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Transition - The West Coast Scene - Really!

20-02-2011 19:05

What started with Rob Hopkins in the village of Totnes, UK, evolves differently in North America. Michael Brownlee from Transition Boulder, Joanne Poyourow from Transition L.A., Vandy Savage from Vancouver, plus recording of a Village Vancouver meet-up, Ann Pacey and Ross Moster. Full of ideas for your own action plan.

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5 German Undercover agents sent to Scotland G8

19-02-2011 18:43

this now came out as a result of discussions of the Mark Kennedy case in the German Parliament

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Victory Against Open-cast Co. Durham

18-02-2011 14:46

On Tuesday 15th February Durham county councillors voted unanimously to reject the application by UK: Coal to extract 530,000 tonnes of coal from the site known as Bradley.

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why are the skies full of lines?

17-02-2011 19:52

Grids and lines of chemicals regularly fill the sky above us and mix into a big haze blocking out the sun and making it cold and dull. Does it go above your head?

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Shell survey work halted

17-02-2011 10:48

Today Shell's survey work in Aughoose was halted as people walked on to the land and stood in front of equipment.

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RBS campaigners admonished by Edinburgh Court

17-02-2011 07:35

No penalty for three environmental activists who were arrested during the Climate Camp protests last year.

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Population Overload

16-02-2011 20:03

Three voices with solutions for the population crisis. Lisa Hymas, co-founder and Senior Editor of Grist.org on GINKs, Green-Inclined, No Kids. Clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen L. Walker - the good and the bad of going childfree. Plus the grand-daddy of the whole population movement, Dr. Paul Ehrlich. His 1968 book "The Population Bomb" woke us up. Now he's got a surprising new tool that could help us survive the multiple crisis we face.

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Shell action in Solidarity with Rossport

16-02-2011 17:35

Services were distrupted at the Shell garage on Alexandra Parade in Glasgow in solidarity with the approval of Shell's gas pipeline in Rossport, Ireland and to raise awareness about the crimes against humanity committed by Shell around the world.

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Three BP petrol stations shutdown in Birmingham

16-02-2011 17:18

Today three BP petrol stations in the Quinton, Longbridge and Selly Park areas of Birmingham were shutdown.

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Undersea nuke stations!

16-02-2011 14:25

Another mad corporate idea springs up it seems, this time nuclear power stations under the Channel!

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SRG employs corporate spy to monitor Coal Action Scotland

15-02-2011 16:20

Corporate spies have been monitoring environmental activist groups on behalf of companies across the UK. While not surprising in the slightest, it is interesting to note that the Scottish Resource Group has been employing their services.

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Anti- GM Protestors Target Oxford Tesco

15-02-2011 12:40

[Oxford] This morning, as part of a nationwide day of action on genetically modified (GM) products in UK supermarkets, two groups of protesters entered Tesco’s on Cowley Road in Oxford to warn customers who might be unwittingly buying GM products.

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Spying company, Vericola Ltd, uncovered after incompetence

14-02-2011 21:30

A spying firm with corporate clients including E.ON, Scottish Power and Scottish Coal has been identified after accidentally emailing the activists it was spying on. Kent-based Vericola Ltd has been targeting groups including the Camp for Climate Action and London Rising Tide with low-level infiltration. Other groups are encouraged to check their lists and share any experiences.

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Brazilian protesters criticise dam project

14-02-2011 19:41

Environmentalists and indigenous-rights supporters gathered in the Brazilian capital on 14th February to protest a hydroelectric dam project that they say would be devastating to the Amazon region.

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New Shift Article - "No Messy Politics Please, We're Anarchists!"

14-02-2011 17:13

“No Messy Politics Please, We’re Anarchists!”

SHIFT provides a space for those of us defining as anarchists and based in the UK to ‘constructively’ critique ideas and movements. As the participants from the No Borders network referred to by Dariush Sokolov in his article Cochabamba: Beyond the Complex – Anarchist Pride (printed in Shift issue #9), who took part in the First World People’s Conference on Climate Change (CMPCC), we want to engage with the dialogue opened in #9. We agree with several of the points made, particularly the calling out of “economies based on the same model of petroleum, industrial agriculture, extraction, and growth before everything”. However, we reject a simplistic notion of relishing ‘our’ minority anarchist status. Here we reflect on the chasm we see between maintaining ‘purity’ of ideology and the reality of actually doing politics.

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Hello Hard Times

13-02-2011 07:12

Starts with a rant welcoming the new business Master of Washington. Then to Greenpeace Brazil, interview with Kiko Brito on the climate floods there. Feature interview with Nafeez Ahmed, author of "A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization." Ends with a speck of hope. Radio Ecoshock 110128

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Weather goes off the charts: is it climate change?

13-02-2011 02:53

In the space of a few weeks, Australia and the world have been rocked by devastating weather events, from huge snowstorms across the US to flash flooding and cyclones in Australia. Many of these events have not just been catastrophic, but have set new records for weather.

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Anarcho-Bicyclist Conference Manchester April 2011

12-02-2011 21:22

A weekend of discussions, workshops, rides and activities from Friday 8th April to Sunday 10th April, 2011. We invite people to share skills, information and ideas.

Open to both individuals and people from grassroots and anarchist bike projects from everywhere in the UK.

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Eco-struggle gathering in Shropshire, 25-28 February

10-02-2011 18:25

The Shropshire anti-coal site at Huntington Lane was set up almost a year ago to defend the site against UK Coal’s plans to mine the huge site set in thousands of hectares of beautiful woodland in the heart of Shropshire’s beautiful countryside.

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Nuclear resistance teach-in and skills-share weekend, 19-20 Feb, near London

10-02-2011 13:27

A chance to learn and share info about why we urgently need to resist new nuclear build and promote sustainable alternatives, and develop skills to help us do it.

*REGISTER BY SAT 12 FEB*

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