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UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

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Stop Boris Johnson risking lives with decision on motorbikes in bus lanes

29-05-2008 18:33

Stop Boris Johnson risking lives with decision on motorbikes in bus lanes

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There is such thing as a free lunch!

29-05-2008 12:25

Free food stall and info day in Bath next week, as part of the Network for Climate Action days of action, on food and climate change:

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Noise demo against imminent open cast coal mine 9th June

29-05-2008 10:20

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A new open-cast coal mine site is about to get underway in beautiful Derbyshire, unless we stop it now. Help us send the message loud and clear to UK Coal to leave it in the ground!

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Food And Climate Change Day of Action - London

29-05-2008 09:16

serving free vegan food in the streets
A London action for the Food And Climate Change Day of Action

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Leave it in the Ground’s Picnic in the Park trespass report

28-05-2008 15:33

Around 70 people had set of to travel on a bank holiday Monday which is no easy task as public transport has a natural tendency not to run or has a limited service on bank holidays, for a picnic in a remote part of Derbyshire. The weather reports had all predicted thundery showers for the day, which seems to be normal for a bank holiday outing.

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Day of Action on Food & Climate Change 3rd June

28-05-2008 13:35

Join activists around the country on the 3rd June in promoting local, organic, plant-based food. The food we eat contributes up to a third of the emissions poisoning the planet. It's time for a detox! Events are planned all over the country with film nights, free vegan food stalls, community gardening, banner drops, demos & a few surprises.

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Fuelling the Fire

27-05-2008 16:32

Rising oil prices offer the best hope of curbing carbon emissions in the short term, but they also reflect our unquenchable thirst for the black gold. Just don’t mention the ‘R’ word…

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Please help to stop the UK's first vegetable oil power plant

27-05-2008 13:49

The company Blue NG has applied for planning permission to build the UK's first vegetable oil power plant in the UK, in Beckton, Newham. They plan a total of eight such plants overall. They specifically refer to burning palm oil, as well as rapeseed oil and jatropha oil in that plant. See below for details of forthcoming protests against those plans.

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The Tools Of Greenwashing: Astroturfs

27-05-2008 10:26

Questioning and exposing the greenwashing activities of corporations, in particular, is something that the seasoned cynic makes light of; but sometimes our job is made more difficult, not so much by the quality of the greenwashing being used, but by the sheer weight of apparent “public” opinion supporting the views of the corporations.

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Trespassers oppose coal mine plan

26-05-2008 22:44

The campaigners say the open cast mine will damage the environment

People who do not want a new opencast coal mine on land adjoining a country park in Derbyshire have held a protest.

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Midsummer Common Cows Protest – Go Veg!

26-05-2008 22:12

Protest held on the Saturday 24th May 08.

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The law and truckers on the same side

26-05-2008 19:34

The Met are as politically motivated as ever

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Redditch Green Fair stallholders - 23 and counting...

26-05-2008 12:32

Sat 7 June - Redditch Green Fair. 10.30am - 3pm. FREE Admission.

The number of stallholders is growing all the time - the list below will be updated(on our website) as and when bookings are confirmed.

If you would like a stall yourself, or you would like to suggest a company/organisation that may like a stall, please contact us.  http://www.redditchgreenfair.org.uk

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An invitation for all to travel to Finland this summer: IANF 2008

24-05-2008 10:49

International Anti Nuclear Festival, 23-28 June 2008 is the first international activist gathering in Finland, on this summer. This is an open invitation for all activists of Europe and the World to come and join us - let's show the Finnish how good fun can activism be!

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Towards climate action in Copenhagen 2009

23-05-2008 22:39

We invite you to join the 1st international planning meeting in Copenhagen from the 13-14th of September 2008. The meeting aims at preparing a large mobilisation for direct action against the root causes of climate change in Copenhagen and throughout the world during the UN Climate Conference (30 Nov-11 Dec 2009).

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Transition Towns Talks 27th May

23-05-2008 21:44

With oil hitting £135 its very pertinant that Rob Hopkins will be speaking about Transition Initiatives at the Mechanics Institute on Tues 27 the May

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Student Climate Project June gathering

22-05-2008 19:19

The Gathering is taking place at Sussex University, 5th June, from 2pm till 7pm.

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Coal Cleaners at E.ON - The Film.

22-05-2008 11:15

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The Coal Cleaners are a service recently contracted by E.ON to clean their coal. Using a mix of false capatalist solutions and good old fashioned elbow grease the cleaners went to work on May 1st, as part of the  http://www.daysofclimateaction.org.uk/ . The cleaners are available for hire; look for them on  http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/

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Leave it in the Ground! - 26th May open-cast coal mass trespass and picnic -

21-05-2008 02:11

Hi everyone, there is a public action against new open cast coal mining coming up. The people organising it are a new group and a hoping for lots of people to come, to start building a strong
resistance against the massive new coal mining plans in the UK and elsewhere. It'll be a fun day and a great start to the campaign.

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BURMA: What are we waiting for?

19-05-2008 18:10

After cyclone Nargis hit Burma, thousands of Burmese are waiting for help amongst the dead. What is the international community doing about it?
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