At last, Sheffield City Council has been forced to apologise to the people of the city over its handling of the destruction of thousands of street trees. Forced apologies never seem sincere, especially when the first attempt doesn’t include the word “sorry”. Now Councillor Mark Jones has rephrased his apology and there are even murmuringsContinueContinue reading “Sheffield- Where democracy goes to die.”
Category Archives: Sheffield City Council
Questions to Council concerning the planned new ring road.
I went to Full Council this afternoon to ask these questions. In the Draft Development Framework, there are plans to build a new dual carriageway from Park Square to Granville Square, behind the station through Sheaf Valley Park. This will be extremely unpopular with the residents of Park Hill and Norfolk Park, due to increasedContinueContinue reading “Questions to Council concerning the planned new ring road.”
Stop the new dual carriageway in Sheffield
A new dual carriageway is being proposed, to run from Park Square to Granville Square, behind the station through Sheaf Valley Park. It is part of a £1.5 billion scheme to revamp the Sheaf Valley area of the city centre. City planners have had the gall to proclaim that this will help meet our climateContinueContinue reading “Stop the new dual carriageway in Sheffield”
We plough the fields and spray them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_DRmNRfNJQ Sing along to the video! We plough the fields and spray them With Glyphosate each year It kills the weeds and insects And gets into our beer The cancer grows inside us The bees they fade and die But farmers keep on spraying They believe Monsanto’s lie. All good gifts around us Are sprayedContinueContinue reading “We plough the fields and spray them”
Sheffielder’s are giving nature a chance
One of the positives of lockdown has been how noticeable nature has become. With far less traffic noise people are noticing the birdsong. Wildlife like deer and badgers have been spotted in the city centre. With more time being spent in gardens people are noticing all manner of insects. Some Sheffielder’s have taken up theContinueContinue reading “Sheffielder’s are giving nature a chance”
An open letter to Cllr Julie Dore, Leader of Sheffield City Council
Cllr Mark Jones assured the public at Full Council in February that this year’s Council Tax letter would inform residents about the extreme threats of the climate and ecological emergencies (CEE). We were therefore extremely disappointed to open our Council Tax bills and read your letter, which only included one solitary sentence on this topic.ContinueContinue reading “An open letter to Cllr Julie Dore, Leader of Sheffield City Council”
We must listen to Africa and Asia
As I write storm Ciara is causing chaos in Sheffield. Trees are down, Cineworld has had its doors blown through and local roads are flooded. Not very far away, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd have suffered severe flooding. Yet another example of the ever-increasing extreme weather the world is facing as a result of our overheatingContinueContinue reading “We must listen to Africa and Asia”
One year of climate emergency, but Sheffield Council still haven’t sounded the alarm!
In February 2019, one year ago, I presented the Sheffield Council meeting with a petition, pleading with them to declare a climate emergency. This they did, and later agreed to become carbon neutral by 2030. But what has happened to the urgency of this initial declaration? Other cities are making progress. Sheffield, however, has failedContinueContinue reading “One year of climate emergency, but Sheffield Council still haven’t sounded the alarm!”
Citizen’s Assemblies
Citizen’s Assemblies are in the news. Boris Johnson has set the wheels in motion for a Citizen’s Assembly on the Climate Emergency. Sheffield City Council have also promised to instigate one to help advise the Council on the difficult decisions they will have to make to meet their goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.ContinueContinue reading “Citizen’s Assemblies”
Full Council Meeting October 2019
https://dl-edge-01.public-i.tv/fms/council/sheffield/sheffield02oct19_64019_en_GB_hd.mp4 Council Webcast. Scroll to 1.29 for the relevant section In the video you will see questions being posed to Sheffield City Council concerning the climate and ecological emergency and biodiversity. The questions were answered by Cllr Mark Jones who is the cabinet member responsible for the environment. He later sent a much more detailedContinueContinue reading “Full Council Meeting October 2019”
