UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

2 BP bosses in one day - report(s) from London Rising Tide actions

16-11-2003 23:05

Thursday 13th November 2003 saw BP Chairman Peter Sutherland and BP CEO John Browne out and about on a full-on charm offensive. Could this have been to counteract the bad publicity the company had been getting over the approval of public funding for the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline? In response, London Rising Tide and its new alter ego the Foundation for the Advancement of Big Oil (or FABO) decided to hijack the slick BP green(wash) machine.

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The National Trust Votes Against GM

16-11-2003 19:37

At the National Trust AGM, members have voted to express their opposition to GM.

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FREE FASLANE PEACE PRISONER

14-11-2003 22:37

Increasingly renowned peace activist, Sue Brackenbury, is facing the next few months in prison for anti-Trident actions at Devonport murder base in Plymouth.

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The nocastorgame (castor = container for nuclear transport)

14-11-2003 19:38

A game developed in the german anti-nuclear-movement.

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Twyford Down - Seige Underway NOW!!

14-11-2003 18:33

It's started, and as many people as possible should get there now! Please spread the word.

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another action against heathrow expansion

14-11-2003 10:45

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'OBFUSCATION, PREVARICATION - AND LIES' (letter to MP - M.E./Gulf War Syndrome)

14-11-2003 04:05

Victims of chemical/radiological poisoning are referred to the psychiatrist because the National Poisons Unit has stated "pollution does not exist"

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Climate Change March 18th

13-11-2003 16:18

ClimateChange March 18th.

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Bush Busting Carnival!!

13-11-2003 02:04

Samba-tista's party against Bush. A loose collection of non-hierarchical student groups are planning a bit of a party on the 19th...to which you are ALL invited.

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FABO welcome BP boss Browne to IoD dinner tonight!

12-11-2003 23:20

Hi,

2 big BP fish will be out and about on Thursday 13th November. As well as BP Chair Peter Sutherland at the Royal Commonwealth Society at lunchtime, BP boss Lord Browne will be addressing the centenary dinner of the Institute of Directors at the Royal Albert Hall in the evening. (Can this charm offensive be anything to do with the poor publicity generated by its planned Baku-Ceyhan pipeline?)

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International Calling from Galiza. NEVER AGAIN

12-11-2003 18:52

International Demonstration
NEVER AGAIN - NUNCA MAIS
2003 november 16
Santiago de Compostela

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Prestige:Year One: Galician scientis discovers carcinogenic PAH in trophic chain

12-11-2003 15:14

Today galician scientist from the University of A Coruña at Galiza where the Prestige Oil tanker sunk, has oficially presented a report demonstrating how both spanish and galician authorities was hiden to the people the real presence of Polycyclical Aromatic Hydrocarbons wich are well known carcinogenic compunds of the fuel-oil wich the Prestige was carrying.

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No easy ride for BP Chairman Sutherland - tomorrow (13.11.03)

12-11-2003 13:16

BP Chairman, ex-WTO boss, board member of a fistful of blue chip companies and all round cheerleader for full-on capitalist globalisation Sutherland is peddling his ideological wares tomorrow. Come down and give him a (globally) warm welcome. He speaks on 'Access to World Markets: Tackling Poverty, Creating Equity', at the The Royal Commonwealth Society, 18 Northumberland Ave, London, WC2N 5BJ. Be outside at midday if you can.

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Germany: Police-run propaganda radio

10-11-2003 18:28

For three years the police have had their own more than 100-person propaganda unit for Castor transport deployments. Its official name is "Deployment Accompanying Public Relations Work and Conflict Management". This year this unit has come up with something new again: their own police radio, initially only for officers on a Gorleben anti-nuclear protest assignment.

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It’s Castor time again...

10-11-2003 15:44

The 7th Castor container transport to the socalled "interim" storage for atomic waste in Gorleben is again running into multi-faceted, colourful and determined resistance. The vague promises by the Red-Green government to give up nuclear power production have hardly weakened the resistance and the need for it.

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"The Bitter Drink" - Profits before People in the State of Kerala, India

09-11-2003 22:40

Screening and discussions in Oxford.

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STATE VS ENVIRONMENT. SECRET PLOT TO UNDERMINE GLOBAL POLLUTION CONTROL REVEALED

09-11-2003 17:53

According to data from 30-year-old government records given lately in public a secret plot was formed back then by developed countries in an attempt to limit first UN’s project concerning environment and pollution control. Reason? Simply would damage their economic development…

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Anti Mcdonalds action 13/11/03

07-11-2003 13:55

Weekly demo's outside Mcd's in Leicester Sq

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Sunday 16th Nov 12pm – Bush Protest in Aylesbury

06-11-2003 12:32

A different protest venue and a gentle warm up for the Bush visit.

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Hartlepool residents court case to stop the toxic "ghost ships"

05-11-2003 12:39

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