Liverpool Ecology Newswire Archive

19-04-2007 21:33 | 1 comment

gathering anticivilization 2007

After the success of the last gathering in Tavertet, we are calling for a new one this year. It will take place the 8, 9, 10 and 11 of September. Read more >>

11-04-2007 22:01 | 1 comment

Garden Festival Fayre This Sunday!

Langtree McLean, the developers who want to build on the old garden festival site, have cut down more than 1000 trees already. But they don't have planning permission yet! If they get their way, the site will be almost completely clear-felled. They are destroying semi-mature trees, including oaks, from the original plantings for the Garden Festival in the early 1980s. Read more >>

06-04-2007 14:28 | 2 comments

Help Save The Liverpool Garden Festival Site!

Langtree McLean have been cutting their way through trees at the former Garden Festival site in Liverpool, even though they don't have planning permission yet and they don't own the site yet! Read more >>

05-04-2007 21:29

River Barrages are an Expensive Burden on Nature and Communities

An analysis of the potential economic and environmental costs of the Preston Vision Board's 'Riverworks' Barrage scheme, in the light of the experience of the people of Cardiff and the highly expensive Cardiff Bay Barrage.

Barrages are an expensive burden on nature and on communities, but make substantial profits for greedy developers. Read more >>

01-04-2007 23:13

Rivers Of Life - Dams Of Death

All round the world, rivers are under threat from greedy developers, keen make money building dams and barrages - yet these dams and barrages have a terrible impact both on the environment and on the people who live nearby, and need vast amounts of money to keep them going. Read more >>

25-03-2007 16:52 | 1 comment

Preston Vision Board - Private Developers Marketing Subsidised With Public Money

Preston Vision Board want to build a barrage in the Ribble to create a Marina, and build 4000 houses in the greenfield land nearby. Now that we know WHO Preston Vision Board are, we learn that they include representatives of companies that make their money by building marinas and developing property - so why is this board being supported with public money and officer's time, by the very councils that they are trying to sell their expensive and environmentally disastrous ideas to? Read more >>

22-03-2007 20:05 | 2 comments

Take Action Against Illegal Tree Felling in Liverpool!

Langtree McLean are currently cutting their way through trees at the former Garden Festival site in Liverpool, even though they don't have planning permission yet and they don't own the site yet! If they get their way, the site will be almost completely clear-felled! Read more >>

15-03-2007 22:58 | 1 addition

Large-Scale Tree Felling at the Old Garden Festival Site

LARGE-SCALE TREE FELLING taking place at the OLD GARDEN FESTIVAL SITE

Parts of the site are presently a bleak sea of tree stumps
and it is very depressing. I don't know how they have managed to get
away with this environmental destruction
Read more >>

03-03-2007 18:46 | 1 comment

Liverpool: £377,000 Spent On Marketing Toy

Liverpool city council has spent £377,000 on a massive advertising campaign...for re-cycling! Read more >>

21-02-2007 21:12

Manchester Critical Mass and Fundraising Gig This Friday

Friday 23rd February. Meet at 6pm as usual by the central library for a bike ride round our city which will then go to the Rampant Lion, Anson Rd/ Upper Brook St, Victoria Park (paralel to wilmslow road) starting at 8pm
Read more >>

04-01-2007 18:34

What About the Real Habitual Criminals?

Catalyst Media - who publish 'Nerve' magazine in Liverpool - have received warnings from their server that Kirkby-based polluters Sonae want our whole site to be taken down because of two articles which highlight their crimes against the environment. Here is the second of the subversive articles for your consideration. Read more >>

04-01-2007 18:29 | 1 comment

Sonae’s Legacy of Pollution and ill Health

Catalyst Media - who publish 'Nerve' magazine in Liverpool - have received warnings from their server that Kirkby-based polluters Sonae want our whole site to be taken down because of two articles which highlight their crimes against the environment. Here is one of the subversive articles for your consideration. Read more >>

18-12-2006 23:25

'Consultation' Preston City Council Style

Councillors in Preston are consulting residents of one ward about the 'Riverworks' proposals - but are asking questions which ignore the key issues for local residents, and failing to give the information that people need to answer the questions they do ask. Read more >>

19-11-2006 20:15

Preston City Council - Give Us A Clear Answer on Barrage and Housing Ideas!

Preston Council officials and Councillors are making placatory noises to local residents, after having stirred up a hornets nest of opposition with their ideas of putting a barrage across the River Ribble and over 4000 houses in its floodplain, contained as part of their 'Riverworks' proposals. But will they answer two simple questions? Read more >>

17-11-2006 17:14

BNFL MOX Shipment - 22nd November 2006

According to news sources, a shipment of MOX fuel will leave the Sellafield Nuclear Facility in the UK, for France. The shipment is due for arrival on Wednesday the 22nd of November. Read more >>

07-11-2006 16:49

northern eco-action gathering this weekend (updated info than post below)

You are cordially invited to the NORTHERN ECO-ACTION GATHERING taking place on Saturday 11 November from 10.30-6pm in the BRADFORD RESOURCE CENTRE followed by food and socialising in the 1 in 12 social centre. For practical details see below and check our website

http://www.eco-action.org/northern/
Please pass this invite on! Read more >>

31-10-2006 00:51

NWDA Ignores Local Views To Allocate Cash To Environmentally Damaging Developmen

The North West Development Agency has agreed 'in principle' to allocate £18m to a project to barrage the River Ribble and build over 4000 new houses in its floodplain.
Local people are livid, they have never been consulted on this project and are appalled at the disregard shown by Preston City Council for the environment and for local people. Read more >>

24-10-2006 11:03 | 1 comment

Liverpool Wind Turbine Pictures.

In January 2005, Green Loops ran a course on the construction of an 'axial flux alternator Wind Turbine', taught by Hugh Piggot and following one of his designs. Ten people took part in the week long course, which was held in the Jump Ship Rat gallery in Jamaica Street, Liverpool. Read more >>

20-10-2006 20:27 | 1 comment

Train Insanity on Merseyside!

At a time when the government are supposed to be worried about combating climate chaos, you might have thought they would want to encourage people to use public transport, instead of carbon-burning cars. And yet... Read more >>

18-10-2006 21:14

Rossport Solidarity demo, Manchester Business School, Oct 26th

Picket of Manchester Busines School called for Thursday 26th Oct - 11.30 - 2pm. Calling for the MBS to have Shell removed from their list of sponsors, unless Shell ceases its attempts to destroy the environment in Rossport, Co Mayo, Ireland. Read more >>