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Gunning down rainforest protesters

25-12-2004 21:50

Corporate greed knows no bounds. Not content with destroying pristine rainforests in Tasmania, Gunns are threatening legal action against their critics in a crude attempt to silence them.

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STUDENT ENCOURAGES WORLD TO EMBRACE PRECAUTIONARY PRNCIPLE

24-12-2004 23:29

Los Angeles Unified 8th grade student NICHOLAS BAKER receives Los Angeles Times Community Service Award.

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london rising tide film night presents

23-12-2004 21:55

free film showing presented by london rising tide. Jan 9th, Cheeky Apocalypse and The Day After Tomorrow

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TREE MURDER IN SLOUGH

23-12-2004 17:00

TREE MURDER IN SLOUGH
On Sunday19th December Tesco cut down a 150 year old Cedar of Lebanon tree outside there Slough town centre store. Berkshire Tree Lovers ask people to contact the tree surgeons to protest against there environmental stupidity.

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Destruction of Rainforests in Tasmania

17-12-2004 16:25

Part of Tasmania is covered by a temperate rainforest. Less than 20% of the original rainforest is left, and at the current rate of destruction, what little remains will soon will be lost.

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Bin the Bid action

15-12-2004 12:51

the banner
People (who will neither confirm nor deny whether they're students or not) disrupted a 2012 'Back the Bid' presentation last night at the University of London Union last night.

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Kelda moves to privatize US water - Stop Aquarion in Holyoke, Mass.

13-12-2004 15:22

Holyoke dam on the Connecticut River

December 9, 2004

Open Letter to Kelda Group and the Aquarion Company

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 http://water.homestead.com

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New Doorstep Green in West Norfolk

13-12-2004 13:04

The Mayor and Dep Mayor stomp in a newly-planted tree
The Hardings Pits Community Assocation (HPCA) has planted 750 trees of
various sizes on the site of a former dump just to the south of the
mouth of the River Nar in King's Lynn.

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Over with Minatec (before it starts)

13-12-2004 10:24

Since 8 o'clock this monday december 13th, a group is occupying a Minatec's building
site's crane, in order to interrupt the construction for a day (two banners have been tied: "we stop everything" and "nanotechs = giga-control"). The
occupiers, supported by demonstrators on the ground, have unrolled a
banner against nanotechnologies (« here the industry of
totalitarianism »)
and distributed some tracts to the passers-by, calling them to join them
fast.

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German industry pushing for nuclear waste dump

13-12-2004 09:44

CAUTION! You are leaving the democratic sector for the Gorleben police state.
The German government, industry and anti-nuclear activists are arguing publicly again about final storage of nuclear waste. Industry wants a salt deposit experts condemn as unsafe. The activists want it scrapped altogether. And the environment minister is promising examination of three new sites but hasn’t moved on that in six years.
The president of the federation of industry, BDI, Michael Rogowski, has criticised the plans of environment minister, Jürgen Trittin (Greens), to start a fresh search for one storage for waste of varying radioactive intensities.

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ZAPATISTAS DENOUNCE ROAD AND BRIDGE BUILDING IN MEXICAN RAINFOREST

13-12-2004 00:23

Work is being carried out in the biosphere reserve of Montes Azules to plunder its riches. The Mexican government say it is to protect the rainforest but the Zapatistas say they are attacking the forest by building bridges.

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OLYMPIC SCANDAL - THE MAYOR STEALING TAXPAYERS MONEY

12-12-2004 10:13

Here is an extract of a Parliamentary question on the money grabbing that goes on behind the Olympics. It costs taxpayers money while promotes unethical companies like Coca-Cola, Nike and corrupt construction firms that are making millions out of public subsidies. Make a change, say no to a bid that it for big business and not you and your children.

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undercurrents video of angel nanotech action

11-12-2004 17:58

Video
The is a short edit, just the highlights and clearer sound and a long edit of the whole action

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Michael Crichton in London to promote Anti-Environmentalist novel

10-12-2004 15:39

Jurassic Park-author and climate change-denier Michael Crichton is in London signing copies of his new novel State of Fear, about Eco-Terroists who use machines to fake environmental disasters

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worldwide climate change conference in Buenos Aires

09-12-2004 20:19

The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change is taking place in Argentina from 6 to 17 December 2004.
Over 6,000 participants are gathering in Buenos Aires to decide on the fate
of the global climate. After Russia´s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol,
it is now coming into effect on 16 February 2005. Following are the comments of a participant at the conference.

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Walks Users Criticise Obscure Planning Application

09-12-2004 13:35

A view of the Walks as they are today
The Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk submitted an environmentally damaging planning application for the Walks (an urban park) during National Tree Week and not mentioning the tree clearances in the summary of the application or during replies to public questions at the last council meeting.

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University decides to go ahead with £12M environmentally unfriendly car park

07-12-2004 15:16

The Council of the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, yesterday, decided to go ahead with plans to build a huge decked multi-storey car park, expected to cost at least £12 million, despite a campaign by coalition of local campaign groups demanding that sustainable transport options are developed instead.

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Maelstrom infosquat - 7 Weeks On

07-12-2004 12:28

Maelstrom is an info-squat based in Leeds. We are entering our seventh week in occupation of the building, which we have made our home and collective project.

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Oppose flouridation of our water in Manchester, North West of England

06-12-2004 20:48

We know that Manchester is the target for the first new fluoridation scheme. Any organisation concerned with public health, environment & Human Rights should be getting behind the campaign to stop this now!

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Mature trees felled in Manchester University 'improvements'

06-12-2004 14:41

The trees that have been felled
Manchester University has felled several mature trees as part of its 'improvements' to a pathway.