UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

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Climate Protesters Face Potential Life Sentences

28-04-2010 14:37

18 people from Bristol and Bath, have been charged under the Malicious
Damages Act of 1861 after they blockaded the railtrack which carries coal between the controversial Open cast Mine at Fros y Fran, near Merthyr Tydfil and Aberthaw Power Station on Monday, 26th April.

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projection outside RBS AGM building

27-04-2010 12:27

An image of RBS as a fruit machine spewing out tar sands oil, green gunk, skulls and weapons...

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Party At The Pumps Part 2... This Time It's SHELL!

27-04-2010 10:06

MASS ACTION CALL OUT

• When: Saturday, 15th May
• Meet: 1PM at Oxford Circus
• Bring: a zone 1-2 tube pass, noisemakers, your friends & family and your dancing shoes
» Oxford Circus meeting point map –

http://tinyurl.com/OCnw-SVmap
» Facebook event –

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112331352138187
» IMC UK calendar event –

http://www.protest.net/imcuk/calendrome.cgi?span=event&ID=1702679

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It's Now or Never: Hands Off Mother Earth!

26-04-2010 17:44

This article sums up the essential findings of the People's Agreement, the final document of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, from April 19th to 22nd. The writer calls on readers to join the HANDS OFF MOTHER EARTH CAMPAIGN, launched as an immediate first result of the People's Conference.

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Sizewell Campers Mark Anniversary of Chernobyl Disaster

26-04-2010 14:14

Monday, 26 April 2010

Around twenty activists from the Stop Nuclear Power Network [1] have held a ceremony on the beach in front of Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk (England) this afternoon to mark the 24th anniversary of the world's worst ever civil nuclear disaster, at Chernobyl (Ukraine). [2] They are looking to highlight the risk of a similar catastrophe happening in Suffolk, due to a reactor meltdown [3,4] or major radioactive waste incident.

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Plane Stupid targets Red Bullshit

26-04-2010 13:30

Environmental campaign group, Plane Stupid, has deposited a large mound of manure outside the south London HQ of soft drink giant Red Bull. Three activists, dressed as ‘avenging air hostesses’ in wigs and mini-dresses the same colour as the company’s logo, crowned the mound with placards reading: ‘Red Bull-sh*t’, ‘Red Bull gives you (plane) wings’ and ‘No second runway by stealth.’

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Bristol and Bath Rising Tide Stop Coal Train

26-04-2010 12:02

Today, people involved in the Rising Tide Network have literally puts their necks on the line by chaining themselves to the rails in order to block the rail link to the Ffoss y Fran Open Cast Coal mine near Merthyr Tydfil. They are currently blocking the movement of coal trains from the mine to Aberthaw Power Station.

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Audio: What way out of the economic and ecological crises?

24-04-2010 20:48

Attached are recordings from a meeting organised to discuss and debate the origins of the global economic and ecological crises, and progressive policies to address them, which was held in Sheffield on 24th April 2010 and was organised by the Sheffield Workers Educational Association (WEA).

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benefit night tonight 7pm onwards

23-04-2010 10:01

benefit night at next to nowhere

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Open letter to participants in the World People’s Conference

21-04-2010 19:08

Right now in Cochabamba, Bolivia - the city made famous by water riots ten years ago - there is a 'World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth'.

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Goldman Sachs in Eskom Privatisation Scam

21-04-2010 12:40

In the latest edition of Finweek, Sikonathi Mantshantsha reports that
Eskom has asked international mergers and acquisitions teams of
financial giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to advise it on a proposed
restructuring.

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Turbulence Mag: News from Cochabamba Climate Conference

19-04-2010 16:08

We're in Cochabamba, Bolivia, at the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, which began today and runs until April 22. We're there to launch the Spanish language edition of Turbulence and to participate in the event.

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Farnborough Airport breaches no fly ban

19-04-2010 13:14

Profit comes before people and planet.

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Shell gas terminal, Bacton, Norfolk, UK blockaded!

19-04-2010 06:40

Solidary with Pat O'Donnell and against Shell on Earth! Gas terminal access blockaded in both directions at 7am April 19th

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How the U.S. Education System Leads to our Global Imperialism

19-04-2010 01:18

I was a volunteer in the War on Terror and I come from a large family of teachers. A lot of people are trying to do something about our education system. This video is a blueprint of science education in America anyone can use to prove how our "education" system trains Americans to depend on imperialism.

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Bloody Oil - My people are dying, and we believe British companies are responsib

18-04-2010 00:19

"My people are dying, and we believe British companies are responsible. My community, Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada, is situated at the heart of the vast toxic moonscape that is the tar sands development. We live in a beautiful area, but unfortunately, we find ourselves upstream from the largest fossil fuel development on earth.

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Eyjafjallajoekull - climate activist extraordinaire

16-04-2010 23:44

Here's to an incredible first action ..

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BP + Tar Sands = Climate Crime – Thu 15 Apr 10

16-04-2010 17:58

Dateline: BP Shareholders Annual General Meeting, ExCel Conference Centre, London, Thu 15 Apr 10 – At the apex of the 'BP Fortnight of Shame', at the entrance to the BP AGM, climate chaos and human rights activists persuade BP shareholders to vote for the FairPensions anti-Tar-Sands motion. Mobilised by the UK Tar Sands Network, Rising Tide and Climate Camp, we let BP shareholders know, in no uncertain terms, that BP + TAR SANDS = CLIMATE CRIME.

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MOPG PR 53) Minorca Opencast Decision now postponed until the Summer

16-04-2010 12:11

This press release give details of the new July date for Leicestershire County Council to decide on the Minorca application and some initial reactions to the postponement.from the Minorca Opencast Protest Group

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Peat Bog Extraction halted in Greater Manchester

15-04-2010 13:02

Activists shut down extraction on a Peat Bog extraction site by locking onto a lorry and a digger. Work was still halted at the time of writing.