UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

Waking up to Fracking and Associated Evils in Wrexham and Everywhere

31-03-2014 15:24

Fracking and its associated evils hadn't exactly escaped my attention, but it's only these past two weeks - with test drilling for coal bed methane happening 10 miles from my home - that I've made time to find out more and join in the resistance. This article is a summary of a few things I've learned, plus links, hopefully useful for anyone else in a similar position. I know it's not comprehensive - use it as a starting point. There are numerous extreme energy sites and potential sites around the country that all need our attention and resistance.

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Eco-Warriors Accuse Enfield Council of Corruption at Middlesex University

30-03-2014 17:16

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. - Lord Acton.
As if to symbolise the destruction of the earth itself, day by day the 400-year-old oak trees in the ancient woodlands at Middlesex university at Cat Hill Cockfosters Enfield north London, have been cut down while the eco-warriors support the blockade at the front gates by elderly local residents to protest against the blatant theft of their educational and environmental heritage by the crooked property developers London and Quadrant and the equally corrupt Enfield council.

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Resisting Together - Edinburgh, 29th March

23-03-2014 13:51

Resisting Together is an event of many ideas focussed on a single aim – the dissolution of Industrial Civilization through acts of resistance. There are many activists – community, political, radical individuals, groups and movements – operating both in the open and underground; we don’t agree on everything, but at our core we all seek to free humanity from the yoke of the industrial machine, the horror-play that the civilized world acts out every day, degrading the natural world and enslaving people in the pursuit of material wealth and power.

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The Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival

21-03-2014 18:39

The Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival will be the first major vegan festival ever to be held in Yorkshire with over 100 stalls and will attract thousands of people from all over the UK! The festival will take place in The Queens Hotel the heart of Leeds city centre on Saturday 10th May 2014 from 10am - 6pm.

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No Fracking in Farndon: Photo Report 2 - Protection Camp established

19-03-2014 18:02

Photos from last Sunday's Frack Off event at Farndon where Dart Energy is drilling for coal bed methane. Before the end of the day, a camp had been established on the grass verge near the site gates.

Beware! Drilling for coal bed methane, shale gas and other extreme energy exploration may well be coming to a site near you very soon. More on the Farndon events in this earlier report and photos.

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Climate Dark Age

18-03-2014 16:12

Dr. Michael Jennings says Earth's climate is already beyond the worst scenarios. Could a new Dark Age save us? Dr. Sing C. Chew says we are due. Edutainment for troubled times. Radio Ecoshock

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No Fracking in Farndon: Photo report 1 - on the verge.

16-03-2014 20:27

Over 200 people converged today on the site of Dart Energy's exploratory drilling for coal bed methane (CBM)at Kingsmarsh near the village of Farndon on the English/Welsh border. Some have stayed (see camp requirements below). As well as locals from Farndon and neighbouring villages, people came from all over including Wrexham, Chester, Deeside, Wirral, Liverpool, Fylde and a large contingent from Manchester and the Barton Moss Protection Camp where a stay of eviction pending an appeal hearing has just been secured until at least 26 March. More on the Farndon site here and here.

These first photos show a few of us converging on the verge on our way to the event, billed as Fight the Frack, and doing a bit of outreach to passing motorists on the A534. More pictures of the main event to follow.

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56 Oil Billionaires

13-03-2014 22:39

Oil belongs to a country, not to privateers. Petroplutocrats have destroyed the environment, have pricegouged the poor and all, have caused coups in socialist countries like Iran in 1953, have assassinated people, have caused runaway inflation, have conspired since the early 1900's to destroy train systems and electric car industries.

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video - chemical weapons mediterranean

12-03-2014 17:32

video - chemical weapons mediterranean

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Remember Fukushima London demo, Saturday 15 March 2014

12-03-2014 14:31

Remember Fukushima Demo, London, Sat. 15 March 2014

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Public meetings in Bristol & Avonmouth about new Biomass Power Station

09-03-2014 21:50

Following the successful campaign to delay the W4B biofuel power station planned in Avonmouth a new 100 megawatt Helius biomass power plant station has been approved by central government. It is currently seeking investment and can’t proceed without subsidy.

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American Fukushima

09-03-2014 18:13

On 3rd anniversary of Fukushima, two authors report American reactors are unsafe at any speed. Shocking risk. Plus audio from March 2 XL Pipeline dissent protest in D.C. & letter from youth. Radio Ecoshock 140312

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The California Drought - Climate Case Study?

04-03-2014 23:57

Despite recent rains, California's reservoirs are near empty, snow-pack light, and groundwater depleted. Four experts on a drought that really started in 2006, impacts on economy, food, farming, and nature. Dr. Peter Gleick, Dr. Jay Famiglietti, David Schroeder, Dr. Reagan Waskom

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factory farming poster

25-02-2014 19:26

downloadable poster or tshirt design, good 2 wear in the meat isle at your local stupor market.

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Biomess Awards: Vote and Alternative Awards Ceremony

25-02-2014 11:46

On 9th/10th April, the biggest corporates in the European biomass industry will be meeting for a conference in London. On the evening of the 9th, they will be treating themselves to a gala dinner and awards ceremony. Join us in showing contempt for this celebration of the profits of a few at the expense of many, by participating in our Alternative Awards Ceremony - and vote for the Biggest Biomass Baddie beforehand.

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The Merkel´s Actually Not So Sustainable Energy Scam

25-02-2014 11:39

The Merkel´s Actually Not So Sustainable Energy Scam

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The True Cost of Extreme Energy in Somerset & Bristol

21-02-2014 09:02

Frack Free Somerset are hosting a talk based around the ‘True Cost of Coal’ Banner, created by The Beehive Collective, from North America, a consensus-based volunteer-run graphics collective. The Banner tells the story of Mountain Top Removal in the Appalachian Mountains, and the contemporary story of energy, resource extraction and American Empire.

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Solidarity with NO TAV Struggle - Info Night in Bristol this Sunday

21-02-2014 08:52

An info night with film to highlight the ongoing struggle against TAV high speed rail in Italy and the State repression that faces those who choose to stop the monster of industry.

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North West Vegan Festival

20-02-2014 17:06

Until the 150+ stalls Northern Vegan Festival in Blackpool on September 13, 2014, the North West Vegan Festival in Lancaster on Saturday June 7, 2014 will be the biggest ever vegan festival in the North.

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Genocide Of 165,000 Geese And Mute Swans Planned In New York

18-02-2014 16:19

Please help stop New York from slaughtering 165,000 geese and mute swans.