UK Energy Crisis Newswire Archive
Tar Sands Protest Closes BP Garage in London
12-04-2010 14:36
No Inaccuracies - But Report Condemmed by UK Coal
12-04-2010 13:45
UK Coal plc's reaction to MOPG's "UK Coal :An Independent Report" is outlined along with UK Coal plc's response to a letter MOPG sent to UK Coal about the length of time the Minorca Opencast Site Application was taking.Bristol Ecovillage call to action for Sat 17th April 2010 (video)
12-04-2010 11:56
Next Saturday (17/4/2010), an Urban Eco Village will be setup in Bristol. Have you got the courage to move off-grid and help make it a monumental success? It doesn't matter if you have no skills or experience - this time last year I didn't.Radioactive Waste - In a Landfill Near You ?
09-04-2010 18:04
....the nuclear industry is busy trashing the environment and filling landfill up with radioactive waste.
BP Fortnight update
09-04-2010 11:11
Camp Against Nuclear New Build - 23-26 April, Sizewell, Suffolk
06-04-2010 15:44
http://stopnuclearpoweruk.net http://chernobyl-day.org/?lang=en It's time to step up the campaign against nuclear new build. If we want to stop the next generation of nuclear power stations, now is the time to act. Come and join us for a weekend of networking, protest and info and skill sharing!
BP Tar Sands Ad Hoax - Video
06-04-2010 12:12
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Eon switch on to community renewables.
01-04-2010 07:25
Surprising news this morning from german energy giant Eon. Apparently they've reconsidered their whole coal and CCS business plan and are now claiming they'll be helping people set up cuunity owned wind farm schemes...I Bike MCR Festival 2010
31-03-2010 12:56
A month long celebration of the bicycle with workshops, bike rides, film screenings and much moreKeeping the Lights On in South Yorkshire: Is Our Future Nuclear Free or Nuclear?
29-03-2010 14:11
Join the debate on Wednesday 28 April 2010 from 7pm to 8.30pmFind us at Sheffield Hallam University
Furnival Building Room 9130 Arundel Street S1 1WB (view map:
http://www.shu.ac.uk/visit/plancity.html ) register now and submit your questions:
http://new.solar-active.com/debate/register/
LNG Pipeline protest update... the battle goes on :)
25-03-2010 19:01
A lot of people fought long & hard against the 200 mile LNG pipeline from Milford Haven to Gloucester. Now that is laid in the ground it is hard to see what is worth fighting for.London's gay art festival announces OPEN call for submissions
25-03-2010 16:06
http://www.gaywisefestival.org.uk
Site of New UK Coal Open Cast Mine Occupied in Fife
22-03-2010 09:21
Last night twenty five activists occupied the site of the Blair House Open Cast Coal Site in solidarity with near-by communities and in direct intervention of the environmental destruction that it will cause. Contractors have been felling trees on the site over the past week, and activists have moved in to stop this work and put an end to UK Coal's plans for mining the Black Wood Wildlife site.Vestas support action - court update
20-03-2010 01:17
March 16th - Court update from WCA / Vestas crane action that took place last SeptemberThis was a 'Workers Climate Action' Blade Blockade action in support of and in solidarity with the Vestas workers who occupied their offices last year after losing their jobs.
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CaCC 3rd TU Conference – Pix-&-Vidz, Sat 13 Mar 10
19-03-2010 11:16
Iran’s natural gas riches: US knife to the heart of world future energy
18-03-2010 23:35
Encircling Iran with wars and threatening gas supplies to possibly the world’s top future gas customer – China – is the real deal. US actions are more accurately seen as putting a knife to the energy arteries of a world economy that it will no longer be able to dominate.
150 German towns want nuclear power ended
18-03-2010 22:52
Diet Simon 17.03.2010 09:05 Themen: Atom Weltweit Ökologie Local power utilities in Germany have formed an anti-nuclear power alliance saying that planned longer running times for nukes are endangering their plans to invest billions in climate-friendly green energies. “This is the best news in a long time!” comments Volker Thomsen, Treasurer of the World Wind Energy Association and active in a number of other renewables roles.Stop the Charge of the Nuclear White Elephants! - UK gathering, 27 March, London
18-03-2010 13:33
Saturday 27 March, 10.30am - 5.30pm
London Action Resource Centre
62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Venue details:
http://www.londonarc.org Nearest tube: Whitechapel
Map:
http://tinyurl.com/mapLARC Please get in touch ASAP if you need a bed or crash space for one or more nights, or have specific access requirements.
Lunch: Bring vegetarian / vegan finger food to share. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.
There’s lots to discuss and share, including:
* The latest situation on nuclear new build in the UK
* Updates on recent actions and campaigning activities
* How we can be even more effective and make the best use of our skills, resources and networks
* Planning for future actions, including Sizewell Camp in late April and a possible summer camp at a strategic location
* Pull-out for publication in late April – work on concept and content
* Ideas and proposals for future activities and network building
* International dimension – overseas networking, French update, UK-India nuclear deal and proliferation implications, waste transport, etc
A Very Brief Introduction to Peak Oil
18-03-2010 02:37
We're not all hard-line clued-up radicals, and even if we are we haven't always been. If you haven't got a clue what peak oil is, then try my hopefully accurate take on it to get you in the mood to find out moreOnce again, Indymedia possibly not the best place for it, but there you go...
Coal Mining Heritage and Issues March 12-14th 2010, Newcastle
11-03-2010 11:58
Coal mining has never been more important around the world than it is today, and it looks set to expand further on a global scale. In this context energy debates, coal mining communities and associated issues and so on, need further examination.