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'Mystery Demo' against a fat cat corporate funder of climate disinformation

15-08-2011 10:43

London
Wednesday 7th September

Early morning action around 8.00 am

There will also be a follow up action in the evening around 4.45 to 7.00 pm

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EF! Summer Gathering Site Number

07-08-2011 17:24

The Gathering set up has begun, if you can come down and help before Wednesday that would be grand.

Site phone number 1 is 07551689365 or try number 2 on 07866797016.

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EDF gets green light to trash 400 acres of greenfield land in Somerset

07-08-2011 07:04

The land EDF plans to trash (D. Viesnik)
EDF Energy (the UK subsidiary of Electricite de France) has been granted permission by West Somerset District Council to trash over 400 of acres of beautiful greenfield coastal land at Hinkley Point, which sits within the Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve, overlooking the Severn Estuary RAMSAR site.

EDF plans to uproot all the trees and vegetation, which provide important habitats for birds, bats, mammals and other precious flora and fauna. It also plans to dig up more soil and rock than was done for the preparation of the London 2012 Olympic site. And all of this before EDF has even submitted an application to the Infrastructure Planning Commission for its planned new nu-killer power station. But worry ye not, because EDF says that if it doesn't get permission to build its new nu-killer reactor (or if it changes its mind for economic or other reasons), then it will restore the land to its former glory.

More photos of the beautiful land EDF wants to trash here:  http://tinyurl.com/44e8vow

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Frack Off! 500 ft high Banner Drop Off Blackpool Tower

06-08-2011 10:43

Blackpool Tower 1
Early Saturday morning anti-fracking [1] campaigners climbed 500 feet to hang two banners [2] from the iconic Blackpool Tower raising awareness about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas spreading to the UK. The two climbers was were later arrested by police when they descended, but not before having their lives risked by Blackpool Tower workers who attacked them with a pressure washer while they dangled hundreds of feet above the ground.

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66 Recent International Animal Rights News Stories And Campaigns

04-08-2011 21:40

French pate, African ivory burned, KFC continues scalding live chickens in defeathering, McDonald's expands cowkilling further in China, Japan trains police to deal with protests of dolphin killers, Korean activists shut down dog meat festival, Latvians protest UK bear skins,
etc.

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International Call For Resistance Support in the Susa Valley, Italy

04-08-2011 18:57

This is a call for a forest occupation to aid the popular resistance in Val di Susa against the construction of a high-speed train line in the Italian Alps.

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Campaigners welcome MOX nuclear fuel plant closure, call for end to reprocessing

04-08-2011 10:34

Campaigners welcome MOX plant closure, call for end to reprocessing

Kick Nuclear - 4 August 2011

Kick Nuclear welcomes yesterday's announcement that the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication plant at Sellafield, Cumbria is to close, but demands an end to reprocessing and to highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel transports through London and across the country.

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Eviction callout from ZAD (occupied area against airport construction, France)

03-08-2011 12:44

Callout for support, to come, to the occupied area of Notre Dame des Landes (france) to organise against the coming evictions....

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To resist to eviction, list of stuff or skipping places

02-08-2011 06:18


Some ideas of what we need to organise our defence, (lawsuit for ilegal occupations are the 11 and the 17 of august). If you have materials, ideas of place to do skipping of listed stuffs, or if you have something that can interess us, you can transport it to “the planchettes”, or contact us by mail,  zad@riseup.net

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Stop The Bycatch Killers.com

02-08-2011 00:18

Need help organizing against the Hippocrisy coming out of the Bering Sea Cod Co-op,and Freezer Longline Coalition, and Marine Steward Council _seattle Issuance of sustainable award to longliners who miss interpret bycatch tallying process,..the longliner catcher processor subsector act, allowed for a year round genociding of sustainable fishing holes..presently,if the longliners get fish off hook before passes threshold of railing (resulting in death on particular boats who paid off key u.s. senators and house members to ignore national marine fisheries science center findings , that called for restrictions in western aleutians,overthrown by Alaska Crab Coalition, Freezer longline coalition ,alaska cod commission, and bering sea cod fishery , and 6 other groups who trade Individual fishing quotas with commodity speculators hiding behind u.s. fishing vessels,allowing Hedge funds to deduct up to 50%-70%-, with 81.9% on c/p's,that Never Pay the working deadliest crews % on 70 %, all while trading the i.f.q. (individual fishing quota) with another boat and get automatic royalty on unsuspecting crews..

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Peace News Camp: visit to Huntington Lane Protest Site

01-08-2011 16:51

then (October 2010)
Last Saturday, a total of twelve people taking part in the Peace News Summer Camp visited Huntington Lane Anti-UK Coal protest site, situated less than 10 miles from where the camp was being held in Shropshire. Threatened with imminent eviction, the site needs your support and solidarity now.

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Huntington Lane Protest Site Facing Eviction - An Invitation

31-07-2011 15:56

Don't Quarry - Be Happy!
Huntington Lane protest site is facing imminent eviction. All legal papers have been served and a possession order for the land granted to UK Coal, so anybody who is up for spending time outdoors camping in beautiful woodland would be really welcome and appreciated right now. Whether you can spend a few hours, days or stay until the eviction, please, if you have the time to spare, come down and enjoy this space while it's still here. Even if you can't stay, there are plenty of opportunities for digger diving and other solidarity actions. All support welcome.

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Delivering the answer to GM spuds in Norwich

30-07-2011 09:04

Growers from across the country kick off the campaign against field testing.

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Politically motivated (presumably) supsension of Alaskan scientist

29-07-2011 14:08

A scientist working for the US government who identified the link between polar bear deaths by drowning and climate change, has been suspended after a complaint from an unidentified source. This is thought to be a politically motivated suspension as oil companies are currently lobbying to drill in the Arctic next year.

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Mayo - Shell’s construction stopped for fifth consecutive day

28-07-2011 19:23

-- Campaigners blockading heavy vehicles prevent construction of Shell’s onshore pipeline -- Press release from earlier today - more details from today plus photos to follow as soon as the folk involved catch their breath!

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Who Is Causing the 90 to 150 Degree Days? How To Cool Down the Earth?

28-07-2011 17:25

39 ways to cool down the earth in summer and warm it in winter... please multipost

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Outdoor Skillshare 2011 location released!

28-07-2011 14:38

This year's Outdoor Skillshare will take place at Talamh Housing Cooperative in South Lanarkshire. The skillshare runs 26-29 August, but get there on Thursday and leave on Tuesday to make sure you don't miss anything!

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Sab Benefit: Active Minds/Jew-Dis/Shankland/Powered By Tofu/Fear The Wolfingtons

27-07-2011 22:56

Fri 5th August · 19:30 - 23:30
The Riverside, 1 Mobray ST, Sheffield

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Sea Shepherd Film Showing In Sheffield

27-07-2011 22:47

Sunday August 7th, 6:30PM
Upstairs in The Rutland Arms, Brown Street, Sheffield. S1 2BS

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Earth First! Summer Gathering Update.

25-07-2011 17:09

Location announced, workshop schedule published, and how the kids space is going to work. All for the Earth First Summer Gathering which begins on the 10th of August and runs until the 15th.

Get in touch if you need more information.