UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Tsunami used as an opportunity by vested interests– Justice H. Suresh

02-01-2008 06:54

22/12/2007CHENNAI: In the concluding session of the two day people’s tribunal on the status of rehabilitation of tsunami, Justice H.Suresh stated that the tsunami relief work is used as an opportunity to exploit people. The tribunal organised by the Voices from the margins, a broad platform of organization of marginalized communities and support groups exposed many discrepancies and shortcomings in the tsunami rehabilitation after three years of the tsunami.

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Will the Children's Revolution Save the Human Race from Extinction?

31-12-2007 20:58

Proposals for the Eco Warriors to try to save humanity from extinction in a global warming catastrophe by lending support to a Children's Revolution in the villages near Heathrow Airport that are being threatened with demolition to make way for the planned third runway have been circulated by the Earth Aid Environmental Campaign.

An appeal has been issued for all the environmental campaigners in Britain to come together urgently and work with the local people in the Sipson Harmondsworth and Harlington villages to create a futuristic high tech eco-village to set an example of the way forward to ensure the survival of future generations.

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London Critical Mass December ride.

29-12-2007 12:18

No police this time. This whole thing is sent by Smartphone.

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Friar Louis Cappio must live

28-12-2007 14:36

The Brazilian semi-arid is immense: 912 thousand square km. It is populous: 22 million people in rural areas. It is the most rainy of the planet: 750 mm / year, on average, which corresponds to 760 billion cubic meters of rainfall per year. It is not true, therefore, that there is no water there. The nature provides it, but it is wasted: the waters evaporate quickly, under the strong sun, or go soon away, running on the crystalline waterproof ground.

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6 Things You Must Do

28-12-2007 11:36

Another list? Well, yes, but one that actually addresses the root of the environmental degradation we are causing. This is one new year's resolution that is worth keeping.

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Email alert against rainforest destruction for palm oil biodiesel in PNG

28-12-2007 10:50

Ecological Internet are running a new email alert against plans by the
Malaysian company Vitroplant Ltd to destroy the rainforests of Woodlark
Island, Papua New Guinea for palm oil biodiesel:

http://www.climateark.org/alerts/send.asp?id=png_woodlark .

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Lydd airport stopped by..... nuke power ??

28-12-2007 09:43

British Energy, owners of Dungeness B nuclear station have now officially objected to the planed expansion of Lydd Airport on Romney Marsh Kent.

ooer missus, saved by nuclear power ??

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Bali: A Missed Opportunity

25-12-2007 01:47

The gap between the urgent threat of global warming and the collective will to do something about it has never been greater. The recently concluded Conference on Climate Change in Bali was a grand opportunity to act. Instead, it was another missed opportunity. Unfortunately, the United States played a very negative role, standing in the way of consensus at every turn. And unfortunately, the rest of the world thought that seducing the US into a new agreement on climate action was top priority, resulting in a Bali Roadmap that was very sketchy.

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How do Community Gardens and Agriculture adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change

23-12-2007 15:31

Peak oil will present many different challenges in the coming years but will also offer several opportunities for local growers. A need for localised markets will make community gardens a vital part of the city economy but will we be able to cope with our new found demand.

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Severe food shortages, price spikes threaten world population

23-12-2007 15:11

Worldwide food prices have risen sharply and supplies have dropped this year, according to the latest food outlook of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The agency warned December 17 that the changes represent an “unforeseen and unprecedented” shift in the global food system, threatening billions with hunger and decreased access to food.

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Sizewell Protesters Accuses Site Director of Burying His Head in the Sand

20-12-2007 17:22

Today the group of activists calling themselves the Sizewell Blockaders visited Sizewell nuclear power station again.But this time they did not lock themselves together to block the workers entering Sizewell A and B but challenged the director of Sizewell, Mr Dowds to a public debate.

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Save the Woodhead Tunnel//Climate Change demonstration

20-12-2007 11:41

Save the Woodhead Tunnel have organised a demonstration to further our campaign.
DATE: Saturday, 12th January 2008
TIME: 1.00 p.m. until 3.00 p.m.
PLACE: Woodhead tunnel, Western entrance (map link below)
Speakers (to be confirmed) plus Samba bands. All we need now is clement weather!

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Shell to Sea occupy Natural Resources Minister's office in Dublin

19-12-2007 20:16

Shell to Sea protesters occupied the department of Natural Resources in Dublin today. Teh new Minister for Natural resources, Eamon Ryan, has done nothing to help the campaign of which he was once a leading member.

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Veg*n Climate March report

19-12-2007 16:50

On Saturday 8th December 2007, the Campaign for Eco-Veg*nism set out to coordinate the "biggest ever mobilisation of vegetarians and vegans on environmental grounds" at the National Climate March in London. We called on veggies and vegans to join a Veg*n Climate March, which in effect would be a `veg*n block` within the main march. See report below.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for more about CEV and the shocking facts regarding meat/dairy production which reveal that our diet is critical to the survival of the planet!!

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Welcome to Fantasy Air

19-12-2007 14:12

Airlines and the government agencies that oversee them are projecting stunning growth for air travel and air freight over the next couple of decades. That seems to fit with the story of the amazing rise of the Asian economies, particularly China and India. And, it is consistent with the clear-sailing-ahead outlook of several prominent energy forecasters. The U. S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is actually predicting a 1 percent annual drop in the price of aviation fuel between now and 2020.

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Darfur is a right mess – but that does not absolve us.

19-12-2007 10:56

The situation in Darfur may be tangled beyond belief, but we still have an obligation to seek a solution.

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Shell Oil and the Institutions Greenwashing them feel the ‘Heat’

18-12-2007 20:04

It hasn’t been an easy week for the organisers of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award and the Bristol Museum, or their sponsor and proud wildlife destroyer— sugardaddy Shell Oil Company. All week, concerned individuals from around Bristol have been exposing the truth about Shell and the public institutions who are helping to greenwash them. **CK sHELL !

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Short haul flight adverts cancelled

18-12-2007 14:27

Shocking U-turn from short-haul carrier!

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Fossil Fools Day, April 1st 2008

17-12-2007 14:56

Rising Tide International is calling for a day of action against the fossil fuel industry on April 1st 2008...

FOSSIL FOOLS DAY!

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Local artist starts Boycott Tesco Christmas Campaign

17-12-2007 14:23

Poet and artist Lord Biro leader of the Militant Elvis Anti-Tesco Popular Front (MEAT-PF) has start a Boycott Tesco Christmas Camapaign in Beeston