UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Polar Bears Populate Welsh Coal Mine

10-01-2008 12:25

A video about a climate action that happened before xmus.

Nuclear-Free Future Walk - London to Geneva - Apr-Jul 2008

10-01-2008 11:09

Following on from this year's successful 900-mile Nuclear-Free Future Walk from Dublin to London, organised by Footprints for Peace, the same group will be staging another this year from London to Geneva, through France. The UK stretch will go from London to Portsmouth, starting on 26 April, the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Help us tell Gordon Brown and the EU: NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT A SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE OR ENERGY SECURITY

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Prosecution Collapses in Superglue Penny Trial

10-01-2008 11:08

An activist who superglued her hands to gates to prevent riot police entering the Heathrow Climate camp last year has been exonerated by a judge at Uxbridge court.

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"Guardians of Power" - Reviewing David Cromwell and David Edwards' book

10-01-2008 08:28

David Cromwell is a Scottish writer, activist and oceanographer at the National Oceanography Centre in Britain. David Edwards is also a UK writer who focuses on human rights, the environment and the media. Together they edit an extraordinary "UK-based media-watch project" called Media Lens. It "offers authoritative criticism of mainstream media bias and censorship, as well as providing in-depth analysis, quotes, media contact details and other resources."

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Does the progressive left really believe in climate change?

09-01-2008 16:17

There is an interesting thread on the MediaLens discussion board about the following article, "Does the progressive left really believe in climate change?".

While the following article makes good points about the left and climate change the same thing can be said of the left and peak oil — however all these things were brought together in a talk that Nafeez Ahmed gave last November.

One minor thing struck me from the MediaLens discussion, a poster there comments that:

I've seen anarchists on Indymedia arguing fiercely in support of mobile phone companies against residents living near masts who have suffered alarming health problems - on the grounds that they have no scientific proof of their complaints as compared to the mobile companies.

Which appears to indicate to me that she hasn't appreciated the extent that this site is troll'ed...

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court thursday/friday for XL airways action August 2007

09-01-2008 15:17

One person is in court Thursday 10th and Friday 11th January charged with Aggravated Tresspass for locking on to the banisters in reception of XL airways HQ near Gatwick in August 2007.

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Coal, Climate & Environmental Racism - Grassroots Resistance talks!

08-01-2008 10:40

WEDNESDAY 16th JAN - SUMAC CENTRE
245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham NG7 6HX 0845 458 9595

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Nafeez Ahmed: The Hidden Holocaust - Our Civilizational Crisis

07-01-2008 20:26

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed speaking on The Hidden Holocaust — Our Civilizational Crisis at a public meeting held on 20th November 2007 at Imperial College, London.

See also the notice of the meeting and the first three parts of a four part write-up of the talk:

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Climate change on Trial!

07-01-2008 18:37

The eleven climate change activists who shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station on April 10th 2007 are on trial FROM Monday 14th Jan AT NOTTINGHAM BRIDEWELL MAGISTRATES COURT.

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Greenwash Guerillas Invade BP Sponsored Tate Britain

07-01-2008 16:25

On Friday 4 January the Risaing Tide Greenwash Guerilla Brigade decided to pay Tate Britain a lil' visit.

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The Hidden Holocaust -- Civilizational Crisis, Part 3: The End Of The World As We Know It?

07-01-2008 12:32

Part three (see part one and part two) of an article by Nafeez Ahmed on the history of imperial genocide follows, the subject of this article was the subject of recent public meeting, The Hidden Holocaust - Our Civilizational Crisis.

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Climate Camp Photographers: A digital exhibition at the Broadway

06-01-2008 22:33

A number of photographers documented aspects of the camp, and the surrounding police actions. A selection of this work, is currently being shown in the foyer [and o/s Screen 1] of the Broadway Cinema, Broad Street, Nottingham.

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Wastwater - Nuclear Twist

05-01-2008 23:27

Wastwater - officially Britain’s favourite view is already tainted by the nuclear industry. .... and Gordon Brown wants to plunder it further with more nuclear build in the UK.

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Anti-Incinerator Petition and Protest

05-01-2008 02:29

Oxford County Council are having a crucial debate on whether to build an incinerator in Oxfordshire. Oxford Brookes People & Planet & Oxford FoE have put together an online petition and will be protesting outside.

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London Rising Tide activists 'die' in the Tate Britain (4 January 2008)

04-01-2008 17:55

Activists from London Rising Tide staged a 'die-in' in the BP sponsored Tate Britain this afternoon.

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Gas Flaring- giving Shell a taste of its own medicine

04-01-2008 16:30

This morning some Shell to Sea activists made their way to Shell's Dublin HQ to mark Ogoni Day (January 4th). Please have a look at the two minute video on youtube:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=597hkm9MuTo.

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Seven key reasons against a third runway at Heathrow

04-01-2008 12:49

A summary form of arguments that might just sway prominent people

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greenwash guerillas hit shell hq

04-01-2008 01:19

at lunchtime yesterday, a small band of greenwash guerillas entered the lobby of the london shell hq to highlight the massive amount of toxic greenwash emanating from the building. once ejected they continued their work outside, warning the public of the dangers of greenwash

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Wind turbine construction course at Brighton Earthship

03-01-2008 14:56

V3 Power ran a course at the Earthship in November 2007 where 10 members of the public spent two days constructing a 2.4m Hugh Piggott wind turbine.

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Local skill sharing for environmental and social change.

03-01-2008 12:56

‘SUST-EDUCATION’
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE
EDUCATION IN SUFFOLK.
A new grass roots project will be launched January 2008 at Ringsfield eco study centre nr Beccles, Suffolk.
The project involves local community skill sharing plus experts from across the country coming together to run workshops for environmental and social change. (this is a non profit making project. )All sessions will be run as cheaply as possible and be open to all.
Sust-education have been lucky enough to be able to use the beautiful Ringsfield Hall eco study Centre as a venue, 14 acres of amazing parkland........