UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

Namibian Seal Cull/Harvest - Killing baby seals for profit

05-07-2007 16:09

80 000 seal pups to be killed for their pelts, 6000 bulls for their genitalia. Namibia systematically exterminating the Cape Fur Seal species.

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GREECE:Disaster in the forests, after huge fires along with commercial interests

05-07-2007 01:19

Feature of Athens Indymedia on the causes and the consequences of the last week's fires, which destroyed some of the most precious forests of the country. For latest updates check

http://athens.indymedia.org/?lang=en

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Cambridge Evening News – GMO Protest Coverage – Letters and Votes Needed

04-07-2007 22:47

Its time to show GM must go!...

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More pics from the picnic

04-07-2007 21:20

A few more pictures from the anti-GM spuds demo last Sunday, mainly for entertainment value.

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The Camp for Climate Action Invites Everyone to Heathrow Airport

04-07-2007 15:20

Everyone is being asked to help send out invitations to attend the Camp for Climate Action near Heathrow Airport from 14 to 21 August 2007.

Here is the latest message from the Climate Camp networking crew:

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GM protester court news

03-07-2007 18:15

Two protesters were in court this morning having been arrested on Sunday during protests at the site of the UK's only GM trial - potatoes.

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new mori opinion poll on climate change published today

03-07-2007 12:12

new poll suggests public not convinced

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Trade Union Climate Change Conference

02-07-2007 14:14

Rank and File trade unionists aim to set up the first ever UK conference on climate change, please circulate this call for support widely!

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Mainstream media ignore the plight of MOVE 9 and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal

02-07-2007 13:24

Last Saturday, the sole adult survivor of the FBI's bombing of the MOVE organisation's home in Philadelphia, Ramona Africa and long term MOVE supporter Fred Riley came to speak in Birmingham. Six adults and five children died in this infamous police massacre of May 13, 1985.

Ramona and Fred are touring the UK, speaking and showing a new documentary about MOVE to galvanise support for the MOVE 9, due for probation later this year, and Mumia Abu-Jamal's ongoing legal battle against the death sentence.

Although a press release highlighting the experiences of Ramona, the MOVE 9 and incarcerated journalist Mumia Abu-Jumal was circulated widely to local and national press contacts, there was no coverage of the speaking tour and film showing in the mainstream press in Birmingham. The only coverage Ramona and Fred received was a radio interview on Unity FM

http://unityfm.net - 'the only Muslim led community radio station in Birmingham'. The show airs at 5 pm today (Monday 2nd July 07) on 93.5 FM in Birmingham.

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GM Potato Protesters in Court in Cambridge

02-07-2007 10:07

Two people were arrested yesterday at the GM Potato Protest in between Histon and Girton. They will be appearing at Cambridge Magistrates Court, which is now at 43 Hauxton Road, Trumpington, at 9:30 tomorrow (Tuesday 3rd July) morning.

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FoE Under More Pressure on Meat/Dairy Production

02-07-2007 01:30

Redditch Vegetarians & Vegans have recently helped Redditch Friends of the Earth to draft a Motion which will(hopefully) be presented at the FoE Local Groups Conference in September. The Motion urges National FoE to publish detailed information about how plant based diets are infinitely more eco-friendly than meat/dairy based diets. If you`re a member of a local FoE group, you can help make sure this Motion is passed!

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Cambridge GM potato field picnic

02-07-2007 00:26

Not entirely successful action against genetically modified potato crop. Well the picnic right next to the site was successful but the crop remains intact and is nearly ready for lifting.

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Arrested! anti-GM protest pics

01-07-2007 22:32

Sunday July 1st. Anti-GM campaigns take protest direct to test site in Girton near Cambridge. One protester is arrested scaling the fence erected to protect the GM potato crop and another is arrested later on for alleged criminal damage.

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Cambridge GM potato demo - pics

01-07-2007 20:46

pics

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Critical Mass 29th June

01-07-2007 15:14

The June Critical Mass, with a few hundred cyclists, was a fun ride through the City and Holborn and managed to stay dry the whole way through!

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London Olympics: a toxic legacy?

01-07-2007 12:33

What is to be the London Olympic Park is a heavily contaminated ex-industrial site. Works to clean up the site may pose health risks to Londoners.

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Brazil/Curitiba: Eighty a thousand families without dignified home.

30-06-2007 15:57

Cities that do not have public policy of popular habitation do push devoid populations for non buiding areas as fertile valleys of the rivers. The result is periodic flooding, with all the ominous and known consequences for local inhabitants, other populations and for the environment.

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Saving Iceland International Conference 2007 - 7 & 8th July

29-06-2007 12:55

Global Consequences of Heavy Industry and Large Dams
Saving Iceland Gathering Saturday & Sunday July 7 - 8th, 2007
Hótel Hlíð, Krókur, Ölfus, Iceland

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Migaloo the White Whale frustrates US-Australian War Games

28-06-2007 17:16

Migaloo, the white humpback whale, is forcing the USA and Australian military forces to reconsider using the Great Barrier reef for war games. The USA and Australian Defence forces have faced down a civil disobedience peace campaign against their Talisman Sabre War Games, from June 19 to July 2, at Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, only to come up against the white whale!

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manchester bike stuff this weekend

27-06-2007 09:50

We cycle round the city to celebrate the bicycle:

It's for anyone that rides a bike;
Its a celebration of getting round the city without polluting it;
Its about every journey being an adventure instead of just sitting on a boring bus or in a stressful car;
Its about cyclists riding together to demand more respect from other road users;
Its a way to meet other cyclistas;