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Tar Sands Protest at BP HQ

02-09-2009 11:58

Tar Sands Monsters sliming outside BP's greenwash partner - the National Gallery
Environmental campaigners protest over British Petroleum’s tar sands extraction project

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Mainshill Solidarity Camp Update: two and a half months on

02-09-2009 08:37

It's the fort that counts
Over two and a half months ago the Mainshill Solidarity Camp was set up on the site of a new open cast coal mine at Mainshill Wood, in support of the local communities efforts to oppose the project and Scottish Coal’s plans, and in defiance of planning approval granted by South Lanarkshire Council.

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Oil Company's Best Kept Secret

01-09-2009 19:51

Details of Offshore Europe Exhibition and general invite to attend.

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German anti-nuclear protests heat up ahead of 21 September election

30-08-2009 22:46

Anti-nuclear demonstration in central Hamburg
About one thousand Castor caskets full of nuclear waste are produced by just one atomic power station during its operative life without there being a final repository for it anywhere.

That’s a point the German anti-nuclear activist group Campact is making with demonstrations in 12 cities of the country, which goes to the polls on 27 September.

The conservatives of Chancellor Angela Merkel, keen backers of nuclear power, are tipped to win by a large margin.

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Climate change v environment

28-08-2009 15:33

Last night on BBC Radio 4, a programme implied that focus on climate change was to the detriment of other environmental issues.

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Lammas Ecovillage, Wales gets Planning Approval (finally!)

27-08-2009 11:48

Today the Lammas group won planning permission for their ecovillage project.
Today the Lammas ecovillage in Pembrokeshire finally won planning permission for their ecovillage project.

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Direct Action; USA, Canada, Uruguay & Spain

27-08-2009 00:52

22nd-26th August

IS YOUR LOCAL FUR FARM MISSING ITS FARMER? (USA, Canada)
CRUEL BUSINESSES GLUED AND PAINTED (Uruguay)
TIRES FLATTENED ON LIVESTOCK TRUCK (Spain)

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Meet the green boss, same as the old boss...

26-08-2009 18:10

A brief look at some of the reasons why Climate Camp's so important, and some of the dangers it faces.

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Come to a Picnic

24-08-2009 10:31

A Family Picnic Day to Stop Tesco Building at Titnore Woods, in West Sussex.

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'Dirty timebomb' ticking in Russian nuclear dump threatens Europe

24-08-2009 10:03

20,000 discarded uranium fuel rods stored in the Arctic Circle are corroding. The possible result? Detonation of a massive radioactive bomb experts say could rival the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

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InformAction: A Climate Camp map, please print and distribute

23-08-2009 19:06

Check out and print this map (a3) to ensure you have a joyfull stay in Ldn during the Camp this week!

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Novartis under attack, arson at home of fur farmers

22-08-2009 19:42

20th-21st August

CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR GRAVEYARD VISIT (Switzerland)
100,000+ EUROS DAMAGES AT HOME OF FUR FARMERS (Italy)
CAR VANDALIZED AT NOVARTIS MEXICO (Mexico)
WARNING SENT TO NOVARTIS (Mexico)

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Mainshill Update - increase in police surveillance

21-08-2009 18:09

The Mainshill Solidarity Camp was set up in June to stop an open cast coal mine from being built next to the village of Douglass in South Lanarkshire. Two weeks ago it hosted the Camp for Climate Action Scotland. The camp has treehouses, towers and tunnels all built to resist eviction.

Since the end of Climate Camp Scotland we've been sorting out left over tat and continuing building defences. This week we have had an increase in Police surveillance with early morning visits on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Both times two police officers walked around the site taking video footage of defences.

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RBS glued shut

21-08-2009 18:04

The Royal Bank of Scotland is one of the largest investors and profiteers of environmental destruction and the international arms trade. They destroy natural habitats, therefore unbalancing the ecosphere, by using genocidal methods against the species populating the Earth.

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An extended deadline – PAWS for thought…not oil

21-08-2009 09:53

Ancient woodland is under threat from oil drilling and we need your help to try and save it!

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Arson Attack Destroys 22 Luxury Apartment Buildings

21-08-2009 03:34

Video
July 29, 2009: Arson Attack Destroys 22 Apartment Buildings (350 units) in Reno, NV, (USA); $30 Million in Damages!

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Eco-Anarchists Attack Luxury Car in Guadalajara, Mexico

20-08-2009 21:00

Earth Liberation Communique: 08.18.09

Eco-Anarchists Attack Luxury Car in Guadalajara, Mexico

Communique:

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Direct Action; Czech, Greece, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain & UK

20-08-2009 20:46

17 HENS RESCUED (Czech Republic)
15th-20th August

17 HENS RESCUED (Czech Republic)
THOUSANDS OF MINK RUN FREE (Greece)
ARSON ATTACK AT FUR/LEATHER SHOP IN LEON (Mexico)
NOVARTIS STINKS (Switzerland)
SLOGANS PAINTED AGAINST HUNTING (Spain)
LOCKS RUINED AT BUTCHERS, AGAIN (UK)
WINDOWS BROKEN AT PET STORE (Mexico)

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Roman and saxon settlements being destroyed forever

20-08-2009 17:34

Constructors on the Olympic Highway destroy historic findings to save money

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What can be learned from the occupation of Vestas?

19-08-2009 13:15

The 19-day occupation of the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight ended August 7, after its Danish owners secured a court order allowing them to repossess the plant. The six remaining workers left the plant after the eviction notice was served. On August 12, dismissal notices were sent to all the employees, confirming the closure of two sites in the Isle of Wight and Southampton.