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Why Sheffield’s Trees Matter – to All of Us! | Jonathon Porritt

Another great expert article, “as always, it’s all about the money” #SaveSheffTrees #sheffieldissuper https://t.co/WUpgZ4RzqY https://t.co/CBMutAk0M4 http://www.jonathonporritt.com/blog/why-sheffields-trees-matter-all-us

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Look to Sheffield: this is how state and corporate power subverts democracy | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian

Excellent article by @GeorgeMonbiot, dodgy #saveshefftrees #PFI that is putting corporate demands above public need https://t.co/D8IkHGjMS3 https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/24/sheffield-state-corporate-power-subvert-democracy-pfi

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VIDEO: Hundreds of campaigners protest tree fellings at Sheffield City Hall – Sheffield Spark

http://sheffieldspark.jusweb.co.uk/2017/10/21/video-hundreds-of-campaigners-protest-tree-fellings-at-sheffield-city-hall/

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Banner Cross Road S11 Trees at risk this week

Banner Cross Rd S11, 10 mature healthy trees & wealth of benefits at risk from profiteering axe Mon+ #saveshefftrees https://t.co/bGRZZqbUiP https://t.co/QiZUExYqYb Check out @SheffTreeSteel’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/922199092314460160?s=09

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Totley trees at risk this week

Eco vandals @AcornGroupLtd touring S17 next wk; 7 limes Chatsworth Rd &  beautiful ash Aldam Rd. Profit over healthy trees #saveshefftrees https://t.co/FdSCoUxGd2 Check out @SheffTreeSteel’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/922192046277918721?s=09

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Milly at Millhouses Lane S7 Saved for Now. 

Milly saved for today, supported by ~50 local residents, ah those pesky small minority getting in the way of corporate greed #saveshefftrees https://t.co/hZ7DKBBtpn Check out @SheffTreeSteel’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/921375110271066114?s=09

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Montgomery Rd S7 under attack

Favourite eco vandals @AcornGroupLtd, also getting rich from this travesty, on Montgomery Rd S7, sniffing healthy trees #saveshefftrees https://t.co/TRnd2Os27P Check out @SheffTreeSteel’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/921316257881903104?s=09

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Trees for Cities Radio Interview

Excellent interview by @David_J_Elliott on @BBCSheffield (11:00 min). @TreesforCities offer £££ to save Vernon Oak https://t.co/GCNEGpktno Check out @IanTreeDalton’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/IanTreeDalton/status/921308446036815872?s=09

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Milly the Ash S7 – Axe is falling

Milly The Ash, Such a Magnificent and Majestic Tree on Millhouses Lane.  Tomorrow she is due to be felled and all the many incredible, mostly unnoticed, benefits she currently provides our community with, will disappear into the back of a

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As the noose tightens on Sheffield’s Vernon OAK – It’s sad, so sad. It’s a sad, sad situation. And it’s getting more and more absurd.

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BBC One – Countryfile, South Yorkshire at 6.15pm 1st Oct – Campaign feature

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b097mls3

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Lovely school favorite 200yr ash to be felled Sun 1st Oct. 

This lovely tree will be felled Sunday 1st October. Lydgate Lane (jn with Marsh Lane), Sheffield S10 5FH. #SaveSheffTrees https://t.co/rYon80FTNA Check out @RebeccaHammond7’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/RebeccaHammond7/status/914179771042533376?s=09

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Protesters prevent ‘Michael Gove’s tree’ from being felled in Sheffield

Protesters in Sheffield have today prevented council contractors felling trees visited by Environment Secretary Michael Gove 24 hours before as the Cabinet Minister came to the city on a fact-finding mission. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/protesters-prevent-michael-gove-s-tree-from-being-felled-in-sheffield-1-8778187/amp

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Dunkeld Rd Massacre continues

Eco vandal @AcornGroupLtd back on Dunkeld Rd, going 4 big beauty at top. Few residents want them gone because they’re ugly! #saveshefftrees https://t.co/muGtjk0tmg Check out @SheffTreeSteel’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/913701128780570625?s=09

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Urban trees save megacities millions through cleaner air, cooler buildings: study | The Japan Times

http://japantimes.co.jp.via.snip.ly/bopm3#https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/24/world/science-health-world/urban-trees-save-megacities-millions-cleaner-air-cooler-buildings-study/#.Wb8THLIjGUk

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The Yorkshire Post Says: Time for Sheffield Council to heed Gove’s tree felling warning – Yorkshire Post

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/the-yorkshire-post-says-time-for-sheffield-council-to-heed-gove-s-tree-felling-warning-1-8694554

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STAG Steering High Court Summary

As everyone is aware, the three day High Court hearing on SCC’s request for injunctions against our supporters ended on Friday. The Judge stated that he will need ‘up to two weeks’ to come to a decision. As well as

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Another healthy tree felled – Whirlow Grove S11

Another perfectly healthy tree felled, engineering solution alternatives to felling ignored to save costs and increase profits, unfortunately at a huge environmentally cost to the City and health / happiness to folk.

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The Felling – An Epic Tale of People Power

Innocent protest to save Sheffield’s healthy street trees turns into a nightmare, as a small group of brave suburbanites take on their Council, the police and a multinational corporation.

Crowdfunder: street trees legal fund

We are currently collecting to support the small number of campaigners who are facing court costs after cases brought by Sheffield City Council.

Heartwood TiCL trail

Walk the Heartwood Trail and find Robert Macfarlane’s beautiful charms against harm hung from some of Sheffield’s threatened Street Trees. Designed by Jackie Morris.