UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

McDonald`s Day of Action in B`ham

02-10-2007 02:01

On Saturday 13th October, Midlands Vegan Campaigns will team up with
Birmingham Food not Bombs for a day of action against McDonald`s in B`ham
City Centre.

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Arctic Ice Shrinking AND Thinning - Reports

01-10-2007 16:42

A research team from the National Snow and Ice
Data Center, part of the University of Colorado at
Boulder published their report of the annual 'Arctic
Ice Minimum' last week which tells the extent of
the summer melting. It broke the previous record
set in '05, but it did so by a huge margin. The area
that melted this year is 26% more than the '05
record.

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Very Interesting Timeline

01-10-2007 16:23

Mid 80's - Some scientists warn about CO2
and global warming but they are largely
dismissed by other scientists and the public.

1993 - Two separate ice cores drilled into the
Greenland Ice Sheet to depths of two miles
both confirmed earlier evidence of many 'abrupt
climate changes' that have occurred in as little
as a decade rather than the thousand year
transition that was previously believed.

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London demo against deportation of Iceland's Eco Activists - 2/10

01-10-2007 11:52

A demonstration against Iceland's persecution of environmental
activists will take place in London on Tuesday 2nd October 2007,
meeting at Sloane Square (nearest tube: Sloane Square) at 1pm.

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Preparations underway for Monday's Faslane 365 Big Blockade

01-10-2007 00:24

People from across the United Kingdom and Europe are heading towards the west coast of Scotland to participate in Monday's "Big Blockade" of Faslane naval base, home of the UK's nuclear weapons arsenal.

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London demo against Iceland's deportation of eco-activists

30-09-2007 12:26

A demonstration against Iceland's persecution of environmental activists will take place in London on Tuesday 2nd October, meeting at Sloane Square (nearest tube: Sloane Square) at 1pm.

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Demo- in Solidarity with Miriam Rose and Persecuted Saving Iceland Activists

29-09-2007 21:48

1PM Tuesday 2nd October, Icelandic Embassy meet at Sloane Square
Come and show Solidarity with Miriam Rose, a Saving Iceland activist from the UK facing deportation from Iceland where she lives for being: "a threat to public order and security and fundamental societal values" also to show solidarity with Olafur Pall Siggurdson an Icelandic activist being framed for "Obstructing a Police Vehicle" following an attempt to run him over by a senior policeman.

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Climate Change Lecture, The Potential & Limits of Renewables.

28-09-2007 22:47

This lecture took place on Wednesday 27th September 2007, 7.30pm, at the Sustainable Research Building, School of the Build Environment, University of Nottingham. Additionally, a guided tour of the installations there, took place from 6.30pm.

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Climate urgency builds parliamentary support for Simultaneous Policy

28-09-2007 15:30

Another MP signs the Simultaneous Policy Pledge bringing the world closer to global co-operation to solve global problems such as war, poverty and environmental destruction.

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UK Greens Urge Icelandic Government to Stop Persecution of SI Activists

28-09-2007 15:15

ICELANDIC AUTHORITIES CRACKDOWN ON POLITICAL ACTIVISTS

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Green Scare: Federal court jury finds Eric McDavid guilty

28-09-2007 13:40

Thursday, September 27 2007: After deliberating for 11 hours over two days, a federal court jury has found Eric McDavid guilty of conspiring to blow up government and other facilities as part of an eco-terror plot.

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Biofuelwatch talk at the Sumac Centre, Nottingham

27-09-2007 13:59

The Biofuelwatch talk at the Sumac Centre served as an introduction to the issues surrounding biofuels. There followed a discussion of possible protest options for the Biofuels Media Ltd conference.

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Conspiracy of dunces

26-09-2007 01:41

Following on from the prosecutions of Daniel McGowan & Rod Coronado [1] is the story of Eric McDavid, a young poet-activist currently on hungerstrike and who is back in court next month. Eric was stitched up by the FBI in a sting operation on the ELF that we should all learn from.

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Atomic Weapons Establishment a catastrophe waiting to happen

25-09-2007 14:30

The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and the Ministry of Defence have submitted a planning application for a new nuclear warhead component factory at the Burghfield site in Berkshire, yet the site has been struggling to remedy as many as 1,000 safety defects uncovered by the government's official nuclear watchdog. And it has only been allowed to remain open because the Ministry of Defence says the work it does is vital.

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wind power wins!

24-09-2007 22:31

a critical vote approves plans for 10MW of clean power near Rainworth village.
my first council meeting. my eyewitness report

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"Open" Day at ex-Cre8 Site

24-09-2007 19:18

In recent months the site of the Cre8 / Walter Morrison Memorial Garden in south Glasgow has been fenced off, concreted over and torn up. Last Saturday an "Open Day" was held there by the archaeological firm currently working on site.

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Critical Mass and Carfree day in Brussels

24-09-2007 13:20

Friday saw an early Critical Mass and Sunday was the day of the cyclist as all cars were banished from the streets of Brussels for the day.

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Grey Water System at EcoWorks

24-09-2007 01:13

Conveniently placed, next to the compost toilet at Eco-works, you'll find a pretty basic 'greywater' system. Also, recently made, somewhere nice to sit, and admire nature from.

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Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns: Part 21

24-09-2007 01:00

Work is continuing at EcoWorks with the Straw Bale building. Walls are mostly enclosing the larger part of building. Window-frames fitted. Now in the process of building up the walls on the end section - 'soon to be' kitchen area.

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Save Tara: The Greenman goes to the Green Party

23-09-2007 21:17

17 August 2007, if two actions in the day were not enough, the Greenman, backed up by Save Tara campaigners and the International Culture Conservationists headed to Dublin to confront the Irish Green Party.