UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Expansion of Farnborough Airport rejected!

12-11-2009 17:45

Expansion of Farnborough Airport was rejected last night by a seven to one majority.

Peak Coal Could Mean Blackouts - Richard Heinberg

12-11-2009 05:06

Radio Ecoshock interview with Richard Heinberg on his new book "Coal, Climate Change, and the Last Energy Crisis". Known for Peak Oil exertise, (author of "The Party's Over", and "Powerdown") - Heinberg blows up the myth of coal reserves. Will Peak Coal come in time to save the planet?

Full article

Camden bio Hazard Lab poses a threat to environmentally protected area in Camden

11-11-2009 17:53

There are plans to build a deadly virus containment facility in Camden. This poses a virus threat leak to residents and visitors. This also poses a threat to an environmentally protected area in Camden, Camley Conservation and Elm Village. Foot and Mouth disease was leaked into the water supply from Pirbright in Surrey. The areas Muslim community also faces persecution under terror legislation.

Full article | 1 comment

Colombian Social Forum on Climate Change

11-11-2009 17:51

What do colombian social organisations say about climate change? How do they understand Climate Justice in the Colombian context of mass displacement and a social and armed conflict due to historical inequalities in wealth and land .

Full article

15 - 17 January 2010: Peace News Winter Gathering

11-11-2009 11:54

Join people from across the spectrum of the British peace movement for a weekend of exploration, celebration and empowerment - learning from other movements, struggling with challenging issues, and creating greater cohesion and solidarity in a segmented peace movement.

Full article | 5 comments

Nuclear Power? No Thanks!

11-11-2009 10:05

The facts about why Nuclear is a dead end street...

Knowledge is Power!

Full article

Climate Change Films Sun 15 Nov 7pm Glasgow Social Centre

10-11-2009 21:31

Projektions
Climate Change Films
Sunday 15th November
7pm - 9pm
Glasgow Social Centre
66/68 Osborne Street
G1 5QH

Full article

Action Beyond Leaders

10-11-2009 17:27

**Action Beyond Leaders**
-Empowering Students in the fight against Climate Change

Meeting on Friday 13th November at 1pm in RadCam square

Explore consensus decision making through an open meeting, planning for positive change in the university.
Have your say on climate change and the action that we need to take against it.

Full article | 1 comment

Council 'minded' to approve doubling of flights at Farnborough Airport

10-11-2009 14:42

Rushmoor Borough Council, the local planning authority, is 'minded' to approve a doubling of flights and consequential doubling of carbon emissions at Farnborough Airport. The planning committee meets Wednesday evening 11 November 2009.

Full article | 1 comment

Action at Mainshill: Tree felling stopped again in solidarity with communities

10-11-2009 12:00

At 10:30 this morning activists from the Mainshill Solidarity Camp stopped a massive harvesting machine from working at the site, and one person locked-on to it by the neck – work is still being stopped. More information and photos to follow.

Full article

Climate Change & Multinationals - A View from Colombia - Speaker Tour 10-15 Nov

09-11-2009 21:20

World leaders and activists are preparing to descend on Copenhagen to discuss climate change, but have we fully understood its structural causes? Colombian social movements argue that multinational oil and mining corporations, especially BP and other British based companies, have destroyed their environment, their human rights and social fabric. This raises vital questions linking environmental justice with international solidarity.

Full article | 19 comments

new nuclear sites announced - arghh!

09-11-2009 18:07

The government has just announced 10 proposed new sites and can now start going down the truncated undemocratic planning route, after having bribed existing communities around nuke stations for years.

Full article | 1 addition

Audio: Transition North Conference

07-11-2009 00:22

Attached are recordings of the opening plenary session and the closing plenary session from the Transition North conference which was held on 6th November 2009 in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire,

http://transitionnorth.net/

Full article

The 300-350 Show: Africa makes a stand at UN climate talks

06-11-2009 23:51

Our half-time report on the UN climate talks in Barcelona is told in the words of the poor majority world participants. The story of the African Group’s walk-out is told in their own words.

Full article | 2 comments

Responsible Travel pulls out of carbon offsetting!

06-11-2009 14:10

On BBC Radio 4 You and Yours today, Responsible Travel said they had pulled out of carbon offsetting because it does not work!

Full article | 3 comments

#COP15 Climate Treaty set to Fail: Time for Action

06-11-2009 11:51

The grim (but not unexpected) admission that the COP15 UN Climate summit next month will not secure a new treaty on climate change has finally been made (see links below).

Those watching the developments over the last month will not be surprised. Each day seemed to bring another statement pushing the hope of a deal back further and further.

Over the last week at the Barcelona pre-COP15 talks, there have been crisis meetings to discuss fall-back positions. The African bloc walked out with the support of the G77 group of 130 countries, with further support from other countries and NGOs whilst campaigners demonstrated in the streets and blocked entrances (see

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94647)

Full article

How Can We Make Copenhagen Work? - Discussion 12th November

06-11-2009 09:33

Join us and be part of a panel discussion with leading figures from the organisations behind the forthcoming demonstrations in London on 5th December

Full article | 4 comments

apex drilling visited - MAINSHILL SOLIDARITY action

05-11-2009 13:16

apex drilling @ bridgend sabotaged by anti opencast activists.

Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments

What's Wrong With BP? Go to their recruitment fair and find out!

05-11-2009 12:27

http://visionon.tv/web/richard/home/-/blogs/what-s-wrong-with-bp?_33_redirect=%2Fweb%2Frichard%2Fhome

Full article

Climate Change Denial and "Death Denial"

05-11-2009 08:30

Following is an article by George Monbiot on the rise of climate change denial which starkly contrasts this with the increasingly dire warnings from scientists about where we are heading, perhaps 4+°C by 2050. The denial has been stoked up by a massive disinformation campaign as the scientists at realclimate.org have documented. "Denial" and "maladaptive coping strategies" have also been recently considered in an article by Clive Hamilton, how to deal with climate change grief.