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Nuclear Waste: Next Gorleben train schedule confirmed

05-10-2005 17:37 | Ecology | World

- THE STRUGGLE AGAINST NUCLEAR WASTE -

Heat is on - climate change news round up

Here is a round up of some of the latest news on climate change. Look out for an audio version of this news on rampART radio...

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e-spam pro-pollution moguls at Toyota

27-09-2005 19:09 | Culture | Ecology | Technology | World

e-mail addresses for major Toyota execs in N. America, who can be contacted re. car culture, SUVs, global warming etc.

Spodden Valley: Asbestos and the environment - More cross-party support...

27-09-2005 13:45 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Following a recent visit to the Spodden Valley by Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies and a future planed visit by Labour MPs and MEPs. Words of support also came from UKIP MEP John Whittaker. This weekend saw members of the Conservative Party also express concerns over health & safety and the environment in the Spodden Valley, Rochdale, UK. Bithplace of the world's modern asbestos industry and home to what was the world's largest asbestos textile factory:

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Spodden Valley asbestos: Indymedia coverage mentioned in European Parliament

27-09-2005 12:43 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

INDYMEDIA and other internet news archives have been mentioned in the European Parliament’s recent conference on asbestos that discussed a planning application to build 600+ homes and a children's nursery on the site of what was the world's largest asbestos textile factory- Spodden Valley, Rochdale in North West England..

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"You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows."

24-09-2005 13:24 | Analysis | Culture | Ecology | World

WOW! America announces the War On Weather.

With hurricanne Rita tearing apart the oil industry in the Gulf and Texan shoreline, and with New Orleans flooded for the second time in a month, you'd might imagine that the USA might start to wonder about a few things. You might think that they might start to take seriously the threat of climate change....

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Gorleben nuclear train on protester's death day

23-09-2005 14:14 | Ecology | World

Gorleben, northern Germany, 23 September - - Opponents of nuclear energy say they have information that the next train of 12 caskets of highly radioactive waste will leave a plutonium factory in France on 6 November for a storage hall near this village.

Al Qaeda, "yes we did it"

22-09-2005 17:11 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

As the super storm Rita rolls towards Texas this week, Al Qaeda has claimed responsibilty...

Israeli Anarchists Occupy Main Settler-Road in the West Bank

22-09-2005 09:18 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

A group known as the "Anarchist Anti-Zionist Enviromental Macho Bicyclist Fashion Police" (spells GRUSHKA in Hebrew) has managed to stop traffic in one of Israel's main apartheid roads, if only for a few hours

Go Rita!!

19-09-2005 23:33 | Ecology | World

18 down and two full months to go ;-)

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Spodden Valley asbestos - more EU support pledged...

19-09-2005 09:57 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

The leader of the British Liberal Democrats in Europe, Chris Davies MEP has just visited the Spodden Valley of Rochdale where there is currently a controversial planning application for over 600 homes and a children’s nursery on the site of what was once the world’s largest asbestos textile factory.

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Spodden Valley: questions to Councillors...

15-09-2005 00:54 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

Save Spodden Valley campaigners went to the Rochdale Council Township Public Forum last night. 3 questions were asked relating to public health and safety issues relevant for our town.

Here they are, together with some background information...

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Cross-party support from MEPs for Save Spodden Valley campaign...

07-09-2005 20:20 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

Save Spodden Valley campaigners have been invited to speak this month at an asbestos conference in the European Parliament buildings. Whilst in Brussels, campaigners are also taking the opportunity to meet with MEPs and European Commissioners to discuss the controversial planning application to build over 600 homes and a children’s nursery on the site of what was the world’s largest asbestos textile factory at Rochdale in the north west of England.

Spodden Valley asbestos: the national health and safety debate heats up…

07-09-2005 10:53 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

Asbestos cancer: Are children up to 1000 times more at risk with HSE’s "acceptable" exposure levels?

Campaigners say an article just published by a national expert on health and safety has significance for the controversial Spodden Valley planning application.

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Gold fever in Europe`s rainforests

03-09-2005 15:13 | Ecology | World

Few are aware that the EU has tropical rain forest
areas under their jurisdiction. Fewer even will be
aware of the bad ecological and humanitarian situation
there.
French-Guyana is an integral part of France in South
America, and therefore the EU. 95% of its area are
covered by equatorial rainforests. But known is
French-Guyana mainly for the Ariane rocket-launch in
Kourou.

You say you want a revolution?

31-08-2005 00:15 | Analysis | Ecology | Free Spaces | World

I postulate that the function of dreams is to prepare us for space, and that is why they are a biologic necessity.
- William Burroughs

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Seeds in Iceland are growing

28-08-2005 17:26 | Ecology | World

Finnally Icelandic people pluck the courage to stand up and resist themselves!!

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Neath Against The Nukes

28-08-2005 12:05 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | World

Neath against the nukes meeting in Neath!

Free and Environmentally friendly electricity by Hamster Power Stations

28-08-2005 10:57 | Ecology | Globalisation | Technology | World

If you ever wanted your hamster doing something useful and productive instead of distracting and destructive, modify his enthusiasm to run into powering a nightlamp or your mobile phone.