At the last Full Council Meeting, Deputy Lord Mayor Peter Gilbert announced a special showing of the People’s Emergency Briefing film for all Councillors on Wednesday 14 October at 5pm. Please get in touch with your Councillors (you have 3) and let them know how important it is for them to see this film. HowContinueContinue reading “People’s Emergency Briefing Update”
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Faith in Community Energy
Sheffield Community Energy hosted the POWER event at Victoria Hall on September 26, focusing on renewable energy in faith buildings. Attended by over 20 local worship places, it featured successful projects like Settle Energy Local and Yorkshire Methodist District’s ‘Building Sustainable Hope.’ Collaboration was emphasized for future sustainability initiatives.
It’s time for our main roads to be 20mph.
Sam Wakeling from Safe Streets Now highlights the danger of main roads in Sheffield, which are often excluded from 20mph speed limits despite being where most serious injuries and deaths occur. Over the last three years, 31 deaths were attributed to roads exceeding 20mph. Main roads, though only 7% of highways, account for 45% of severe accidents, underscoring the need for safer speeds.
Momentous Green Party Conference this weekend.
As the Labour Party conference comes to an end and the good people of Holburn and St Pancras prepare to choose their new MP, the Greens are heading to Brighton for the Green Party conference. There’s lots going on at the conference, but one particular motion is likely to take the headlines. The Zionism isContinueContinue reading “Momentous Green Party Conference this weekend.”
AI apocalypse is already with us
A letter to the Sheffield Star Dear Editor Much has been written recently, speculating on a dystopian future as a result of Artificial Intelligence (AI). But what the commentators have failed to tell us is that an apocalypse has already occurred as a direct result of the use of AI. The film NAZA, which IContinueContinue reading “AI apocalypse is already with us”
Sheffield residents powering local climate action at Our Cow Molly
Sheffield Energy Works, a local Community Benefit Society, is delivering community-owned clean energy projects right here in South Yorkshire. Jonathan Hind Speaking about their flagship energy project at Our Cow Molly family-owned dairy and ice cream producer, director Jonathan Hind says, “The clean energy transition should be owned by the communities it serves. That’s whyContinueContinue reading “Sheffield residents powering local climate action at Our Cow Molly”
A day of Love and Rage
By Heather Worden The front of the march with a banner saying “Climate is a burning issue” and the Crucible with overheating wildlife. A crucible of overheated life, twelve ‘redacted’ witnesses, and mourners in red formed the three main focuses of a major climate and nature event from the 12th to 14th September. People fromContinueContinue reading “A day of Love and Rage”
Carbon Brief fact-checks Reform’s climate nonsense.
This is a really useful resource for those of you who debate with Reform supporters, either online or when out campaigning in the community. It lists 45 commonly used statements by Reform campaigners about climate change and then details why they are completely unfounded or misleading. https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-reform-uks-45-false-or-misleading-claims-about-climate-and-energy Campaigner Jon Fuller said of the briefing, “ThisContinueContinue reading “Carbon Brief fact-checks Reform’s climate nonsense.”
Gill Furniss’s pride is very misplaced.
I have written to the Sheffield Star in reply to Gill Furniss MP’s article “Britain must continue to show leadership tackling climate crisis” Dear Editor Gill Furniss MP (Star 9/9/26) rightly despairs of Conservative and Reform policies on Climate Change but seems proud of her own government’s record. I think this pride is very misplaced.ContinueContinue reading “Gill Furniss’s pride is very misplaced.”
Climate Change Connects Sheffield With the Nepalese Flash Flood
by Ci Davis On Wednesday, 26th August, a monstrous black wave of rock, ice, mud, and debris struck the Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading districts along the Nepal-Tibet border. Over 50000 people were affected by the flash flooding resulting from a glacial collapse high in the Himalaya. A collapse of rock and ice so intense thatContinueContinue reading “Climate Change Connects Sheffield With the Nepalese Flash Flood”
