UK Energy Crisis Newswire Archive
UG#508 - Truth & Lies of The Financial "Crisis" (Peak Oil and Peak Ponzi)
18-07-2010 12:10
Scotland’s Peace Walk for a Nuclear-Free Future - 30 July to 29 August
17-07-2010 14:06
Footprints for Peace invites you to take part in a journey of solidarity for a nuclear-free future.
Wildlife Nuked?- No Thanks!
16-07-2010 19:47
Cumbrians have been invited to make charcoal drawings of the threatened wildlife and habitats in Finnish Lapland.
"What time is it Mr Wolf? Time to stop uranium mining!
Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a 'world-killing' event
15-07-2010 13:06
"The warning signs of an impending planetary catastrophe—of such great magnitude that the human mind has difficulty grasping it-would be the appearance of large fissures or rifts splitting open the ocean floor, a rise in the elevation of the seabed, and the massive venting of methane and other gases into the surrounding water. Such occurrences can lead to the rupture of the methane bubble containment—it can then permit the methane to breach the subterranean depths and undergo an explosive decompression as it catapults into the Gulf waters. [6] All three warning signs are documented to be occurring in the Gulf."Oil Spill at the British Museum
13-07-2010 15:55
This morning three members of the art activist group Culture Beyond Oil poured non-toxic black oil around the British Museum’s world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP’s sponsorship of the museum. Emily James, Director of Just Do It, happened to be there and captured the action.National Demonstration against Agrofuels
12-07-2010 16:33
National Demonstration against AgrofuelsSaturday 25th September
At the site of the proposed new palm-oil burning, agrofuel power station at Portland in Dorset.
Warning over Nuclear Industry Freshwater Use
10-07-2010 09:52
the drought - Sellafield uses the equivalent of Millom, Barrow and
Ulverston's fresh water put together every day. Over 4 million gallons
are abstracted daily from Wastwater, Britain's favourite view, in order to prevent the high level liquid wastes from boiling.
BP, Government Blocking Press from Reporting Their "Ballet at Sea"
06-07-2010 05:56
"As high tourist season approaches, there will be people who 'come on down to Alabama' regardless of the oil spill. A delicate balance between preparation for the worst and the pleasure of tourists is in the making."Campaign against agrofuel power station in Ealing successful
05-07-2010 13:17
Ealing London Borough Council's rejection of a proposed agrofuel power station in Southall has been upheld by the Secretary of State, following a planning appeal and public enquiry. More than 1,000 people, mostly from Southall, had objected to the planning application, both because of concerns over further increasing the demand for agrofuels, and over air quality impacts in a heavily polluted urban area.Show your support for the 500 Metre Buffer Zone Bill
01-07-2010 17:20
An MP through a Private Members Bill is aiming to restrict further the possibility of opencast mining in EnglandShow your support for the 500 Metre Buffer Zone Bill
01-07-2010 10:14
A Bill that will lessen the environmental and climate change damage caused by opencast mining has just been introduced into the House of CommonsAfter the oil rush: BP news
01-07-2010 05:37
The anguish of the age: Emotional reactions to collapse
30-06-2010 19:05
We live amidst multiple crises -- economic and political, cultural and ecological -- that pose a significant threat to human life as we understand it.There is no way to be awake to the depth of these crises without an emotional reaction. There is no way to be aware of the pain caused by these systemic failures without some experience of dread, depression, distress.
To be fully alive today is to live with anguish, not for one’s own condition in the world but for the condition of the world, for a world that is in collapse.
Private Members Bill to set light to a smouldering controversy
29-06-2010 20:01
A Member of Parliament is about to introduce a Private Members Bill, which if successful, would significantly reduce the amount of opencast coal produced in England. It will also reduce impacts on local communities by bringing policies in England into line with those operating in Scotland and Wales by introducing the need for 500 metre Buffer zones between opencast sites and areas of settlement.Proposed Law would make Minorca type applications History.
29-06-2010 19:52
Andrew Bridgen MP for North West Leicestershire is to introduce a Bill into the House of Commons that would introduce 500 metre buffer zones between areas of opencast mining and areas of settlement in England as already exists in Wales and ScotlandBloody Oil – Drum Em Out
29-06-2010 18:33
Growing Concern
29-06-2010 11:07
The financial outlook for UK is not looking good.Mainstream press and in-depth analysis paint a worrying picture.
Climate 9 Guilty: Final Statement
26-06-2010 10:11
Shell due to start work next week
25-06-2010 19:35
Transition Network Conference: Closing Session
25-06-2010 16:13