, damage or illness arising from participation, except where liability cannot be excluded under applicable UK law.

    By choosing to enter the water, participants acknowledge that they do so of their own free will, accept responsibility for their own safety, and agree to follow this safety guidance throughout the event.

    Thank you for helping us ensure this is a safe, enjoyable and respectful event for everyone.While our meet-ups are designed to encourage group dips and shared experiences, each participant is responsible for assessing their own fitness and comfort level before entering the water. Open water conditions can vary, and it is essential that every dipper evaluates the environment for safety and suitability. For guidance on safe open water swimming in the UK, please refer to resources from the RNLI, Swim England, and the National Water Safety Forum.”

    There may be camera crews and photographers capturing images at this event. Your presence constitutes your permission to be filmed or photographed and that your likeness may be used as part of a record of the event and ongoing promotion or publicity of the aims of ACTION AGAINST CCS only. This permission is granted in perpetuity and across all media.

    If you would prefer NOT to be captured in these images, please let us know and we will do our best to ensure that your image is not used.

    By taking part, you acknowledge and accept these terms.