UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive
Oxford climate activists strike again!
22-10-2009 15:06
Shell's high-profile annual recruitment event at Oxford's Randolph Hotel was disrupted last night when members of the audience invaded the stage and took over the event. Around 20 campaigners from Thames Valley Climate Action [1] targeted the 6.30pm event in protest at the company's major involvement in Canada's Tar Sands, as well as their collusion in human rights abuses in Nigeria and Ireland, their destructive drilling in the Arctic, and their contribution to climate change.The Triple Crunch: Risks & Opportunities – Ann Pettifor
21-10-2009 22:28
Germany: Solidarity action against E.on
21-10-2009 21:17
Shell recruitment event disrupted in Oxford
21-10-2009 20:45
Shell's annual graduate recruitment event aimed at schmoozing Oxford University students was disrupted by local activists tonight who heckled, switched off displays and audio equipment, gave an alternative speech and chatted to the students.Mainshill Drilling Vehicles Sabotaged
21-10-2009 20:02
An anonymous communique was received after two machines used for drilling and testing for coal on site were sabotaged in the early hours of Tuesday morning... The communique reads:Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Demonstration against renewable energy subsidies for Agrofuels
21-10-2009 16:10
Vegan Festival & After Party this Saturday
21-10-2009 14:29
Are you ready for Saturday??!!!The biggest annual vegan festival in the UK (outside of London & Bristol) returns to Wolverhampton and looks set to knock the spots off last year`s event!!
http://www.midlandsveganfestival.org.uk
The 300-350 Show: The Bangkok Climate Talks
20-10-2009 19:01
Resistance, Journal of the Earth Liberation Movement to Hit Store Shelves Today
19-10-2009 17:03
The question has now become not what we can do, but what we must do; not what we are comfortable with, but what we are fully capable of; not what is convenient, but what is completely necessary to stop the destruction of our home.
reclaim the earth centre walkabout
19-10-2009 09:07
Howdu,We would like to invite people to a meeting about the future of the earth centre at conisbrough, this will be at 1pm on Friday, 23rd October. We will discuss the campaign for its reopening under the peoples management and make further plans towards a squat date. The Earth Centre is going to be lost to development and we can't lose this amazing resource to greed and bureaucracy please support us!
Swoop - Police release helicopter videos
18-10-2009 13:30
Presumably as part of their P R justification, police have released two videos from the helicopter, taken at the Great Climate Swoop this weekend.Police chief: arrest numbers not as high as we said
18-10-2009 11:29
Nottinghamshire Police's Chief Inspector has admitted that the figure of 80 people arrested during the first day of the climate swoop at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station was not correct. In fact only 52 people were arrested.The Great Climate Swoop: Day One
17-10-2009 23:38
This is a summary of despatches from the last 24hrs at midnight on Saturday 17th.After months of careful planning, notably using a ballot to decide the target of the action, several hundreds of climate activists from around the UK swooped on Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire today.
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Fences Down East side Ratcliffe - Follow Climate Swoop Action here
17-10-2009 12:00
None of the fences electrified! 2 down, 1 to go! De-fence! De-fence! #swoop
by climatecamp via twitter at 12:54 PM
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#bike #swoop heard cops: they're trying to kettle us at an entrance on th A453
by tristamsparks via twitter
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Fences down on east side of Ratcliffe — go go go! The best attack is a good de-fence... #swoop
by climatecamp via twitter at 12:53 PM
Climate rush: peoples being pulled over by filth on route.
16-10-2009 20:41
activists not even heavily involved in climate change campaigns have been pulled all over.Four people prevented from going to Copenhagen
16-10-2009 12:31
Guardian reporting four people prevented from going to CopenhagenFull article | 1 addition | 4 comments
BP recruitment event taken over by Oxford climate campaigners
16-10-2009 10:09
BP's flagship annual recruitment event at Oxford's Randolph Hotel was disrupted last night when members of the audience jumped on the stage and took over the event. Around 20 campaigners targeted the 6.30pm event in protest at the company's recent decision to extract oil from Canada's Tar Sands.Notts police probe for information about the swoop
15-10-2009 17:44
Swoop on Eon two days early
15-10-2009 17:18
Just days before the Great Climate Swoop, the Camp for Climate Action has upped the ante in its bitter battle with energy giant e.on, by publicly occupying it flagship public relations YouTube channel, Talking Energy.