UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

"Fracking Hell? What will shale gas mean for the UK?" Public Meeting

24-06-2011 16:10

What will the exploitation of shale gas mean for the UK and the world? What should we do about it? What can we do to stop it?

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Scientists Expect Mass Extinction in Oceans

24-06-2011 08:16

A new report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean, or IPSO, written by 27 top experts on the oceans. They warn the oceans are in a state of dying from multiple causes, all of them human. Climate change is not coming. It is here. Carbon is not only flooding the atmosphere but the deep sea. Two clips, interview with paleoclimatologist Dr. Peter Ward, and new climate song.

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BBC pro nuke disgraceful editing

23-06-2011 22:07

On a day that the BBC reports of the confirmed 8 sites for nuklear new build. The editor responsible for the comments, 'editor's picks', exposes themself.

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Opencast coalmine approved in leicester!!!

23-06-2011 21:46

noooooooooooo

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Stop BBC Global Warming denial

21-06-2011 15:35

BBC staff are required to refer material on some subjects to higher management before it is broadcast. This system should be extended to stop any further broadcasts of material which either explicitly or implicitly contradicts the science on Global Warming.

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BP portrait award demo

19-06-2011 13:16

On 14 June, guests and judges arriving for the BP Portrait Award ceremony came face to face with portraits of people affected by BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon caused the deaths of 11 oil workers and untold, ongoing damage to the people and the environment of the Gulf Coast.

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Carbon Capture and Storage - An act of Faith?

19-06-2011 12:29

New article on Carbon Capture and Storage on the Coal Action Network Website

‘Is Clean Coal an Act of Faith?’ by Anne Harris is a write up of a talk given to The Sheffield Humanist Society 3rd March 2010. A recording the presentation from the opposition, Terry Fox (TUC Clean Coal Task Force), this talk and contributions from the floor are available from

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/40349 and

http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2010/03/446931.html

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Call out for workshops for EF! Summer Gathering 2011

17-06-2011 15:16

This year's Earth First Summer Gathering takes place in East Anglia this year, starting on the 10th of August and running for five days. With six workshops tents we have space for over 100 discussions, presentations and workshops. The spaces are filling up fast, but there is still time to book a spot. So if you've got an idea you wish to highlight, whether it's related to ecological defence or social resistance here is your chance. The gathering is attended by hundreds of individuals interested and participating in struggles around the UK and Europe.

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Rising To The Challenge

16-06-2011 00:07

Why are so many bad things happening at once? Handling the converging crisis with author Ellen Laconte. Then, the next threat to both climate and oceans: Cairn Energy drills deep for oil off Greenland in "Iceberg Alley". Greenpeace climate campaigner Vicky Wyatt call them out. Then we interview scientists on heat tolerance in small species. Will some be pushed into extinction by global warming?

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Taking on Tarmageddon trailer

15-06-2011 21:35

Oxford-based Campbell Road Productions has partnered with the environmental campaign groups People & Planet and the UK Tar Sands Network to produce a documentary investigating the tar sands oil extraction project in Alberta, Canada.

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Mass blockade of Hinkley nuclear power station announced

15-06-2011 11:43

With Italy being the latest European country to reject nuclear power, a coalition of anti-nuclear groups in Britain has announced plans to hold a mass non-violent blockade of Hinkley Point nuclear power station on 3rd October. The plant, near Bridgwater in Somerset, is expected to be the site of the first new nuclear power station, if current plans go ahead.

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World Premier Just Do It audio Q-A

10-06-2011 21:51

The world premier of the direct action doc "Just Do It" A Tale of Modern Day Outlaws, played to a packed cinema at the Sheffield Doc Fest last night 9th June. I blagged a seat and recorded the the Q&A with Jeremy Hardy, Emily James, Lauren Simpson and James Leadbitter.

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Getting Off-Grid 2 - Nick Rosen

10-06-2011 17:00

Journalist and documentary film maker Nick Rosen has toured Europe and N. America to find off-grid living. His site off-grid.com is a centre for those moving toward a fossil-fuel free life. Why do they do it? We talk motivation and tech in the interview from Radio Ecoshock 110608 29 min.

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Just Do It, chat with Emily James and James Leadbitter

08-06-2011 19:40

The Direct action doc "Just Do It" A Tale of Modern Day Outlaws has it's World Premier in Sheffield tomorrow.

Here's a chat I had with the "renowned" director Emily James and the activist and editor of the film James Leadbitter.

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3 New Mark Kennedy Articles: The State Suppressed Key Evidence

08-06-2011 09:44

The Guardian has today published 3 articles about Mark Kennedy:

Police knew about plans for Ratcliffe-on-Soar break-in before most activists

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/07/mark-kennedy-ratcliffe-on-soar

Police spying: secret tapes that put CPS on the spot

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/07/mark-kennedy-police-spy-secret-tapes

Mark Kennedy case: CPS accused of suppressing key evidence

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/07/mark-kennedy-surveillance-tapes-cps

They have even, *finally*, acknowledged that this story was first broken on Indymedia, in October 2010!

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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

07-06-2011 13:27

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front will be screened twice during the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival:

Thursday 9th Jun at 15:30 - 17:29 Sheffield Central Library Theatre

Saturday 11th Jun at 13:35 - 15:49 Showroom 3, screening with UK Uncut + Extended Q&A (129mins)

There will also a discussion of the film on Saturday 11 June 2011 at 11:45 in The Crucible Studio.

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Direct action against airport expansion in the United States

07-06-2011 12:24

In October 2011, leading UK organizers John Stewart and Dan Glass will cross the U.S., sharing the real story of one of the biggest climate battles of the past decade as part of the 'Aviation Justice Express'.

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Local NGO People and Planet publish Green League

07-06-2011 12:09

The People & Planet Green League 2011 was published today exclusively in The Guardian newspaper, but is now available for all non-Guardian readers to see online. Their league table is the UK’s only comprehensive and independent ranking of universities’ environmental and ethical performance.

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Decision Day for Minorca Opencast Mine Application

06-06-2011 05:28

Leicestershire County Council has announced that a decision on whether UK Coal's application for an opencast mine on the Minorca site can go ahead will be made on Thursday 23rd June. The Minorca Opencast Protest Group in, PR 104, gives more information on this and what MOPG is planning to do to prevent this application from succeeding.

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WORLD PREMIERE of Just Do It

03-06-2011 22:46

Finally, Just Do It- a tale of modern-day outlaws will be heading to the big screen! This exciting new film follows a cohort of climate activism from groups Climate Camp, Plane Stupid and Climate Rush as they put their bodies in the way; attacking coal plants, chaining themselves to parliament and more. Don't miss the WORLD PREMIERE on June 9th at 6:35 pm at the Showroom Cinema.