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Scientists expose ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like Dis-info Campaign on Global Warming

04-01-2007 21:52 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | World

Along with Government interference in reports and speeches by it's own
scientists, this article helps to explain why Americans are not marching in the streets about climate change.

01-01-07: Save Iceland banner drop, London, UK

Supporters from saveiceland.org arrived on the Millennium Bridge at some time after 10am and attempted to drop banners from the Tate Modern Gallery, from the roof of St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge.

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Germany: unpackaged nuclear waste to be stored in Ahaus!

02-01-2007 14:06 | Ecology | Technology | World

The new nuclear waste storing plans for Ahaus are becoming more bizarre all the time:

“Gorleben suitable, but seeking other sites”

24-12-2006 03:24 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | World

The German environment minister says the salt deposit in Gorleben is geologically suitable for a final nuclear waste depository but other locations will be considered.
“The findings so far about a dense rock cover and hence the barrier function of the salt were positively confirmed,” wrote the minister, Sigmar Gabriel, in response to an open letter from opponents of nuclear installations in the north German village.

We cum in peace

23-12-2006 13:09 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

I was going to write a piece about yesterdays synchronized global orgasm for peace but see little point wasting my time writing original articles for Indymedia only to have the gatekeepers to open publishing remove them (

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358704.html,

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358696.html). Maybe when the IMC admin team get their act together I might post a proper write up but in the meantime here is a shameless collection cut and paste from various other reports on the event.

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eco-centric - x-mess edition mp3

22-12-2006 10:18 | Analysis | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

a weekly environment show with nimbin community radio, nimfm. 44 minutes, mono 10mb - note, our libsyn server is full this month, sorry for using radio4all.net this time.

RECLAIMING THE SEASON

21-12-2006 02:26 | Culture | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

Disgusted with the personal debt, spiritual emptiness and ecological damage that the holiday seawson now entails, writers and activists began to promote the idea of a downshifted Christmas in the late nineties.

Climate Change through the Lens of Youth

11-12-2006 20:13 | Ecology | Other Press | World

“The strongest way to deliver an environmental message and to create an impact is certainly through film…”
(Nick Bonner, cartoonist, landscape artist, filmmaker and NUFF Global ambassador from Beijing, China)

Please ask your MEPs not to trash rainforests for biofuels

06-12-2006 12:58 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | World

A crucial vote in the European Parliament could decide the future of many millions of hectares of rainforests. Biofuelwatch support demands made by many NGOs across Europe and also in the South that rainforests, local communities and other countries' environments must not be sacrificed to grow fuel for our cars. Please help by writing to your MEP this week.

Preview recorded for ResonanceFM, of Platform's new opera 'Andwhilelondon burns'

Listen to an interview with James Marriot of Platform discussing his recent joint project with John Jordan an opera/audio walk entitled 'And While London Burns' "a soundtrack for the era of climate change".
Interview recorded by Pennie Quinton for Resonance FM104.4

http://www.resonancefm104.4.com.

http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/12/16179.php

The Business of World Hunger

30-11-2006 11:36 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Health | World

The Business of World Hunger

The QUICKTIME REPORT 28 /11/06 - SEE GLOBALLY!

A review of news, opinion and photography recorded from the Indymedia Newswire. Free to rebroadcast. The world & recorded for the community archive!

Tesco GM rice removed from the shelves landed Tesco Poland stores?

According to Polish Chief Health Inspectorate GM rice of variety LL601 was
found in 6% (3 out of 48) of samples taken in the stores of three regions of
Poland: Pomerania, West Pomerania and Lower Silesia. The contaminated rice
came to Poland from US via France.

According to the spokeperson of Regional Health Inspectorate of Lower
Silesia- Elzbieta Peszko-Bilska rice of variety LL601 was found in the
supermarket chains Tesco and Auchan in this region. Polish authorities hasn't
found LL601 rice in Warsaw region although Greenpeace Poland testing done in
Germany of long rice showed three products contaminated: "Bosto"(Ebro
Puleva), "Britta" and "Halina".

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Economic Values and Impending Collapse

23-11-2006 04:43 | Analysis | Culture | Ecology | World

Foreboding has hit the ranks of private equity firms; try as they might to unload vast amounts of funds (monetary value is inextricably linked to the movement of those funds) they have been unable to spend/invest at a rate that would sustain value let alone increase real profits! The ‘healthy figures’ reflecting increased acquisitions/investments are on paper only – it ‘looks good’ at the moment!

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Ten Reasons to Block LNG in Wales

Corporate greed and mindless materialism threaten to destroy the planet. Act now

First massive rout aginst the road violating the heart of Polish wildlife

19-11-2006 22:15 | Ecology | World

First massive rout in Poland against the road ( the viabaltica expressway ) going through the jewellery of Polish Wildlife (after 4 years of campaigning and about 200.000 signatures collected within few weeks of the summer).

Melbourne Australia G20 Photos

G20 Convergence

Melbourne: Businesses Targeted by G20 Protests

The G20 meeting of Finance Ministers, the World Bank and the IMF is appearing in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend of 18-19 November. They are being welcomed by a series of conferences, creative protests and festivals by a wide variety of anti-globalisation activists.

Office Occupation at Oricas Head Office in Melbourne

17-11-2006 10:06 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | Repression | World

Close to one hundred protesters occupied Oricas chemical services department in Melbourne early this afternoon. The protesters gathered due to concerns over Oricas track record s in transportation blunders of dangerous chemicals and their involvement with the Barricks, Lake Cowal Gold Project.