UK Energy Crisis Newswire Archive
Anti-Capitalist Bloc on Climate March 2008
26-11-2008 15:37
Saturday 6 December, Assembly 12 Noon at US Embassy, Grosvenor Square to march on Parliament. Join the CLIMATE MARCH 2008!FOR THE PLANET! - AGAINST THE STATE!
Tell E.ON to f off! - Protest
24-11-2008 13:31
23rd November issue of Manchester Climate Fortnightly out
23-11-2008 21:29
Manchester Climate Fortnightly is a newsletter published by a small collective in Manchester, covering all subjects related to climate change in the Northwest of England (and a few places beyond...)Below are some samples articles from the November 23rd issue. The rest of the newsletter, and previous editions, are available for download via the following link-
www.manchesterclimatefortnightly.info. You can also subscribe by emailing info [at] manchesterclimatefortnightly.info with "subscribe" in the header
We lead with the story that although Manchester City Council has stated it aims for Manchester to be Britain's greenest by 2010, it has actually slipped further down in the annual rankings of Forum for the Future (these rankings are under review, but a great leap forwards for our sunny city
would be a surprise...)
Our second story is on the “Climate Change Foundation”, a proposal that has so far received scant coverage in the mainstream press.
All the usual features are here too-
a Calendar bursting with events, including Sat 29th's Chomsky at 80, www.chomskyat80.org.uk
a Digest of local, national and global news (with more on the website)
Campaign updates “Read All About it” and other goodies.
Public Meeting: Nafeez Ahmed - Food Crisis and Peak Oil
20-11-2008 16:41
Sir Alexander Fleming Building
Lecture Theatre 2
Imperial College London
Exhibition Road
London
SW7 2AZ
http://imperial.absoc.co.uk/
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Transition Towns movement: Premature Triumphalism?
20-11-2008 14:57
Following is an article by John Michael Greer, (reposted from http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2008/11/premature-triumphalism.html ) about the Transition Initiative ( http://transitiontowns.org/ ), which has been responded to by Rob Hopkins in his blog post, Responding to Greer’s Thoughts on ‘Premature Triumphalism’ ( http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/20/responding-to-greers-thoughts-on-premature-triumphalism/ ). The conference presentation that John Michael Greer make reference to doesn't appears to be available online in audio or video format but there is a PDF of the slides (
http://www.communitysolution.org/pdfs/Brownlee-Transition.pdf ) and a Word file of notes ( http://www.communitysolution.org/docs/Brownlee-TransitionNotes.doc ) available on the conference web site ( http://www.communitysolution.org/08conf.html ). Previous article on the Transition Initiative on UK Indymedia include Keith Parkins on Transition Towns (
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/410292.html ) and Rob Hopkins on “The Rocky Road to a Real Transition”: A Review ( http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398866.html ).
Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?
14-11-2008 20:44
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874282300802010217
Plane Stupid Protestors found guilty, judge gives a token gesture sentence
13-11-2008 14:46
Bath Bomb #16 out now
13-11-2008 01:19
Breathing a sigh of collective release and rubbing a tear of patriotic fervour from their eyes, the Bath wish-they-were massive squeeze out another nugget of journalistic integrity...Hyperion Unbound - MicroNukes
10-11-2008 12:17
A new range of small nuclear generators are being developed by corporations to provide local or even domestic power. The Observer published an article on this yesterday - without mention of the 'security detail' that Hyperion's website predicts will keep it safe. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/09/miniature-nuclear-reactors-los-alamos
How To Stop A Nuclear Waste Train. Impressions from Germany
08-11-2008 16:05
The following is a portrait of a very famous and traditional event within the anti-Castor activist's agenda: the forest „game“ called the „Ralley Monte Göhrde“.
Students Dying to Ditch Dirty Development
06-11-2008 18:18
Students from the West Midlands participated in a die-in against the Royal Bank of Scotland at the Graduate Recruitment Fair at the NEC in Birmingham. Protesters then had to deal with the usual security and police disproporionate and ad-hoc overreaction to the action, which for some was their first protest.Economic and Ecological Collapse:An Ecosocialist solution
06-11-2008 12:32
The article announces a meeting on the the above topic by Richard Greeman, a wellknown US Radical and HumoristPeak Oil: Corporations start to wake up, will the Government?
06-11-2008 10:44
Last week a "taskforce" made up from representatives from the FirstGroup plc, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Solarcentury, Stagecoach Group, Virgin, Arup, Foster + Partners, Yahoo launched a report of Peak Oil and Peak Gas: The Oil Crunch - Securing the UK’s energy future, PDF: http://peakoil.solarcentury.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/oil-report-final.pdf Careering Downwards, courtesy of Cambridge University!
05-11-2008 23:52
To highlight just how dubious many of the exhibitors at this event are, some activists decided to go along today.
Candlelit vigil against Rolls Royce planning for nuclear reactor in derby
30-10-2008 21:45
Will the UK Face a Natural Gas Crisis this Winter?
30-10-2008 14:10
In the second part of the series, I use a simulation approach to test the likely adequacy of natural gas supplies during the upcoming heating season. In these simulations, I use data from the UK Department of Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform (BERR), UK National Grid, as well as information about recent UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) develpments. Based on what I refer to as the reference scenario, it seems likely that the UK will increasingly have to rely on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports to secure adequate supplies.
Nine Percent: the natural annual rate of oil output decline
30-10-2008 13:55
The Financial Times has leaked the results of the International Energy Agency's long-awaited study of the depletion profiles of the world's 400 largest oilfields, indicating that, "Without extra investment to raise production, the natural annual rate of output decline is 9.1 per cent." http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5e78778-a53f-11dd-b4f5-000077b07658.html
Richard Heinberg: Say Goodbye to Peak Oil
10-10-2008 13:46
Now that the world’s credit markets are suffering the equivalent of a cardiac arrest, one can confidently say that the peak in global oil production is behind us.The Post-Oil Economy: After The Techno-Fix
23-12-2007 20:12
"Even when grappling with the idea of economic disintegration, Americans attempt to cast it in terms of technological or economic progress: eco-villages, sustainable development, energy efficiency and so on. Under the circumstances, such compulsive techno-optimism seems maladaptive." — Dmitry Orlov, "Our Village"The Death Knell for Nuclear Power
08-12-2007 21:22
http://www.theleaneconomyconnection.net/downloads.html#Nuclear or you can order printed copies here http://www.theleaneconomyconnection.net/nuclear/buy.htm . Like much of David’s writing, it patiently yet assertively builds its arguments, backed up by exhaustive research, to build a case against nuclear power that looks pretty much bulletproof to me.