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Protest at Lydd Airport expansion-Aug 27th

A new coalition- Keep the Marsh Special Alliance is holding a demo outside the Lydd Airport road entrance on Sat 27th Aug.

GENETIC MODIFIED TESTFIELDS DESTROYED

23-08-2005 16:27 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Health | World

Again testfields have been destroyed in the Netherlands. At least 3 out of 8 testfields didn't survive the weekend of the 23-24th July.

Assaulted protesters file charges in Tennessee

21-08-2005 00:03 | Ecology | Repression | World

ASSAULT& BATTERY COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST NATIONAL COAL EMPLOYEE

Lydd Airport- protest at expansion- Aug 27th

Newly formed coalition group ( Lydd Airport-No Expansion LA-NE, Shepway Friends of the Earth, Shepway Green Party, Shepway Lib Dems ) protest. Aug 27th 1100 am

See also below:meeting Aug 23rd Hythe Town hall 7.30pm (LAAG group)

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saving iceland electronic blockade TODAY!

17-08-2005 10:46 | Ecology | Technology | World

Electronic blockade Wednesday 17. August from 10 am.

Lets force Landsvirkjun to face up to what we think of their destruction of Iceland for their own personal profit and that of multinational corporations.

Spodden Valley regeneration and asbestos- a growing scandal?

12-08-2005 20:01 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

BBC TV North West Tonight investigates the controversial Spodden Valley planning application.

Were Councillors and the BBC misled over asbestos test results?

Jayne Barrett of BBC North West Tonight reports that residents in Rochdale are today calling on the office of Deputy Prime Minister to for a Public Inquiry because they suggest that developers have seriously misled town councillors and the BBC over important facts about asbestos contamination.

This concerns the former Turner and Newall site in Spodden Valley, Rochdale where there are controversial plans by a consortium, headed by Countryside Properties, to build over 600 homes and a children’s nursery on the site of the world’s largest asbestos textile factory

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SPODDEN VALLEY: How may enfocing Rights of Way save lives?

10-08-2005 12:14 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

The Woodlands Rd bridleway beside the former asbestos factory site in the Spodden Valley, Rochdale UK has been the subject of much media attention recently...

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/spodden_news.asp?ID=625

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/spodden_news.asp?ID=649

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/spodden_news.asp?ID=751

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/spodden_news.asp?ID=766

Alcoa Giant finally got it too

04-08-2005 20:30 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Globalisation | World

A group of activist climed three cranes on the alcoa aluminium smelter construction site in iceland.

more actions against alcoa dam in Icleand

04-08-2005 19:53 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

activists invaded construction site and scaled huge cranes in protest against illegal construction of Alcoa smelter in pristine fjord

Crack in the dam

03-08-2005 01:00 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Globalisation | World

A group of 6 activists dropped a banner on the Karahnjugar Dam project in Iceland on the 01.08.05

S.O.S. from Venice,Italy

28-07-2005 20:25 | Ecology | World

Nothing can be more exasperating then the realization that nefarious financial interests are wrecking the environment with the false excuse of saving it.

This global tendency applies also to the lagoon city of Venice.
More and more Venetians suspect these days the four billion dollar project to ‘Save Venice’ from flooding is padding certain pockets while leaving their city to sink deeper into its lagoon.

police endanger Iceland dam protestors

26-07-2005 16:54 | Ecology | Globalisation | Repression | World

Lock-on blockade at Karahnjukar. Icelandic police tell drivers to start machinery risking protestors' lives.

Action Chaos through the night in Iceland

26-07-2005 11:03 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Globalisation | World

Protesters preventing the Karahnjukar dam project in the Icelandic highlands from going ahead have reported that over night things got very heavy.

First lock on in Icelandic history

23-07-2005 19:49 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Globalisation | World

Report and info about the first direct action done on the 129th of july against the dam beeing built in iceland.
see. www.savingiceland.org

Six minutes to save 5,000 years of history

21-07-2005 12:04 | Culture | Ecology | Globalisation | World

The planning process has started for Thornborough Henges. After lengthy delays caused by the applicants failure to provide key information to planners North Yorkshire Councty council met for the first time to discuss the application this week.

Groups opposed to Lydd Airport,Romney Marsh,Kent (expansion of)

Lydd Airport on Romney Marsh Kent has announced plans to expand (Recently renamed 'London/Ashord Apt). The owner, an oil Sheikh who made part of his money from arms deals, wants it to be the 'Stanstead of the South' !

Iceland dam works blockaded

19-07-2005 17:22 | Ecology | Technology | World

At noon today, a group of about 16 people from across Europe braved mud & drizzle to blockade access roads and lock on to vehicles on the site of the Karahnjukar hydro-electric dam project, bringing work on the site to a standstill.

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INTERNATIONAL PROTESTORS ACTION AT ICELAND DAM

19-07-2005 16:05 | Ecology | Globalisation | World

25 activists lock on to caterpillars and trucks on their way to destroy more of Icland's beautiful nature

Blogathon 2005

18-07-2005 12:34 | Ecology | World

Just a quick note, to let everyone know that Blogathon 2005 will be taking place on the 6th August 2005.

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New York City Indymedia soliciting food articles

15-07-2005 18:54 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Indymedia | World

SPECIAL FOOD ISSUE OF THE INDYPENDENT

For two years running, The Indypendent has won more awards for outstanding reporting from the New York Independent Press Association than any other paper. We are soliciting articles around the themes of problems of the global food production network and locally based alternatives.

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Protest at Lydd Airport expansion-Aug 27th

GENETIC MODIFIED TESTFIELDS DESTROYED

Assaulted protesters file charges in Tennessee

Lydd Airport- protest at expansion- Aug 27th

saving iceland electronic blockade TODAY!

Spodden Valley regeneration and asbestos- a growing scandal?

SPODDEN VALLEY: How may enfocing Rights of Way save lives?

Alcoa Giant finally got it too

more actions against alcoa dam in Icleand

Crack in the dam

S.O.S. from Venice,Italy

police endanger Iceland dam protestors

Action Chaos through the night in Iceland

First lock on in Icelandic history

Six minutes to save 5,000 years of history

Groups opposed to Lydd Airport,Romney Marsh,Kent (expansion of)

Iceland dam works blockaded

INTERNATIONAL PROTESTORS ACTION AT ICELAND DAM

Blogathon 2005

New York City Indymedia soliciting food articles

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