Category Archives: Buses

South Yorkshire needs Better Buses

Better Buses Rally 7th October 2023. Top Left, Act Now. Bottom Right Mayor Oliver Coppard If politicians are ever going to reverse the trend of more and more cars on our roads, causing road deaths and injuries, pollution from both tyres and exhaust, congestion, pavement parking and global heating, they urgently need to improve ourContinueContinue reading “South Yorkshire needs Better Buses”

Better Buses for South Yorkshire Rally

There was a great rally in Sheffield today demanding Better Buses for South Yorkshire. Thanks to Eamonn Ward for the photo. Please sign the petition which is here. https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/take-south-yorkshire-s-buses-into-public-control Here are a selection of the highlights. Act Now https://youtu.be/soeeXO_OFEg Janice speaking for Extinction Rebellion https://youtu.be/d5YrfJusTag Kim Perry speaking for Sheffield Green Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY6Su9YVm20&ab_channel=SheffieldGreenParty Five RiversContinueContinue reading “Better Buses for South Yorkshire Rally”

Sheffield Local Elections, trees, lies and mis-information

It is very concerning that this year’s local elections have been dominated by lies and misinformation from the two main parties. Behaviour like this can only undermine the public trust in our politicians and is very dangerous for democracy. Following the Lowcock Report, where the Labour Council were found to have misled the courts, andContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Local Elections, trees, lies and mis-information”

South Yorkshire Groups Unite to Demand Better Buses from the Department for Transport

I will be joining with Environmental groups from Sheffield who are uniting in joint protest outside the Department for Transport on Friday 21st April, to demand better buses for South Yorkshire as part of a weekend of protests about government inaction on climate change. Groups from South Yorkshire taking part in a picket outside theContinueContinue reading “South Yorkshire Groups Unite to Demand Better Buses from the Department for Transport”

Climate Review of the Year

I hope 2022 will go down as the year the world woke up to the climate emergency. Extreme weather events have hit every part of the globe, including Sheffield. So far the planet has heated 1.2C. We are on track for 1.5C by 2030, 2C by 2050, and over 3C by 2100. 2022 was theContinueContinue reading “Climate Review of the Year”