UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

London Plane Stupid Activists 'close' more travel agents!

06-11-2006 00:53

Apparently the same thing as happened in Bristol has also taken place in London, with Plane Stupid activists postering and locking travel agents across London in a call to end short haul flights.

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Photos: Climate Change Protest (04.11.06)

05-11-2006 18:49

Photos: Climate Change Protest (04.11.06)

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Climate change demo - Grosvenor and Trafalgar Square pics

05-11-2006 10:17

The largest ever climate change protest march in Britain was just one of many that took place simultaneously around our threatened globe.

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International climate action day in Gothenburg

04-11-2006 23:18

Friends of the earth Sweden brought the urgency of immediate action on climate change into the Swedish media limelight today.

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Stop Climate Chaos, London, 4th Nov 06 - pics

04-11-2006 22:13

Members of Swindon Climate Action Network and Friends of the Earth joined today's rally outside the US Embassy with around 20,000 others, before marching to Trafalgar Square to join another 10,000 at the launch of the I-Count campign. Here are some photos. Audio and possibly a video to follow.

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pics from london climate change march

04-11-2006 20:04

between 10 and 40 thousand, depending on who you believe, marched across town and gathered in trafalgar square. guess they all felt better for it. not sure if it will have bush, blair or brown quaking in their jackboots. there was some nice music.

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Record turn out for London's Critical Mass

04-11-2006 14:29

Well over one thousand cyclists turned out today for a Critical Mass to the US embassy in Grosvenor Square, where they were met by thousands more protesters about to march to Trafalgar Square.

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People & Planet: Carnival of Climate Chaos (London, Saturday 4 November, ICount)

03-11-2006 10:33

In the wake of the Stern Review, on the eve of critical international climate talks in Nairobi, and shortly before the Queen's Speech, young people will demonstrate that they will not sit back and wait for the catastrophic climate change predicted for our generation. Marching from Bloomsbury to Trafalgar Square, the Carnival looks set to be one of the most impressive student mobilisations in years.

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Biggest Youth Movement in History Could be About to Begin in London...

02-11-2006 22:39

Almost every Indymedia site in the world is right now publishing the message that the Children's Revolution kids' bloc might be leading the March for Global Climate Justice from the American embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, at 1 pm on 4 November.
Under the heading “Worldwide Children's Revolution to Try to Save the Human Race From Extinction?” the story says that the very existence of future generations may depend on urgent worldwide action to tackle global warming and climate change.

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Stop Shell Speaker Tour in Birmingham November 9th 7.30pm

02-11-2006 21:06

The Stop Shell speaker tour is coming to Birmingham on November 9th 2006. To include films and a talk, dur: approx. 1h

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Greenpeace invade and shut down Didcot power station

02-11-2006 14:53

Environment protesters have got into Didcot power station, Oxfordshire, and chained themselves to equipment taking coal to the boilers.

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Michael O'Leary's Foul Mouth

02-11-2006 09:54

Just the "usual horseshit", claimed MIcheal O'Leary, CEO of low cost airline Ryanair, when asked about green taxes and the Stern Review.

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Blackout London on 4th November

01-11-2006 20:13

Join the climate change protest at 4.30 till 7.30 pm, as we plunge London into darkness. Tell everyone - make it happen.

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Shell Offices Raided in Solidarity with Rossport

01-11-2006 15:22

Shell Gas offices near Chesterfield were occupied today, while a simultaneous noise demo outside woke up Shell staff to our feelings about the multinational’s abuse of the Rossport people and their environment.

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Capitalism ... the end is nigh

01-11-2006 11:11

We were quite rude about this event last year (1), but perhaps we're mellowing with age so we'll give it a plug. This Saturday (4/11) sees a march and rally against climate change beginning at the US embassy at midday (2) and then heading down to Trafalgar Square for a rally with the usual (probably quite dull) speakers and a vague promise of some tunes. (3)

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SDO - Dropout factor mp3

01-11-2006 05:13

Media summaries, N-Dee on various Australian non war diversions, 29mins stereo

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Action plan for climate chaos

31-10-2006 16:09

A World to Win statement on the Stern report.

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Road Block e-bulletin 31 Oct 2006

31-10-2006 15:14

This is the latest Road Block e-bulletin. Road Block won't be posting them up regularly, but thought climate change activists might want to see what is going on within road campaigns. You can sign up to receive them monthly here: www.roadblock.org.uk

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Rising Tide: UK Stern Report Sells Climate Short, Paves Way to Global Disaster

30-10-2006 16:21

Today the international climate justice movement condemned a major new policy advisory from the United Kingdom on the economics of climate change. Named "The Stern Review" after its chief author Sir Nicholas Stern, climate activists warn that this 700-page analysis offers a dangerously inadequate and deceptive plan that will lead to inevitable global warming catastrophe if its recommendations are followed. "Although climate scientists are in nearly unanimous agreement that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide must be limited to no more than 450 parts per million in order to avoid catastrophic climate chaos, the new UK report calls for CO2 emissions to be stabilized at the much higher rate of 500 to 550 ppm," said Ethan Green, coordinator of the Counter-G8 Working Group of Rising Tide North America.

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Car manufacturers fail to meet emission targets

30-10-2006 15:49

The EU entered into a ten year voluntary agreement with car manufacturers to cut emissions. Surprise, surprise, the car manufacturers have come nowhere near.