Oxford Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

05-10-2014 13:05 | 0 comment(s)

The Coal Question and the Bradley Public Inquiry

Investors since may 2013 have been receiving warnings about not investing in Fossil Fuel Utility Companies. This press release recounts these warnings and explains why it may influence the outcome of the Bradley Public Inquiry into UK Coal's appeal over Durham County Council's rejection of an opencast mine application Read more >>

03-10-2014 16:15 | 0 comment(s)

The Financial Risks and the Bradley Public Inquiry

People living around the Bradley site fear that if planning approval is given for mining the 550,000 tonnes of coal on the site is that all they will be left with is a big waterfilled hole. This press release gives reasons why this fear exists Read more >>

26-09-2014 12:00 | 0 comment(s)

The Bradley Opencast Decision : the 1,600,000 CO2 Question

After the recent marches against Climate Change comes the start of a Public Inquiry into whether UK Coal should be allowed to dig up 500,000+ tonnes of coal which will be burnt to produce c 1,600,000 tonnes of CO2. This press release explains why the Inspector should take account of this when judging whether to grant the Appeal. Read more >>

23-10-2013 11:55 | 4 comment(s)

Shell PR event shut down in Oxford

Yesterday a Shell recruitment/PR booth on Broad St (Oxford), was shut down by the combination of leafletting, disruption and damage. Read more >>

29-01-2013 16:25 | 0 comment(s)

Vale of Evesham Vegan Fair, Sat 23 March

Vale of Evesham's first ever Vegan Fair!
Featuring lots of FREE food samples, 20 stalls, cookery demos, talks, vegan cafe and lots more...!
FREE admission - All welcome!

http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/evesham13.html Read more >>

29-09-2012 15:33 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford Indymedia Film Nights back with "Gasland"

Join us on Sunday 7th October for our first film of the new autumn/winter season: Gasland... Read more >>

10-08-2012 12:22 | 0 comment(s)

Tar Free Oxford Takes Off

Tar Free Towns [

http://tarfreetowns.org/what-is-a-tar-free-town/ ] is an idea we had a little while ago, which originated from the desire to connect people in the UK with communities fighting tar sands in Canada, by supporting and encouraging hubs of tar sands activism to flourish in the UK. Read more >>

18-02-2012 17:29 | 2 comment(s)

Taking on Tarmageddon

The busy bees at Oxford based Campbell Road Productions have finished editing the Taking on Tarmageddon film. Read more >>

14-02-2012 18:01 | 2 comment(s)

No carbon budget for Trident and no plans for co-operation on climate change

If we allow business as usual to continue, the planet will not be habitable by 2050 and the only people left will be the crews of the Trident submarines. We must not let the military industrial complex to continue to profit from irresponsible suppression of public debate. Read more >>

13-02-2012 15:15 | 3 comment(s)

Directions to the new camp at Hinkley Point power station

Directions to the new camp at Hinkley Point power station Read more >>

27-01-2012 17:15 | 0 comment(s)

Do you want to help stop the world’s most destructive project?

UK Tar Sands Network is looking for a volunteer to join our small Oxford-based team. You would help us with a range of activities, including organising protests and campaign events, keeping our website and social media up to date, public education, outreach and network-building, and some day-to-day administrative tasks that help keep the show on the road. Read more >>

08-10-2011 16:38 | 1 comment(s)

Banner drop in solidarity with Australian forests

As part of an international day of action, some people did a banner drop in Oxford. Read more >>

04-08-2011 21:40 | 1 comment(s)

Direct action discussion at Just Do It

Activists, in the non-activist setting of the cinema, discussed direct action/civil disobedience before an audience who had just watched the film, Just Do It - it didn't change the world, but... Read more >>

21-07-2011 13:04 | 0 comment(s)

Censorship at the Fairford Air Tattoo

The Royal International Fairford Air Tattoo uses army squaddies to censor protest aimed at the climate criminals and human rights abusers at the show. Read more >>

19-07-2011 20:53 | 11 comment(s)

Breaking news: Police less than honest

Monday saw the Crown Prosecution Service announce that charges would be dropped against 109 activists who occupied Fortnum & Mason on 26 March 2011. On Tuesday, 20 environmental activists had their convictions for attempting to shut down the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station overturned. As well as involving several activists from Oxford, these two cases had something else in common – blatant dishonesty from the police (or maybe the CPS – who can tell the difference?). Read more >>

15-06-2011 21:35 | 1 comment(s)

Taking on Tarmageddon trailer

Oxford-based Campbell Road Productions has partnered with the environmental campaign groups People & Planet and the UK Tar Sands Network to produce a documentary investigating the tar sands oil extraction project in Alberta, Canada. Read more >>

07-06-2011 12:09 | 0 comment(s)

Local NGO People and Planet publish Green League

The People & Planet Green League 2011 was published today exclusively in The Guardian newspaper, but is now available for all non-Guardian readers to see online. Their league table is the UK’s only comprehensive and independent ranking of universities’ environmental and ethical performance. Read more >>

24-05-2011 18:07 | 8 comment(s)

The appeal of climate activists

Twenty activists, many of them with long links to Oxford, have launched an appeal to challenge their convictions of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass. Read more >>

15-02-2011 12:40 | 0 comment(s)

Anti- GM Protestors Target Oxford Tesco

[Oxford] This morning, as part of a nationwide day of action on genetically modified (GM) products in UK supermarkets, two groups of protesters entered Tesco’s on Cowley Road in Oxford to warn customers who might be unwittingly buying GM products. Read more >>

14-01-2011 20:20 | 0 comment(s)

Keep Europe Out of the Tar Sands

Today several activists, including some from Oxford, visited the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills with a simple message - Keep Europe Out of the Tar Sands. Read more >>

13-01-2011 17:33 | 11 comment(s)

Undercover and over-the-top: The collapse of the Ratcliffe trial

Sent from New Internationalist magazine (newint.org): NI contributor Danny Chivers was one of six defendants whose charges were dropped in Nottingham Crown Court this week, following revelations about an undercover police officer who had infiltrated the UK’s environmental protest movement. Here, Danny explains the extraordinary events that led to the collapse of his trial, and what they tell us about the policing of protest in Britain today. Read more >>

07-01-2011 15:52 | 2 comment(s)

Newbury Bypass walk (15th anniversary of the evictions)

A reunion. If you were there, come back and reminisce. If you weren't there, come and find out why this event was important! Read more >>

05-01-2011 17:34 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford climate activists sentenced - Ratcliffe

Today 18 of the 20 activists, several of them from in or around Oxford, found guilty of conspiring to commit aggregated trespass in order to shut down Ratcliffe on Soar power station were sentenced. Read more >>

05-11-2010 13:48 | 0 comment(s)

Beyond the Tipping Point? Film & discussion.

Film screening & discussion

*Beyond the Tipping Point?*
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