A guest blog by Rachel Rowlands Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Cllr Safiya Saeed Lord Mayor Safiya Saeed spoke at a ceremony held in Tudor Square on August 9th, marking the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of two Japanese cities, which killed around 200,000 people and nuclear contamination from which continues to poison the environmentContinueContinue reading “Sheffield remembers Nagasaki and Hiroshima.”
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Have our leaders forgotten the dangers of nuclear power and weapons?
CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen to record levels, and Europe has been sweltering under a heat dome. But climate scientist Mark Lynas caused a stir in the environmental movement by suggesting that nuclear war is now a bigger threat than our changing climate. Nuclear war could indeed lead to the extinction of humankind.ContinueContinue reading “Have our leaders forgotten the dangers of nuclear power and weapons?”
Sheffield Remembers Hiroshima
On 6 August, outside Sheffield City Hall, Lord Mayor Jayne Dunn joined in a commemoration marking the 79th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, organised by Sheffield Creative Action for Peace (SCRAP). Not only were thousands killed and the cities destroyed, but nuclear contamination continues to poison theContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Remembers Hiroshima”
