Category Archives: Greenpeace

Climate breakdown is a vital issue in the General Election.

Extreme weather around the world this week has been horrifying. India’s Capital Delhi hit record temperatures leading to many deaths from heatstroke. https://twitter.com/EarthWarriorNik/status/1796183143768096900 There has been major flooding in China and Brazil https://twitter.com/MrMatthewTodd/status/1795757512182157780 https://twitter.com/MrMatthewTodd/status/1793773152637759503 and Mexico is running out of water due to the extreme drought. https://twitter.com/PGDynes/status/1795501886956540353 In Bangladesh 800 000 people were evacuated asContinueContinue reading “Climate breakdown is a vital issue in the General Election.”

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”

Politicians are supporting Climate Genocide. 

Much newsprint has been devoted to Climate Change this week. But as most journalists concentrate on Rishi Sunak’s love affair with Big Oil, I want to emphasise what an unprecedented situation we are currently in. Firstly let’s look at the statistics for worldwide average temperatures. This graph has really got climate scientists worried.  https://twitter.com/ProfBillMcGuire/status/1685259080498106368?s=20 HereContinueContinue reading “Politicians are supporting Climate Genocide. “

The Big One, Friday

It was great to join the Sheffield Climate Choir at the Big One on Friday. Here are a few highlights from the day. https://youtu.be/030g50phoCE The Red Robes, Air Crew and the Climate Choirs lead the march to Parliament. https://youtu.be/WtAwawsuFJk The Choir sing Let Us Stand by Sheffield Choir leader Kate Thomas https://youtu.be/EkqFBI-N5vw Outside the DepartmentContinueContinue reading “The Big One, Friday”

The climate time bomb is ticking

Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report. It briefly made headlines on the BBC and in the more sensible newspapers, but was then quickly forgotten. Greta Thunberg commented “Today, after yesterday’s IPCC report, everything is back to normal – as always. We continue to ignore the climate crisis asContinueContinue reading “The climate time bomb is ticking”

Sheffield’s Green Influencers

Who should you be following on Social Media this year? Which Sheffielders are the big environmental influencers? I’ve put together a couple of league tables to see who has the most followers on Facebook and Twitter.  The clear winner on both is the Baroness of Manor Castle, Natalie Bennett who is one of the twoContinueContinue reading “Sheffield’s Green Influencers”

Mayhem at Barclays. But Sheffield Council continue to bank with them.

There was mayhem at the Barclays Sheffield branch last Monday (14th November). Dressed as cleaners, many in drag, complete with mops, buckets sponges and brushes the “Dirty Scrubbers” from Extinction Rebellion arrived to give the bank a spring clean. As tunes such as “Carwash” by Rose Royce, “Stayin Alive” by the Bee Gees and “IContinueContinue reading “Mayhem at Barclays. But Sheffield Council continue to bank with them.”

Sizewell C. Is the Government really thinking of the future?

French corporation EDF wants to build two huge nuclear reactors on the fragile Suffolk Heritage Coast called Sizewell C. The new Prime Minister will have to decide if this goes ahead. EDF hopes to make a  “final investment decision” by mid-2023. One of Boris Johnson’s last acts as Prime Minister was to pledge £700m forContinueContinue reading “Sizewell C. Is the Government really thinking of the future?”