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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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Important post-court case information

Terms of Injunction From Sheffield City Council: “Following the Judge’s judgement this week, could you please inform your supporters by social media prior to August 23 2017 that the council will continue to view STAG & protesters’ social media postings

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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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Exclusive – Michael Gove demands end to Sheffield tree-felling – Yorkshire Post

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has made an extraordinary intervention in the Sheffield tree-felling saga, writing to council leader Julie Dore and chief executive John Mothersole to demand an end to the controversial programme. Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/our-region/south-yorkshire/sheffield/exclusive-michael-gove-demands-end-to-sheffield-tree-felling-1-8694453

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Trees can make or break city weather — ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170726091513.htm

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Someone, somewhere has power to fix mess – The Star

This is a letter to Paul Billington, Sheffield Council’s director of Culture and Environment. You can play around with statistics all you like and say whatever you want to try and convince us that everything is OK, but it’s not

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Fight to save rare elm could take Sheffield tree campaigners to court once more – The Star

Sheffield tree campaigners could take their fight to save a rare elm from the chainsaw to court. The city council has decided to fell the 120-year-old Huntingdon elm on the corner of Chelsea Road and Union Road in Nether Edge,

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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 – Thorpe House Av.

Live on Thorpe house Ave, if you look carefully, you can see those ££ environmental benefits being chipped away, recycled as Amey profits

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Another Healthy Tree Felled – Pingle Road S7

New addition to S7 Rogues Gallery, Pingle Rd, polluted school run. Doing it for the kids, 1st lesson, Business vs. Environment, teacher SCC

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London iTree Report Highlight Value of Urban Trees

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Sheffield’s Street Trees – being destroyed for profit.

A great video for raising awareness out there, please click to view: 51,817 Views

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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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Amey PLC to desecrate Sheffield’s WW1 Living Memorial, for profit

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‘Sheffield Council ‘unaware’ of company’s corporate manslaughter conviction before signing two BILLION pound contract’

Sheffield City Council signed a contract worth £2 BILLION with a company to upgrade roads and streets unaware that the firm had a conviction for corporate manslaughter, a senior officer admitted in court today. The admission came from the local

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Health and Wellbeing Benefits of Urban Trees –

https://treecharter.uk/2017/05/08/health-wellbeing-benefits-urban-trees/?utm_content=buffer1c7e0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees

The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/12/importance-urban-forests-money-grow-trees?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

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More debunking of the official myths and misleading SCC info by a dedicated campaigner. 

My letter published in yesterday’s Sheffield Telegraph: The claim by Sheffield City Council/Amey’s Streets Ahead programme that “street trees are only removed as a last resort” has been repeated numerous times. If we put to one side the 1120 street

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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.