Salmon River Don

It was a real pleasure to report on the good news from Sheffield this week that Atlantic salmon have been found breeding in the River Don for the first time in more than two hundred years. The wild-born salmon in the Don is the first evidence of successful spawning since they were wiped out by pollution and man-made barriers in the river. It follows more than two decades of work improving the Don including installing fish passes to reconnect the river, allowing salmon to return.

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Green Hydrogen

I had fascinating visit to a factory in Sheffield this week where they make the machines which produce green hydrogen as a clean energy source. ITM Power are now going to build a second bigger factory in the city. They're also working with the University of Sheffield to open a National Hydrogen Research Centre. 

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Grumpy Old Man Rant

I think I've found Ed Milliband's solution to cutting green house gases by 80%!

HOTELS!

I was in London for 5 nights recently and was shocked by the hotel's unrelenting waste of energy.

Firstly, when I arrived in my room on a mild Autumn evening, the window was wide open with the radiator below it on full blast!

Secondly, my towel and floor towel were replaced every day!

And finally, if that wasn't enough, every single day my barely touched complimentary soap was replaced with a brand spanking plastic-wrapped new one!