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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 2d

Extreme weather events are impacting our food security. UK wheat production is down and imports are up. #Bread #FoodSecurity #CostOfLivingCrisis #Farming

Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…

New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 3d

Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year. Solar has seen prices fall a staggering 99.9% since 1975 and is now so cheap that large markets for solar can emerge in a country in the space of a single year.
#solar #wind #renewables #cheap

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 3d

UK wholesale electricity prices in 2024 could have been up to 33% higher without the contribution of wind power. #wind #renewables #energyprices #costofliving

Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and…

Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 3d

Compost Connection is helping local communities prove there's a better way to handle our food waste than shipping it off to industrial facilities. #waste #recycling #compost

"Hopefully we can prove this is a better solution": Sheffield's compost revolution-in-the-making

Compost Connection is helping local communities prove there's a better way to handle our food waste than shipping it off to industrial facilities.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 5d

Discover more about our new chief executive and his vision for the future.

Asad Rehman’s journey from antiracism campaigner in Burnley to head of Friends of the Earth

Climate crisis is ‘interconnected crisis of inequality’, says Rehman, who began organising at his school in the 1970s

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 7d

The Climate Change Act is vital for protecting people & planet. @KemiBadenoch – don’t roll it back. Weakening or scrapping it would be a disaster. We need stronger climate action, not less.

Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 10d

A new type of wind turbine blade that can be recycled at the end of its operational life has been developed at the Siemens Gamesa factory in Hull.

Why we're turning North Sea wind turbines into luggage

Revolutionary recyclable blades at Dogger Bank offshore wind farm are a UK first.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 23d

Europe faces billions in economic losses from summer heatwaves, droughts and floods, study warns.

Extreme weather cost Europe billions this summer, study finds

Experts have revealed how extreme weather events are already reshaping Europe’s economic landscape.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 23d

Weakening or changing net zero policy would deter investors and spook financial markets, the UK government’s new climate adviser has warned.

Weakening net zero policy ‘will spook investors’, warns UK’s climate adviser

Nigel Topping says shifting course risks deterring capital, as he urges ministers to hold firm on green transition

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 27d

A proposal has been put forward to make changes to the city’s recycling services. Plans include replacing the current 140-litre blue recycling bin with a larger 240-litre version, and to expand the range of materials accepted in the brown bin.

Sheffield residents call for more recycling in the city | Sheffield City Council

A proposal has been put forward to make changes to the city’s recycling services. Plans include replacing the current 140-litre blue recycling bin with a larger 240-litre version, and to expand the ra...

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 27d

Are you eligible?

£10m available to make homes warmer and greener | Sheffield City Council

The latest grants to make houses more efficient and cost-effective are now available – with £10m available for Sheffield homes.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 27d

Great news. It can't be easy for students to study with floods and classrooms which get too hot or cold.

Sheffield schools join Built for Change Project to tackle Climate Crisis | Sheffield City Council

Twelve Sheffield schools, early years providers and colleges will receive grant funding from Sheffield City Council’s major new initiative—Built for Change—to help them respond to the growing impacts ...

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 27d

Sheffielders say Stop Rosebank.

Column: Graham Wroe: Sheffielders say Stop Rosebank (by Catherine Fish)

On Saturday, 6th September, people in Sheffield joined the Stop Rosebank National Day of Action. Turning up to say: Rosebank is a bad deal for us all.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 28d

Don't read this while you're eating.

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms

Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · Sep 5

£7.4m ÷ 232,000 homes works out about £32 per property.

Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · Sep 5

More recycling for Sheffield if plans are approved ♻️.

The new items you could soon be able to put in your recycling bin

Sheffield Council is considering proposals to change bin collections as part of a national push for increased recycling efforts.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

The UK has seen its hottest summer on record, the Met Office has said. All five of the warmest summers on record have now occurred since 2000.

UK experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, Met Office says

Mean temperature over June, July and August was 16.1C as country endured four heatwaves

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · Aug 31

It has been 3 years since the Government announced it would ban the sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector, yet there is still no law to save peat bogs. In the year 2022 to 2023, 859,660m3 of peat was dug up to supply amateur gardeners. This is enough to fill 7,641 double decker buses.

Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Aug 30

Every day the government delays banning the sale of peat compost means more carbon lost to the atmosphere from this appalling practice

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Vast areas of peatland destroyed since peat ban announced exactly 3 years ago | The Wildlife Trusts

It has been three years since the UK Government announced that it would ban the sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector, yet there is still no sign of legislation to enact the ban.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · Aug 28

Solar powered post boxes coming to Sheffield.

Solar-powered postboxes are being rolled out across UK

Royal Mail says the revamped design will help it compete in small parcel deliveries.

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · Aug 28

The owner of Drax power station is under scrutiny after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched an investigation into its biomass practices. #Drax #Forests #Investigation

Drax Hit by FCA Probe Into Biomass Sourcing Amid Greenwashing Claims

The owner of Britain’s largest renewable power station is under scrutiny after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched an investigation into its biomass practices. Drax Group shares dropped as ...

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our communities need bold local leadership on climate.
📣 Ask Mayor Oliver Coppard to sign the #BigClimatePlan pledge now!
🌍 Warm homes, clean air, green jobs — let’s make it happen.
👉 Take action below foe.uk/5hezf
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