What motivates you to talk about climate?

43% of people in Britain say it's important local people have a say in things that concern their local area.

If that's you, make your voice heard in today's #LocalElections in England and Wales 🗳️

Good morning from my visit to the first breakfast spread at the The University of Sheffield Palestine.SCCP Palestine occupation, where so many food donations have poured in from supporters that the activists are planning to give food away to passing students.

The Star, Sheffield

If you want more information on this, we've run approximately 24 stories on it, some in print, some in audio over the past 18 or so months, from reporters all over the world (and there's still more coming): drilled.media/investigations…

Just a few hours ago the Sheffield Campus Coalition for Palestine (Palestine.SCCP) have set up a solidarity encampment outside the students union on the University of Sheffield campus, read why here:

nowthenmagazine.com/articles/unive…

Recommended read: The Financial Times and Reuters have taken down “advertorials” paid for by oil giant Saudi Aramco, following allegations of greenwashing and disinformation, DeSmog reported.

📝 Joey Grostern

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Nice to see the coverage of our #preprint on trust in scientists in print nature News 😊 Thanks for sharing Ramit Debnath

Link to the preprint: osf.io/preprints/osf/…

#journorequests Are you a The University of Sheffield lecturer or staff member who uses the new iSheffield check-in app and has found it helpful or beneficial? If so I'd like to speak to you. My DMs are open. PR & Journo Requests

'It’s tempting to think that medical activism is new, but it isn’t.'

@johnlauner looks at the distinguished history of doctors putting their medical careers and reputations at risk by making social action a priority
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Another cracking piece, with an intriguing plan to make Sheffield a vanguard in the future of food, from Sam G - my Sheffield local journalism role-model / the human that tips off my landlord about cool new LGBT+ clubs.

Getting arrested today trying to deliver aid to Gaza was the only way I could figure out to mark pesach this year with integrity. Next year in liberation!

Police aim sniper rifles at protestors at Ohio State. This is not what any of us — people bearing responsibility for universities — should be doing. It contravenes basic values and risks tragic deaths. dispatch.com/story/news/edu…

.Sheffield SU students - have you had any issues with the iSheffield check-in app? I am reporting on issues surrounding its introduction for Now Then Magazine and would like to speak to you. DM if this is you.

Huge spikes in raw sewage flowing into #Rotherham rivers - The number of hours Yorkshire Water 💧 dumped sewage into Rotherham’s top ten most polluted locations more than tripled in '23

My analyses of The Rivers Trust sewage data in the Rotherham Advertiser today

rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/environme…

.Sheffield UCU staff - have you had any issues with the iSheffield check-in app? I am reporting on issues surrounding its introduction for Now Then Magazine and would like to speak to you. DM if this is you.

Doctors groups, call for a change in the rules for medical professionals who take peaceful direct action on the climate crisis, which they say is the “greatest threat to global health”, after a GP was suspended from the register for nonviolent protest.
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'Nonviolent climate protests and the medical profession – should doctors be struck off for their actions?' 🌍👩‍⚕️

A new blog post by Rammina Yassaie #bioethics #climatechange

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.@gmc read the comments! What a ratio, which reflects the almost universal disgust that that you would behave this way.

The latest #BritainTalksClimate report shows people are worried climate change is harming their physical & mental health, that a loss of nature is harming them. People don’t want to be left alone to tackle climate change - they want good leadership and to feel part of change

Thank you to Mutaz, Abdallah and Sakina for talking to me about the impact of the ongoing conflict and growing humanitarian crisis in Sudan on the community here in Sheffield. They need the support of the wider city 👇

nowthenmagazine.com/articles/what-…

'If Columbia or any other university now roiled by student protests were doing what it should be doing, it would be a hotbed of debate about the war. Disagreement would be welcome; demonstrations accepted; argument invited; differences examined.'

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