UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

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What's Wrong With BP? Go to their recruitment fair and find out!

05-11-2009 12:27

http://visionon.tv/web/richard/home/-/blogs/what-s-wrong-with-bp?_33_redirect=%2Fweb%2Frichard%2Fhome

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Shell recruitment event disrupted (video)

05-11-2009 00:30

A couple of weeks ago mischief-makers disrupted a Shell careers talk in Oxford, in solidarity with those around the world affected by their operations. This is the video of the action...

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Mainshill Camp Gathering round-up: workshops, walks, sabotage and lock-ons

04-11-2009 23:54

The past weekend saw numbers swell at the Mainshill Solidarity Camp, with people traveling from far and wide to support the ongoing struggle to stop Scottish Coal opencasting Mainshill Wood. The number of people occupying the site reached numbers seen at Mainshill when the Camp for Climate Action set up on the site in August, showing how this issue is not going away.

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Blockade of UN's Climate Change Conference in Barcelona

04-11-2009 17:33

Wednesday 4th November in the morning - Eco Activists block for one hour the main entrance to the UN's Climate Change Conference taking place in Barcelona.

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Nepal Monkey Farming Ban Becomes Law!!!

03-11-2009 11:23

On the 2nd of Novemeber 2009 the Cabinet of the Nepalese Government passed into Law a declaration which formally ends monkey farming in Nepal and provides a framework for the rehabailitation and release of all the monkeys currently in the farm by a foundation to be setup by Nepalese campaigners.

Whilst it was always expected, we can now conclusively state that Nepal's monkeys have been saved from vivisection...BY LAW!!!

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Venezuela: The error of being Lusbi Portillo

03-11-2009 02:14

* The latest demonstration of political criminalization of autonomous social movements by the Venezuelan government is exposed by Rafael Uzcategui, a member of the anarchist collective El Libertario.

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Direct Action; Spain, UK & Italy

02-11-2009 16:47

25th October - 1st November

DOZENS OF DEER RETURNED TO FREEDOM, IN MEMORY OF BARRY HORNE (Spain)
HALLOWEEN BEGINS EARLY AT HOME OF ASTRAZENECA EMPLOYEE (UK)
SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR COMPANY NOT KEEPING ITS PROMISES (Italy)
PET SHOP DOORS SUPERGLUED (Italy)
ANOTHER MAX&CO. STORE CLEANING UP GLASS (Italy)

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Work Stopped Again at Mainshill Wood

02-11-2009 14:36

lock-on stops work all morning

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The 300-350 Show: Forests & Copenhagen pt.2

01-11-2009 14:47

As Europe stands accused of blocking the protection of intact natural forests and introducing logging-friendly language into the UN draft climate deal, we take a look at some of the key components that should be in an effective deal for saving the world’s forests. As Nathaniel Dyer of the Rainforest Foundation UK explains, saving forests is about a lot more than simply throwing money at the problem. Land rights, governance and demand management are also critical. And payment for forest protection should come from public funds rather than carbon markets.

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3 Gory Necklaces: Hollywood Pushing Pate, Rabbit Flesh, Under Guise Of Art

31-10-2009 16:24

The films Australia, Julie and Julia, and No Reservations glorify genocidal live shipping
of animals, pate de foie gras, and in general cadaver consumption.

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Bath Bomb #26 Special Edition Out Now

30-10-2009 00:44

Bumper edition out now, hot on the heels of the postal strike, local council proposed job cuts, threatened local wildlife, and more

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Work stopped again briefly at Manshill yesterday

29-10-2009 16:41

Work was stopped for just over half an hour yesterday, as people tried to lock-on to the harvesting machine, but people were met with aggression and violence by the Scottish Woodland workers.

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The Biggest Social Eco site to hit the world wide web since Facebook/Twitter

28-10-2009 23:21

A social eco site for the protection of the planet and its biodiversity.
It is Free to join and its totally Free to use.

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Machines locked-on to at Mainshill again in two days of continuous action

27-10-2009 10:25

At 7.30am this morning, two people locked-on to harvesting machinery attempting to make its way into Mainshill Wood, in an ongoing struggle to stop work at the site and stop Scottish Coal's attempts to turn the site into an opencast coal mine.

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Two big barricades, two lock-ons and work stopped again at Mainshill Wood

26-10-2009 12:16

This morning at around 7am the access road being used by loggers and other contractors to gain access to Mainshill Wood was blockaded by residents at the Mainshill Solidarity Camp.

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Spirit of Freedom Prisoner Listing Oct 2009

23-10-2009 22:48

Spirit of Freedom
(October 2009)
Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK

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Foie Gras alert Gloucestershire

23-10-2009 11:34

"Foie gras," literally fatty liver, is a disease marketed as a delicacy. It is the liver of a duck or goose who has been force fed to the point where his liver is over 10 times its normal size. Only male ducks are used, and females are discarded by the industry.

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Earth First! Wintermoot: 5th - 7th February 2010

23-10-2009 09:44

EARTH FIRST! WINTER MOOT
6pm Fri 5th - Sun 7th Feb 2010
North-east England

"A weekend of networking, reflection, strategic discussions & campaign planning for anyone involved in ecological direct action who believes in non-hierarchical organisation and directly confronting the forces responsible for the destruction of the Earth and its inhabitants"

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Packed with Direct Action - the new Earth First! Action Up

23-10-2009 09:31

Rebellion, a spark in search of a powder keg - the new Action Update is out, the quarterly round-up of ecological direct action from the UK and beyond.

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'the Age of Stupid'

23-10-2009 09:01

details for event, screening of film