UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Bodysnatching, Radiation Poisoning and Infanticide

04-09-2009 14:24

Bodysnatching, radioactive poisoning and infanticide, the nuclear industry
has it all in spades.
Is this alarmist, you might ask? No, not really.

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e.on coal plant in Datteln stopped by court

04-09-2009 13:58

e.on, the company trying to build a new coal fired plant in Kingsnorth, has problems with the construction of a coal plant in Datteln/Germany. A court ruled that the construction has to stop.

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Cambridge Anarchists at London Climate Camp 09

04-09-2009 12:17

Reflections and criticisms of this years Climate Camp outside London.

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Stop Camden Bio Hazard Lab and have a carbon zero project instead.

04-09-2009 04:29

Camden councillor Alexis Rowell has called for the site in Camden earmarked for a deadly germ lab / animal testing lab at Brill Palce to be used for Camden's first ever carbon zero development, to deliver maximum energy efficiency, fight climate change, provide housing, maximise green spaces, promote healthy living, save water and prevent the controversial animal torture lab from being built.

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Disarm DSEi 2009 - City of London - 8th September 12 noon

03-09-2009 17:10

Just a reminder about protests against the DSEi arms fair are taking place next week. This year protests will centre on the investors in the arms trade in The City rather than concentrating on the ExCeL Centre.

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LANDSLIDE WIN Against Blue NG Biofuel Power Station

03-09-2009 16:06

Campaigners from Food Not Fuel, Friends of the Earth Ealing and Biofuelwatch were amongst those celebrating a 10 to 0 win against the proposed biofuel power station in Southall. Blue NG presented bogus claims that burning vegetable oil somehow protects against climate change and makes negligible impact on Southall air quality. One councillor even referred to an unquestioning relationship between the Planning Officer and Blue NG!

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Hampers of Binned Food Delivered to Mandelson and Benn in Food Waste Protest

02-09-2009 16:16

Today (2nd September) a group of activists and skippers held a protest against the wasting of food by supermarkets by delivering hampers of binned food to the DEFRA and the Dept. for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Assembling at 11:30am at Westminster Tesco, the group began by staging protests with skipped food, banners and leaflets outside the store. At 1:30pm they arrived at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to present a bountiful hamper of binned edible food and an open letter to a representative of Peter Mandelson, calling for a supermarket ombudsman to be established. They proceeded to DEFRA and delivered another hamper bursting with skipped food for Hilliary Benn, along with another open letter calling for various measures to curb supermarket food waste.

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Activists Invade Construction Company HQ

02-09-2009 12:23

Activists from Don't Build Kingsnorth have today invaded the Dartford offices of construction giant Laing O'Rourke. The protest is against the company's bid to build Britain's first coal fired power plant in 30 Years at Kingsnorth in Kent.

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Tar Sands Protest at BP HQ

02-09-2009 11:58

Environmental campaigners protest over British Petroleum’s tar sands extraction project

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Mainshill Solidarity Camp Update: two and a half months on

02-09-2009 08:37

Over two and a half months ago the Mainshill Solidarity Camp was set up on the site of a new open cast coal mine at Mainshill Wood, in support of the local communities efforts to oppose the project and Scottish Coal’s plans, and in defiance of planning approval granted by South Lanarkshire Council.

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Oil Company's Best Kept Secret

01-09-2009 19:51

Details of Offshore Europe Exhibition and general invite to attend.

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Direct action against climate criminals

01-09-2009 15:09

direct action against climate criminals

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Middle Class Concentration Climate Camp: Some thoughts

01-09-2009 12:39

I went to two mass events last week, Climate Camp on Blackheath and Carnival in Notting Hill. If you want to see diverse then Carnival is where it's at. Not only is it made up of the funny-sounding 'normal' people having a great time together but you get the sense that these people are also a bit more (funny sounding again) 'real' and unselfconscious than the people I found at Climate Camp.

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The Camp is not yet a "middle class liberal disaster"

01-09-2009 11:13

A response to criticism that the Camp for Climate Action has become a "middle class liberal media disaster"

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Autonomous Anarchists for Earth Liberation

01-09-2009 10:08

Last night Autonomous Anarchists took action against some of Londons biggest climate criminals.

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Climate camp - taking action

01-09-2009 09:09

Climate camp activists are on the move taking action across London now!

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Climate Campers visit the Daily Mail

01-09-2009 08:35

Under this weeks Climate Camp the Daily Mail has visited us several times. Now its time for us to repay the courtesy and pay them a return visit and like them we feel familiar enough not to need to announce our visit in advance. Were just going to pop in.

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Tombola Action in Central London tomorrow!

31-08-2009 12:29

22 Climate Criminals in a Target Tombola Tour of Central London...

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Sumac Garden Project, looking verdant 2 [Food for the Future]

30-08-2009 20:23

Folks have been beavering away in the Sumac Yard Garden. Watching your garden grow.

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O2 Dropping Faster than CO2 Rising

30-08-2009 11:50

New research shows oxygen depletion in the atmosphere accelerating since 2003, coinciding with the biofuels boom; climate policies that focus exclusively on carbon sequestration could be disastrous for all oxygen-breathing organisms including humans -- Dr. Mae-Wan Ho