UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

I Bike MCR Mini Festival.

26-09-2008 12:03

I Bike MCR presents a week long series of cycling events and activities to celebrate the bicycle from 6th-12th October 2008

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TONIGHT 6PM CENTRAL LIBRARY...ACE!

Every last Friday of the month we meet at 6pm Central Library to ride
together to celebrate the bicycle over car culture and to meet other
cyclists and enjoy riding our bicycles.

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Banner Dropped in Solidarity with Rossport & Maura

25-09-2008 10:01

On Wednesday early evening activists climbed lampposts to hang a banner outside of the Shell Centre in London saying ‘Shell to Hell: Victory to Rossport/Women say Nice One Maura.’ 2 were arrested and later released.

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rossport solidarity action at irish consulate

24-09-2008 17:21

Whilst the solitaire is in for repairs, we'd thought we'd remind the government that activists haven't taken their eye off the ball. We also thought we would dedicate this action to Maura.

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Statement from the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five

24-09-2008 13:04

To all committees and friends of the Cuban Five

To all friends of the Cuban Revolution

To all honest and noble people of the world

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Lydd airport Kent-MD resigns

23-09-2008 20:23

Managing director of Lydd Airport, Romney Marsh, Kent has resigned suddenly after a shareholder/board member dispute over the future of their expansion plans..

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First Sumac Debate tomorrow..

22-09-2008 21:22

The first of the Sumac Debates will take place at the Sumac Centre in Forest Fields, Nottingham, tomorrow evening. The State: Work with the Power is part one of a series of three discussions on Social Change and the Climate Movement.

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Third World train service

22-09-2008 17:04

Weekend travel and one hears the dreaded words 'rail works'.

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Climate Camp 2008: film and discussion night

22-09-2008 16:16

‘Transition South Liverpool’ Presents an evening of film and discussion relating to the Climate Camp event held this year.During the evening certain issues will be explored, such as:
Can a non political movement, effectively tackle the issue of climate chaos?
Can direct action be more effective than community initiatives, when trying to tackle climate change?

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Suffragettes interrupt the Energy Minister in preparation for the Climate Rush

22-09-2008 11:05

Seven young women dressed as Suffragettes with red sashes that read: CLIMATE CODE RED and NO NEW COAL interrupted Energy Question Time at the Labour Party Conference on Saturday 20 September. The challenged Malcolm Wicks MP, Energy Minister, to defend his decision to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth. They were asked to leve but confronted him again as he left the conference room.

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trident nuclear demo rolls royce raynesway derby monday 10 am all welcome

19-09-2008 21:24

trident nuclear demo this monday rolls royce supply parts for deadly weapons and tridet

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What's Wrong With Shell Leaflet Text

19-09-2008 13:05

What's wrong with Shell?

You can be sure of Shell to have only one interest – MONEY- making profits from whomever and whatever they can. Over the hundred years of its existence, Shell has been at the forefront of human, animal and ecological abuse.

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Biofuels: The ignored principle of caution

18-09-2008 20:25

The agrofuels boom arises starting from the energy necessities and reduction of consumption of petroleum in the European countries and in the United states mainly, that have found in the Latin American countries the ideal conditions to produce them, a pantry to which one can go so that they can continue maintaining its overwhelming consumption rhythm, what could be not too bad for Latin America if we strictly obey the principle of caution.

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Solitaire leaving Irish waters....coming to a port near you?

18-09-2008 17:19

Today, on day 10 of Maura Harrington's hunger strike, Shell finally issued a press release confirming that the Solitaire is leaving Irish waters this afternoon, heading to a UK port. Help needed to keep mounting pressure to get the vessel to permenantly stop its operation to lay the gas pipe line in Rossport.

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RT Climate Action News Sheet - 83

18-09-2008 16:17

CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 83, SEPTEMBER 2008
Compiled and sent out by Rising Tide UK:

info@risingtide.org.uk
To receive this News Sheet monthly, email

news-subscribe@risingtide.org.uk with the subject line 'subscribe' (without the quotes).

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In Support of CUBA

18-09-2008 15:47

We are sending an appeal to artists and intellectuals around the world to demand an immediate end to the criminal US blockade and to promote solidarity and support of our country.

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Help Needed: Coal extraction must be stopped

17-09-2008 16:16

Nottingham Against New Coal (N.A.N.C.) is a new group recently set up in Nottinghamshire to oppose the proposed building of new coal fired power stations and open cast mines in Notts and is opposing the reclamation of coal on a former Langton Colliery spoil heap on Beufit Lane, Near Pinxton.

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Energy gap

17-09-2008 15:39

In a privately-funded report, self-styled energy expert Ian Fells claims only coal and nuclear can fill the energy gap and that energy security is more important than stabililisng climate. Who financed the report?

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Pix of Rossport Solidarity Action in London, UK, Mon 15 Sep 08

17-09-2008 15:22

Three targets, two demands, one noizy protest, all on a sunny London aftternoon in September.

For permission to copy and use, see 'CopyLeft' at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos/videos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

NB: These pix are edited, downsized versions (up to 500x375x600px, 0.19Mpx, 288 to 416KB) for onscreen display. If you would like unedited, full-sized versions (3072x2304px, 7.1Mpx, 3.3 to 4.2MB) for print, poster, banner, re-editing, etc, please email your request to tim.dalinian.jones [at] googlemail.com
quoting the picture title(s) you'd like.

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Notts Incinerator expansion - Your last chance to STOP IT

16-09-2008 19:44

The public inquiry into the appeal of Waste Recycling Groups planning application to expand the incinerator in Nottingham started on 9 September. This coming Friday 19 September will be the public's chance to state their position.