Sheffielders say Stop Rosebank

by Catherine Fish On Saturday, 6th September, people in Sheffield joined the Stop Rosebank National Day of Action. Turning up to say: Rosebank is a bad deal for us all.  What is Rosebank? Rosebank is the UK’s largest undeveloped oil and gas field located about 80 miles off the Shetland coast in the North Sea,ContinueContinue reading “Sheffielders say Stop Rosebank”

Only Fools Insure Fossil Fuels! Extinction Rebellion at the BIBA Conference in Manchester.

Here are the videos from the Extinction Rebellion lobby of the British Insurance and Brokers Association in Manchester on Wednesday, May 14th. You will find everything from a drowning sports car to Zombies, Samba Band to singing, Insurance CEO’s on trial to messages from flood victims all over the globe. A full write-up will appearContinueContinue reading “Only Fools Insure Fossil Fuels! Extinction Rebellion at the BIBA Conference in Manchester.”

Christian Climate Action thank the Diocese and Cathedral for choosing fossil free banking

Members of Christian Climate Action gathered outside Sheffield Cathedral last Sunday before the morning service to thank the Diocese and the Cathedral for choosing Fossil Free Banking. https://youtu.be/STzTJITP7PY Holly said, ” We are outside Sheffield Cathedral today, saying a big thank you to both Sheffield Cathedral and Sheffield Diocese because they both chose a fossil-freeContinueContinue reading “Christian Climate Action thank the Diocese and Cathedral for choosing fossil free banking”

AON must Insure Our Survival

As Valencia in Spain experienced horrific flooding killing more than 200 people, with 1500 still missing, members of Sheffield Extinction Rebellion gathered outside the office of AON on Napier Street.  Climate scientist Bill McGuire explained on Twitter “ What’s happening in Valencia is awful. But we are only seeing this because it is happening inContinueContinue reading “AON must Insure Our Survival”

Don’t pay attention to the fossil fools.

A recent letter to the Sheffield Star dismisses the combined knowledge of all the world’s climate scientists because we have had a bad summer! The writer should consider if the UK’s cold wet summer is actually the result of climate chaos.  The jet stream is a ribbon of air high up in the atmosphere. ItContinueContinue reading “Don’t pay attention to the fossil fools.”

COP28. It’s hard to conclude it was anything but an unmitigated disaster.

Now COP has been put to bed for another year here is a quick round up of reactions to the Conference. This is how awful 2023 has been. https://twitter.com/WMO/status/1735689838324543846?s=20 https://twitter.com/EliotJacobson/status/1736038812445532669?s=20 Bill Mcquire, Climate Scientist and author of Hothouse Earth tweeted https://twitter.com/ProfBillMcGuire/status/1735971646467342811?s=20 Prof Stephan Rahmstorf (Head of Earth System Analysis @ Potsdam Institute for Climate ImpactContinueContinue reading “COP28. It’s hard to conclude it was anything but an unmitigated disaster.”

Palestine and Climate Chaos-how are they related?

On the Now We Rise march for Climate Justice last Saturday there was a massive bloc of people with Palestinian flags. “Are these two things really related?” a friend asked me. Most definitely, I replied!  A recent packed meeting at Sheffield’s Central URC Church examined the many connections between the conflict in Palestine and theContinueContinue reading “Palestine and Climate Chaos-how are they related?”