UK Ecology Newswire Archive
Photography Exhibition on Abandoned Spaces
06-02-2009 14:31
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Sea Shepherd blames acoustic weapon attack for Ramming Whaling ship
06-02-2009 14:06
Environmentalist Sentenced to 21 years as a "Terrorist"
05-02-2009 21:38
By Will Potter
Off Balance Among the Hungry in Haiti
05-02-2009 20:26
This morning one of my favorite blogs made me stop and think. I like “No Impact Man” for a lot of reasons, and it’s the only blog that I get delivered to my email. The author is a father in New York City, and he is taking part in a great experiment to prove that anyone anywhere can reduce his or her impact on the environment. Today he suggested that “it might be fun if we all--the entire community on this blog--weighed in and told each other something they've seen or an experience they've had or someone they love that makes them feel like they don't want to change a thing.”Manchester airport: emissions cleared for take-off
05-02-2009 19:26
Manchester City Council announced their 'Call to Action' on climate change last month, which plans to reduce the City's emissions by one third by 2020. Great! we thought: the Council owns 55% of Manchester Airport Group (MAG), so surely this 'Call to Action' would see the Airport's emissions reduce as well? Alas no: the Council simply washed their hands of this issue.Shell to Sea Visit Leeds: Part 2 - Lessons to Learn from Rossport
05-02-2009 14:21
Events leading up to this meeting are described in Part 1 - An Illegal Eviction. This meeting (4th Feb 2009 at The Common Place, Leeds) was part of a tour of the UK by two Irish and two UK activists associated with the resistance to Shell in County Mayo, Eire / Republic of Ireland. Supporters are asked to visit the solidarity camp this spring and get involved.Situation Update Nepal -- G2H Demands Justice for the Monkeys
05-02-2009 11:43
On the 23rd of Janauary 2009 a Public Interest Litigation, (PIL), petition against Nepal's monkey farming was filed against the monkey farming at the Supreme Court of Nepal. We are elated to announce that the action was not only sanctioned by the court, but it has been placed on the court's "priority list" due to the "seriousness" of the case!Support for taxes on flights keeps growing
05-02-2009 08:03
It finally seems like we might just be getting through to people - maybe even the hard-working British families the aviation industry likes to blame for their plans to turn Britain into Airstrip One.Revealed: the truth behind Tory support for South-East airport expansion
05-02-2009 07:59
Last week Tory Transport supremo Theresa Villiers admitted in the third runway debate that a Conservative government would not rule out airport expansion in the South-East. This rightly confused many people: if there is no case for expanding Heathrow or Stansted, then where do the Tories want to expand? And why, if they are persuaded that climate change = bad, do they want to expand any at all?Trump;s golf course fuels airport expansion
05-02-2009 07:58
Donald Trump, the American tycoon behind the theme-park golf course set to trash the beautiful Ayrshire coast, has been linked to plans to expand Aberdeen airport. Not content with making a mockery of the Scottish government by ignoring local decision makers (not to mention 9 of the holes being built on a Site of Special Scientific Interest)Japanese Whalers Playing Dangerous Games in the Ross Sea
04-02-2009 23:05
At 0500 Hours Sydney, Australia time on February 4th, the three harpoon vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet literally attacked the Steve Irwin.The Yushin Maru #2 has rejoined the fleet after leaving the area on December 20th with propeller damage. All three harpoon ships moved in to flank the Steve Irwin as the Sea Shepherd ship continued to chase the factory ship Nisshin Maru.
Violence in Sri Lanka
04-02-2009 22:24
The dire and deteriorating human rights situation in Sri Lanka, where hundreds of civilians have reportedly been killed over the past few weeks, including an incident where one hospital was bombed a number of times, has only fleetingly made the news in the UK. However for the many Tamil residents in Lewisham, including many in Ladywell, it is obviously a grave concern, and I know some are still trying to contact friends and relatives to check they are safe.A call out for common actions against the construction of a new nuclear power st
04-02-2009 09:27
Present-day Belarus is a post soviet country, on which territory a regime, police state in form and neoliberal in essence, fortified its position. For already 14 years the country is run by one and the same person Alexander Lukashenko, a populist at the beginning of his governing and openly pursuing antisocial reforms now.The freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly is not about our country. These basic values as well as the political opposition are suppressed. Peaceful gatherings dispersions, political trials, preventive detentions all this has become a norm of political practice in Belarus.
Philippines: Don’t revive the “Monster of Morong, Bataan”
04-02-2009 04:08
Last EF! winter moot update
04-02-2009 00:39
Latest update on what's happening at the EF! winter moot, with activists coming from Denmark and Ireland, amongst other places, to help inform our focus on discussing strategy and action planning.Venezuela: Terror in Perija
02-02-2009 19:19
Direct Action; Sweden, USA, Mexico & UK
02-02-2009 17:07
WEEKLY ACTIONS TARGETING FUR TRADE, MEAT INDUSTRY & MORE (Sweden)
LAB ANIMAL VET FOLLOWED TO WORK, CAR VANDALIZED (USA)
EARTH-DESTROYING MACHINE TORCHED (Mexico)
MORE BARCLAYS CASHPOINTS DISABLED (UK)
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE AT BARCLAYS (UK)
Sound weapons used against protestors
02-02-2009 14:43
The Japanese whaling ships have been jamming Sea Shepherd communications and have been deploying a long range acoustic weapon device to repel Sea Shepherd boats. The sound waves cause disorientation and nausea.Animal Liberation Front Mexico
31-01-2009 20:24
German supreme court strengthens nuclear opponents’ rights
31-01-2009 06:43
Germany's supreme court has handed down a ruling that nuclear opponents welcome as strengthening their rights. It allows nuclear opponents to challenge nucear waste transports in court.
