UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

Nuclear Accident Southern France

17-09-2011 14:00

Accident at nuclear plant southern France near Avignon&the city of Nimes,50 miles north west of Marseilles&100miles NW of Cannes, westerly wind at this time of year will likely be taking any pollution into the mainland. Nuclear monitoring groups in the region report test levels of radiation 10 times above normal.

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Activism against Tar Sands, for a stable climate

15-09-2011 23:20

Interview w. Tzeporah Berman, of Forest Ethics, now co-director of the Climate & Energy Campaign for Greenpeace. Plus clip from launch of her new book "This Crazy Time". From Earthbeat radio reporter Daphne Wysham, Naomi Klein outside the White House - at Keystone XL Pipeline protest. Klein exposes conspiracy to export Tar Sands oil to Europe, using cloak of American patriotism. Indigenous Environment Network Director Tom Goldtooth & Tar Sands victims in Canada & U.S

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Solidarity Call For Gerze Community-Turkey

13-09-2011 20:59

Solidarity Call for Gerze Community in Turkey, who successfully defended its land against the power plant company and the state violence

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‘Rain & Fire’ – Statement from a UK FAI sector

13-09-2011 12:46

statement by a UK sector of international informal anarchist federation

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Growing Through The Storm

12-09-2011 17:12

How can we prepare for challenging times? 3 interviews: "Peak Oil Shrink" Kathy McMahon from Vermont on unexpected lessons from Hurricane Irene. Urban homesteader Jules Dervaes - food self-sufficiency on a city lot. Richard Heinberg on coping with the End of Growth

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Urgent Appeal - Sab Van Stolen!! Donate Now!!

10-09-2011 06:59

The Sheffield & Doncaster Hunt Saboteurs van was stolen this morning

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Worldwide Animals Pitchforked, Boiled Alive, Bombed, Trapped, Starved, Abandoned

05-09-2011 14:52

Please see the video links at the end of the post
for documentation

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Conservation organisations merge in effort to build momentum on bluefin tuna

01-09-2011 18:52

The European conservation organisation The Black Fish and the Belgian organisation How To Save The Bluefin have merged as of today in an effort to build a stronger alliance in the fight against bluefin tuna overfishing. The two organisations will continue together as one under the banner of The Black Fish. Diederik Jeangout and Michael Dilissen of How To Save The Bluefin are happy with the move: "Bluefin tuna needs our attention and we are serious about achieving real change for this endangered fish. We need to build a stronger movement to create the necessary change and we feel that within The Black Fish we can make this happen".

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The fox cub hunting and sabbing begins

30-08-2011 21:25

Fox hunters begin to train their young hounds to kill by hunting fox cubs

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UK Activists at German Coal Blockade

30-08-2011 16:27

Since 10.30 this morning a group of over 50 activists have been blockading a coal transport railway in the Cologne area. The action takes place at the same time as the nearby international Climate Camp, protesting the open-cast mining of brown coal (www.klimacamp2011.de)

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Critical Mass

27-08-2011 02:09

London Critical Mass ride this friday was an excellent ride

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Rossport – if Tuesday was not mad enough try today

25-08-2011 23:20

MEP assaulted, work halted for six hours, campaigners drive into
refinery and bounced back out again four hours later

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The Black Fish is looking for crew members

25-08-2011 20:33

The marine protection organisation The Black Fish is looking for people to join its direct action team and future ship's crew. "In order to be effective in our marine conservation campaigns, we need to be out at sea, opposing the most destructive fishing and hunting activities, where they happen away from the public eye." For this reason The Black Fish is working towards the purchase of an ocean going vessel and is looking for crew members.

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Film Night: Reclaiming our Food System

25-08-2011 14:35

6 Billion Ways presents an evening of short films, interspersed with discussion from expert speakersm, to explore the idea of 'food sovereignty', a way of putting people and planet first and challenging the corporate dominance that makes our food system so unsustainable. Asian Dub Foundation’s John Pandit will then kick up some tunes while you dance, chat or find out more about food justice campaigning.

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Day of Chaos against Shell at Aghoos Compound

23-08-2011 22:01

A mass trespass stops work, one person on top of a digger for 4 hours

Today 25 people from Rossport Solidarity Camp sustained a barrage of actions against the site Shell is preparing for its tunnel boring machine. Despite 80 security and three vans of gardaí they were unable to keeps the protesters out. In the chaos that ensued one person got through the lines to d-lock themselves to one of the diggers and remained up there stopping work for 4 hours. Elsewhere other diggers had to stop working as protestors approached.

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US Presidential Candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry: A Bilderberger Criminal

22-08-2011 17:56

As Cameron has his idly rich foxhunting supporters, Perry has his coterie
of petroplutocrats, pharmaceutical vivisectors like Merck, malathion
manufacturers, cattle ranchers, feedlot owners and butchers.

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