It is now more than 7 months since Sheffield City Council declared a Climate Emergency. Some progress has been made. The Tyndall Report was commissioned and has shown that the Council need to reduce its emissions by 14% every year to reach the target of zero by 2030. They are working on a Citizens AssemblyContinueContinue reading “Our politicians are failing us but the people are rising up!”
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Star missed a golden opportunity to educate readers about our overheating planet.
31st July 2019 Dear Editor Your front page on 26th July celebrated the hottest temperature recorded in Sheffield since 1882. It was treated as if 35.1 degrees C was to be warmly welcomed. It is in fact a dire warning of what is to come. The Star missed a golden opportunity to educate readers about our overheatingContinueContinue reading “Star missed a golden opportunity to educate readers about our overheating planet.”
Religions have a vital role in helping save the planet
27th July 2019 Dear Editor Having lost the debate about climate science Neville Martin has now moved on to religion (Star letters 20.7.19). If he has grandchildren I wonder if they will be comforted by his assertion that God is in control, so we needn’t worry about the destruction of our life support system. For thoseContinueContinue reading “Religions have a vital role in helping save the planet”
We now face an existential threat bigger than Nazi Germany
It was wonderful to see the Lancaster bomber fly over Sheffield. We need constant reminders of the sacrifices that both our armed forces and civilians made to ensure the defeat of the Nazis. But as well as looking back we also need to look to the future.We now face an existential threat bigger than NaziContinueContinue reading “We now face an existential threat bigger than Nazi Germany”
Media ignored alarming increase in methane levels
Chris Broome’s analysis is spot on. Sheffield Climate Alliance, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the Green Party and many other green groups have been campaigning for 40 years, but petitions, marches, letters to MP’s have largely been ignored by those in power, and greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise. It has taken the radicalContinueContinue reading “Media ignored alarming increase in methane levels”
