COP27

COP27

Nov 2, 2022 | Keynsham Voice

On November 6th, delegates from around the world will descend on Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt for COP27. It comes a year after COP26 in Glasgow, where world leaders agreed a deal to limit global temperatures to 1.5C. The pace and brutality of geopolitical changes since...
Feeling the pain of higher energy costs

Feeling the pain of higher energy costs

Oct 1, 2022 | Keynsham Voice

As we head towards winter, Keynsham residents – like thousands across the country – will start to feel the pain of higher energy costs. While the energy price cap is welcome, bills remain considerably higher than last year, and people will still struggle to pay. I...
What can we do to help?

What can we do to help?

Sep 26, 2022 | Tony's thought piece

I hope that we would all agree that we have some major problems on our hands, as one aspect of climate change, with traffic-jammed roads, fossil fuel vehicles creating so much pollution,(25% of UK CO2 emissions) the bottom falling out of the diesel car market and...
Europe’s worst drought in 500 years

Europe’s worst drought in 500 years

Sep 1, 2022 | Keynsham Voice

Europe is in the grip of the worst drought in 500 years. ‘Hunger stones’ in the rivers Elbe and Rhine have been revealed by plummeting water levels. Wildfires are raging across the continent. The UK has not escaped. Our gardens and fields are brown, trees are dropping...