Manchester Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Call out for solidarity actions against Shell

rossport solidarity camp, 22-12-2010 14:46

Any day now Shell will find out whether it will be able to continue with the dangerous Corrib Gas Project in Co. Mayo, Ireland Read more | 1 comment >>

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Manchester Airport protesters found guilty but vow to fight on

Manchester Airport on Trial, 08-12-2010 20:50

Two climate protesters who blockaded the road entrance to the World Freight Centre of Manchester Airport were found guilty yesterday of obstruction of the highway at Trafford Magistrates Court. The two defendants had pleaded not guilty on the grounds that the expansion of the Airport would have significant impacts on local homes and globally in contributing to climate change - and that their protest was a reasonable use of the road given that other methods of redress had been tried.
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Manchester Airport on Trial - call out for court support - Mon. 6th December

Manchester Airport on Trial, 04-12-2010 12:25

In May 2010, seventeen people took direct action at Manchester Airport, temporarily shutting it down. They did this to stop some of the 5 million tonnes of carbon emissions that the airport is responsible for annually and in opposition to plans to destroy local homes and biodiversity spots to expand the World Freight Centre.

The seventeen defendants face two trials at Trafford Magistrates Court (M33 7NR). Come to court to show your support. Climate defence is not an offence
Trial 1 – Monday 6th December – Meet at 9am outside court. Read more | 1 comment >>

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The season so far

North West Hunt Saboteurs Association, 01-11-2010 23:23

A summary of our season so far Read more >>

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Manchester students vote to boycott RBS

Manchester Climate Action, 22-10-2010 15:36

The University of Manchester Students Union has passed a motion to boycott the Royal Bank of Scotland. The motion, passed last Wednesday 20th October, included a resolution to “cease all relationships with the Royal Bank of Scotland” for being in breach of the Union's ethical policy. RBS currently leases branch space from the Oxford Road premises of the Students Union. The boycott will require the company to vacate those premises. RBS will also be barred from any marketing or recruiting opportunities at all Students Union events. Read more | 1 comment >>

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This weekend: Stop Nuclear Power Network Gathering in Bristol

Waylon Smithers, 18-10-2010 16:55

Stop Nuclear Power UK Network Gathering

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th, Bristol

Meet, make plans, take action.

There are groups and individuals coming from all over -
Suffolk, London, France, Lancaster, Manchester, Wrexham, Bristol, Cumbria, Ireland, Hinkley, Exeter and more - Come along and get involved in creating a network of active anti-nuclear campaigns across Britain and Europe.
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Video: 16 Oct 2010: World Food Day - Kids Action @ Cargill Ghent

globalise hope, 17-10-2010 12:09

A small action to denounce the policy of the worlds biggest soy firm. Cargill mainly produces soy for fodder, that fattens our dairy, poultry, porc and...fish. Read more >>

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Cumbrian Greenfield Nuclear Sites 'Removed'

Marianne Birkby, 14-10-2010 09:50

Yesterday a leak on the DECC website revealed that Kirksanton and Braystones - two greenfield sites in West Cumbria earmarked for new nuclear build are - "not suitable." Read more | 2 comments >>

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Huntington Lane Coal Mine Eviction?

Dawn Chorus, 13-10-2010 13:05

The eviction process at the Huntington Lane coal mine site near Telford, Shropshire appears to have begun, but no eviction notice has yet been served. The National Eviction Team and local constabulary are currently on site but no arrests have been made. Heavy machinery is now on site and breaking ground. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Manchester Airport protesters appear in Magistrates court

Stop All Airport Expansion, 06-10-2010 07:12

Six Manchester residents from the group Manchester Plane Stupid pleaded not guilty to their charge of aggravated trespass as they claim that in the light of Manchester airports contribution to runaway climate change, it was the necessary action to take. The trial will take place on February 21st 2011 and will be the first climate change trial of its kind in Manchester where expert climate scientists will defend the six against the polluting activities of Manchester airport.
Read more | 9 comments >>

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£400M research - No Nuke Dump Site in W Cumbria

Marianne Birkby, 02-10-2010 15:51

Prof David Smythe (Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, University of Glasgow), an earth scientist who was employed by Nirex to find a nuclear waste repository in West Cumbria, is not opposed to geological disposal in principle but he says the scientific research carried out in the 1990s which cost the public purse £400M shows that -
No site in West Cumbria is suitable for geological disposal of nuclear waste! Read more >>

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Wednesday is International Radioactive Waste Action Day

marianne Birkby, 28-09-2010 12:54

The date was chosen to commemorate the worst known radioactive waste disaster -- a reprocessing storage tank explosion, following loss of cooling water, in the Ural Mountains of Siberia on Sept. 29, 1957 . An entire region contaminated, hundreds immediately killed and the poisoning and death of many more since, due to the lingering radioactive contamination of a vast area of the environment. Read more >>

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High Level Nuke Dump Opposition

Marianne Birkby, 21-09-2010 10:04

Who in their right mind would oppose "Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely" ?

The cleverly (Orwellian) titled: Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely Partnership is designed to stifle any opposition to thegeological 'disposal' of high level nuclear waste. Read more >>

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Stop Nuclear Power gathering Bristol 23rd Oct

Waylon Smithers, 13-09-2010 16:35

The Stop Nuclear network is a grassroots network of groups and individuals taking action against nuclear power and its expansion and supporting sustainable alternatives.

Date for your diaries:
Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th October, Bristol

Meet people from your region that are taking action, make plans together and build solidarity with people who live next door to Hinkley. Read more | 3 comments >>

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West Cumbria Revolt Begins over High Level Nuke Dump.

Marianne Birkby, 07-09-2010 10:21

Campaign group Radiation Free Lakeland have written to all Allerdale Councillors urging them to support Councillor Joe Sandwith's proposal that they should withdraw from the dodgy process designed to force Cumbria into "geological disposal" of nuclear waste. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Manchester Airport End Domestic Flights Demo

Tim Gillibrand, 06-09-2010 00:40

Highlighting the failure of government and business to act on catastrophic climate change, campaigners from London and Manchester held joint demonstrations on Saturday 4th September 2010 at Manchester Airport Domestic Terminal and London City Airport calling for an end to all domestic flights. Read more | 1 addition | 2 comments >>

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