A guest blog by João Craveiro. The global plastics industry (mostly overlapping with the fossil fuel industry) has pretended for decades that the plastics issue can be recycled away. It can not. We all consume plastic. By this I don’t mean consume in the sense that we use it - I mean that we eatContinue reading "Plastic recycling is (mostly) not a thing!"
Appeal Court confirms lengthy sentences for climate activists.
Defend our Juries have issued this press release following the decision of the Court of Appeal which was announced yesterday. Court of Appeal upholds judicial corruption with 10 of 16 Just Stop Oil prison sentences unchanged. 6 years shaved off Whole Truth Five sentences, to prevent “undesirable sentencing inflation”, meaning all are now eligible forContinue reading "Appeal Court confirms lengthy sentences for climate activists."
Birds and Climate Change
People often ask me “How do I keep going?” Isn’t it too depressing to keep writing and thinking about climate change? What boosts me, I tell them is getting close to nature and seeing the amazing wildlife on our doorstep. A Golden Plover chick by James Pearce-Higgins So as I stepped out to join theContinue reading "Birds and Climate Change"
Singing flash mob descends on St. Paul’s Cathedral to demand the Church protects nature
Ahead of World Wildlife Day, 200 members of the Climate Choir Movement use their voices to call on the Church of England, one of the country’s largest landowners, to urgently address the dire state of their land On Saturday, the Climate Choir Movement, including singers from Sheffield Climate Choir, joined forces with grassroots campaign groupContinue reading "Singing flash mob descends on St. Paul’s Cathedral to demand the Church protects nature"
Protest outside Labour Party Regional Conference in Sheffield
MP's and delegates to the Regional Labour Party conference in Sheffield were met by a noisy protest as they arrived (all by car despite being so near the station!) at the Royal Victoria Hotel. Stewards handed delegates who were willing to talk to them, these leaflets. Click the image to take you to the LinkContinue reading "Protest outside Labour Party Regional Conference in Sheffield"
Our Congolese brothers are being persecuted for trying to save the forest
A guest blog by Karine Nohr The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a crisis of unimaginable proportions. For decades, conflict has ravaged communities, leaving over 6 million people displaced. Despite the people of Eastern Congo being hugely impoverished, it is resource-rich, with rare earth metals such as cobalt and coltan, essential for batteries,Continue reading "Our Congolese brothers are being persecuted for trying to save the forest"
Tell Labour leaders in Sheffield to Stop Arming Israel this Saturday.
As Nissum Vaturi, the Deputy Leader of Israel's Knesset and right-hand man to Netanyahu, declares that all Gazan men should be killed, and our Government continue to support the Genocidal Israeli Government with weapons, Tell the Truth Sheffield will be joining protesters outside the Labour Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Conference in Sheffield from 8 toContinue reading "Tell Labour leaders in Sheffield to Stop Arming Israel this Saturday."
Fracking risks polluting our water supplies.
John Bunting (Star 22.02.25) thinks Fracking in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire could solve our energy problems. Victims of coal mining subsidence must have been furious about it - but by then it was too late. We shouldn’t repeat the same mistakes with fracking which causes earthquakes. Fracking is a technique to get oil and gasContinue reading "Fracking risks polluting our water supplies."
Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone should be reinstated to BBC i-player
I was very disappointed to see that the excellent BBC documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, has been taken down following complaints. Here is some background to the issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kezV1trTC5w&ab_channel=DoubleDownNews This is what BBC i-player are currently displaying. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00285w7 So I have written to the BBC as follows and would encourage you to doContinue reading "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone should be reinstated to BBC i-player"
If Social Services were failing to meet targets like this, heads would roll.
Last week we witnessed how Emergency Services safeguard our lives when faced with an extreme threat. We are grateful to everyone involved in handling the incident on Broad Street, which concluded without any casualties. Thankfully the bomb threat wasn’t real. The incident caused massive disruption, but people's lives come first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAWjdzfGGd0&ab_channel=5MinuteSchool How is it then,Continue reading "If Social Services were failing to meet targets like this, heads would roll."
