UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

World Bank : Doing Bad Things…As Usual

08-02-2008 12:57

The World Bank are at it again. Not content with enforced privatization of utilities in poor countries, they have now been found to be funding loggers and cattle ranchers in the Amazon!

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Days of Action on Climate Change

07-02-2008 11:18

Dates for your diaries:

National Days of Climate Action

1 MAY: Mayday Mayday: Invasion of the Climate Snatchers....

3 JUNE: Day of Action on Food and Climate Change

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'Smarter than yeast' Climate Activities Day

06-02-2008 00:32

Held on Sunday the 3rd of Feb, from 2 - 10:30pm. at The Art Organisation, 21 Station Street, Nottingham.

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Climate Change Solutions Conference

05-02-2008 20:49

A day of talks and workshops on climate change solutions.

Sunday, February 10, 2008
10:00am - 6:00pm
Portland Building, Nottingham University Campus

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Tesco Biofuel Protest and Chain mail

05-02-2008 20:23

Protesters gathered at Tesco in Stroud during the weekend to protest against biofuels and collected names of people to volunteer to send around a chain mail presentation highlighting the destruction that the biofuel industry causes.

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Gorilla tactics – Every Little Helps the rainforest burn

05-02-2008 16:32

On Saturday 2nd February, five hardy souls from Greenpeace, The One Tonners and Camp Hope joined a gorilla in chilly Stroud to protest against Tescos involvement in the destruction of our carbon sinks.

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Every Little Helps Expose Tesco Biofuelling Global Warming

05-02-2008 11:17

Cheltenham Friends of the Earth organised a peaceful good-natured banner protest at Tescos, on 26th January to coincide with the World Social Forum’s “Global Day of Action". Campaigners in America were protesting against agribusiness, including large agrofuel refineries.

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British Airways And The 5 Tonne Businessmen

04-02-2008 21:29

I don’t make a habit of swearing, but this morning has been testing, to say the least. Formerly known as the “World’s Favourite Airline” until the world decided that it wasn’t too fond of airlines pushing out carbon dioxide into its upper atmosphere, British Airways have decided, in its eternal wisdom, to kit out a couple of Airbus A318s for its most luxury conscious business travellers.

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UK government must abandon road and airport expansion

04-02-2008 14:08

Transport expert says UK government must abandon road and airport expansion and initiate an electric transport ‘revolution’

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USAF to use Nazi technology to turn coal into jet fuel

03-02-2008 21:01

The US Air Force has announced plans for a massive $4 billion coal to jet fuel plant -- like the switch from food crop to fuel crops this is another confirmation that peak oil is here.

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Global Warming Contrarians Exposed

03-02-2008 18:08

An extremely informative, in-depth account of four of the major global warming "confusionists" is available free-online.

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Food Not (Bio)fuel protest Cambridge

03-02-2008 14:32

A dozen or so protesters braved the cold, the sun, and stroppy Tesco managers to draw attention to the increasing use of biofuels that wreck the environment and drive up food prices, most often in the developing world. The protest came at the end of a week of action called by biofuelwatch.org.uk.
Police were in attendance, but soon left, leaving Tesco staff so concerned about protester's safety that they repeatedly threatened to call the police when they stepped onto the forecourt. They finally got so fed up that just as we were about to leave they asked us to leave, in the process delaying our departure.

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Protest against Greenergy, UK's biggest supplier of biofuels

02-02-2008 20:05

Protesters target Greenergy, UK's largest biofuel supplier as part of a UK-wide week of action against large-scale biofuels.

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Westgate Watch Blog Launched

02-02-2008 12:24

A new blog has been launched by some folks in Oxford to document local resistance to the proposed Westgate development.

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London Protesters target UK’s largest biofuel supplier, Greenergy

01-02-2008 18:36

A colourful banner protest was held outside the office of Greenergy International, the UK’s largest biofuel supplier, on Wednesday, 30th January, between 12.30 and 2.30 pm.
This was part of a National Week of Action on Agrofuels in which different groups and organisations across the UK are organising protests against the deforestation, high food prices, human rights abuses and faster global warming caused by biofuels from large-scale monocultures. Over 40 people were present.

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Cambridge biofuels protest this Saturday Feb 2

31-01-2008 22:58

Everyone is welcome to come and join a protest against unsustainable biofuels, which will be held at the filling station in front of Tesco in Milton this Saturday Feb 2 from 1-3pm. We will display our nifty 'FOOD NOT FUEL' banner and hand out leaflets, as part of a UK-wide day of action called by biofuelwatch (biofuelwatch.org.uk).

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Big Business + Biofuels = Disaster

30-01-2008 19:16

As part of a week of local actions against Bio-fuels Rhythms of Resistance Manchester played Samba and gave out leaflets outside Tesco on Upper Brook Street, around rush hour, on the 25th January.

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Council climate hypocrisy!

29-01-2008 22:00

Has anyone seen the latest (jan 08) copy of "Arrow", Nottm City Council's promotional mag? It's online at

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/arrow-jan08.pdf.

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Climate Activists block Copenhagen powerplant

29-01-2008 21:35

Approximately 50 activists from the Danish group ClimaX blocked the main entrance to a powerplant in Copenhagen owned by the DONG Energy corporation.

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Norwich Protesters target Tesco - UK’s ‘market leader’ in biofuels

29-01-2008 16:31

A colourful banner protest organised by a coalition of local Norwich branches of the environmental groups Friends of the Earth, Rising Tide and Campaign against Climate Change was held outside the Tesco Metro, Guildhall Hill in central Norwich. Lunchtime shoopers were leaflet and warned about Tesco's greenwash on biofuels.