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monbiot on climate change

george monbiot has brought post-g8 climate change eloquently to the readers of the guardian today, but what do we do now?

please read, circulate and mobilise.......

The people have roared but the G8 has whispered

Indies were watching a sweating and nervous Tony Blair give details of the G8 communiqué to a packed press conference in Gleneagles. "The people have roared but the G8 has whispered," said Kumi Naidoo, chair of the Global Call to Action against Poverty.

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G8 outcomes: better than nothing but...

08-07-2005 13:02 | G8 2005 | Ecology | Globalisation | World

$50bn for Africa, $3bn for Palestine but no progress on climate change

In a statement outlining the results of talks at the G8 summit, Tony Blair described the G8 agreements as "a beginning not an end".

Anti-shell action in Edinburgh

The parade started at the Irish embassy, and moved along early in the streets of Edinburgh. It was a colorful and relaxed protest despite the police taking photographs.

Irish Citizens Imprisoned on Behalf of Shell Oil

The Irish Government has given Shell carte blanche with Ireland's energy resources. Shell plans to build the world's first-ever onshore gas processing plant in Mayo, and can now have the courts imprison anyone who tries to get in their way.

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Photos of MakePovertyHistory March

Photos of MakePovertyHistory March

NEW EARTH FIRST! ACTION UPDATE: Out now!

A new version of the EF!AU can be viewed and printed out (!) to be distributed. See now at www.earthfirst.org.uk

Countryside Properties- Spodden Valley regeneration- CWU asbestos concerns...

29-06-2005 22:24 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

The Save Spodden Valley campaign welcomes the fact that a national organisation the size of the CWU with 300,000 members, is taking the issue of asbestos contamination so seriously. Asbestos is a killer as former postal and telecoms workers know far too well.

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Spodden Valley: regeneration concerns ...

27-06-2005 23:16 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

GOVERNMENT TESTS PROVE FACTORY RUBBLE CONTAINS DEADLY ASBESTOS TRACES

-URGENT DEBATE CALLED FOR UK PARLIAMENT TODAY.

Environmental Protection is a Question of Justice

26-06-2005 22:26 | Ecology | World

Environmental protection can only be realized when there is a relatively equal distribution of prosperity and social peace. When an eco-tax is introduced and income distribution is very unequal, environmental protection will obviously meet with little acceptance.

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What's so Revolutionary about Venezuelan Coal???

25-06-2005 23:37 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

* This article is about expanding coal mining consessions in Venezuela`s western state of Zulia. It explains the threats coal mining poses to indigenous communities and water security for Maracaibo, Zulia`s state capital. The article also explains how this initiative is part of a larger regional development plan, IIRSA, and other proposed projects that fall into Zuila`s regional development. The article is also about the grassroots resistence movement against the proposed projects.

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ICELAND- On its Whaling policy

25-06-2005 14:48 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Globalisation | World

Reply received from Icelandic Embassy on its Whaling policy in response to a Greenpeace campaign.

Save Yourselves

The long-term implications of Peak Oil on your way of life
are nothing short of mind blowing. As we slide down the
downslope of the global oil production curve, we may find
ourselves slipping into what some scientists are calling a
“post-industrial stone age.”

G8 Retreat on Climate Change

20-06-2005 20:15 | G8 2005 | Analysis | Ecology | World

LONDON - A new leaked document on the current stage of negotiations on the G8 position on climate change shows a further retreat from consensus on many fronts.

How Much is Enough?

17-06-2005 14:14 | Ecology | World

"The world has enough for everyone's need, not for everyone's greed." The fear of the further spread of the western lifestyle and economic mode with frequent flier rebates is at the center of political debates. Life without resource-intensive lifestyles should be encouraged.

2nd Leaked G8 Climate Declaration Draft going Backwards (download here)

Following the leaking of an initial G8 climate position paper (see

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/05/311859.html) another later set climate documents have been leaked. It seems that after pressure from the US the already poor plan for action is being watered down still further.

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Mums against Sainsbury's PHOTOS

These photos were taken during a week long series of demonstrations 12th - 17th June 2005 outside Sainsbury's Supermarkets London head office at 33 Holborn.

These photos are licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.

If you wish to use any of these images in a commercial pubication or require hi-res or uncropped versions, please contact gringoben[at]indiemail[dot]com.

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Iceland holds UK protestor for alleged £40,000 damage using yoghurt

16-06-2005 13:10 | Ecology | Globalisation | London | World

Paul Gill, a British protester against Iceland's ecologically devastating Karahnjukar dam project, is being held for allegedly committing £40,000 worth of criminal damage using yoghurt.

Meacher joins Sainsburys demo

These photos were taken during a week long series of demonstrations 12th - 17th June 2005 outside Sainsbury's Supermarkets London head office at 33 Holborn.

These photos are licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.

If you wish to use any of these images in a commercial pubication or require hi-res or uncropped versions, please contact gringoben[at]indiemail[dot]com.

The Daily Moosletter from Soya Samba

Here is the text of the flyer distributed by the brazlian dancers during Tuesdays Brazilian themed demo outside Sainsburys HQ.

World Ecology Newswire Archive

monbiot on climate change

The people have roared but the G8 has whispered

G8 outcomes: better than nothing but...

Anti-shell action in Edinburgh

Irish Citizens Imprisoned on Behalf of Shell Oil

Photos of MakePovertyHistory March

NEW EARTH FIRST! ACTION UPDATE: Out now!

Countryside Properties- Spodden Valley regeneration- CWU asbestos concerns...

Spodden Valley: regeneration concerns ...

Environmental Protection is a Question of Justice

What's so Revolutionary about Venezuelan Coal???

ICELAND- On its Whaling policy

Save Yourselves

G8 Retreat on Climate Change

How Much is Enough?

2nd Leaked G8 Climate Declaration Draft going Backwards (download here)

Mums against Sainsbury's PHOTOS

Iceland holds UK protestor for alleged £40,000 damage using yoghurt

Meacher joins Sainsburys demo

The Daily Moosletter from Soya Samba

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