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Group News - May 2015

on May 11, 2015

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Basecamp
Three group members (David, John and Hayley) are wanting to go to our local groups' conference - Basecamp in Castleton in June. Liddy has said this can be paid for by the group

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Dan Jarvis - Declare A Climate Emergency

Global Warming is resulting in more extreme weather, rising sea levels and diminishing Arctic sea ice. This is placing people and communities at risk and it’s effects are already being felt around the world.

In May 2019 the UK Parliament declared a Climate Emergency, and over half of UK local authorities including Sheffield, Bansley, Rotherham and Doncaster councils have done likewise. By Autumn 2019 the Mayor of Sheffield City Region, Dan Jarvis MP has not declared a Climate Emergency to bring the region's local authorities together to produce a Climate Action Plan. Sheffield City Region includes the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. For more information about Dan, click here.

Sheffield Friends of the Earth launched a petition calling on Dan Jarvis to declare a Climate Emergency. We had a good response rate, but to publicise the petition we made a giant ambulance which was driven to the climate emergency on the Town Hall steps by a cardboard vers…

Clean Air Campaign

Clean Air Demo
Sheffield City Council's Clean Air Consultation was launched on 1 July and there was an interview and photo in the Sheffield Star. See the article here.

Picture Credit: Richard Souter

Clean Air Zone Consultation
Individuals can respond and there is also potential for a Sheffield Friends of the Earth local group response as an organisation. The issues for FoE were discussed and Richard is co-ordinating a group response. There will be a meeting to finalise a group response at 7pm on 12 August in the Red Deer.

To have a say see the citizen link here.

Schools
We have delivered further clean air school assemblies. There is also another local organisation based in Howden House running a schools accreditation plan for supporting active travel.

Picture Source: pixabay.com

Buses
South Yorkshire Freedom Riders have been in touch about campaigning for free and improved public transport and we will respond to highlight areas of shared campaigning around transport.

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