UK Ecology Newswire Archive
The g8bikeride invites you to...
01-06-2005 12:19
Join us on the first leg of our trip, London to Redfield Low-Impact Living Initiative (near Milton Keynes). Ride with us the whole way (about 50 miles) or just for the start.Spodden Valley: Crushed Asbestos factory- are locals praying for more rain?
01-06-2005 11:37
With the onset of summer and the possibility of hot, dry weather, official concern has been raised about large piles of crushed rubble on the site of the former Turner Brothers asbestos factory in the Spodden Valley, Rochdale.
High-profile climate change campaigner goes nuclear
28-05-2005 19:18
Second ciclonudista (world naked bike demonstration)
27-05-2005 13:15
¡Naked before the traffic! ¡Justice on the streets!
WHY CLOSE THE G8? (audio from the film)
25-05-2005 15:45
(MP3 - 14 mins 14secs - 48kbps mono - 4.9MB)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/whycloseg8_final.mp3 Countryside Properties. Asbestos criticisms voiced in Parliament...
25-05-2005 13:10
In an unprecedented move, asbestos victims and asbestos environmental concerns have just been made the subject of a Maiden Speech in Parliament.The controversial planning application for 600 houses at the former Turner & Newall Asbestos factory in the Spodden Valley was addressed in the maiden speech of Rochdale’s new MP Paul Rowen.
Here are some of the excerpts: (as reported at:
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/news.asp?ID=624 ) Nimby psudo civilivians ignored by ministers over wind
25-05-2005 12:49
Recently there have been well funded campaigns and a large 'protest rally' against wind power. There are domonstratable connections between proponents of nuclear and some of these anti-wind 'astro turf' groups. With money and resources from the nuke industry and the PR industry the groups attract middle englands middle class nimbies...But thankfully their attempts to put a spanner in plans to expand the number of wind farms in the UK seems to have failed...
Transport minister pied for support of Heathrow expansion lobby
24-05-2005 23:12
Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Transport, was pied today at the launch event of a powerful new industry coalition, 'Future Heathrow', formed to ensure expansion of Heathrow goes ahead. Meanwhile over 100 local residents took time off work to demonstrate outside the CBI HQ launch event, with a huge banner reading 'Future Heathrow Stinks', and a new report that concludes that Heathrow contributes little to the national or local economy, but simply lines the pockets of the aviation industry. Future Heathrow is led by Clive Soley, once a Labour MP, now Lord Soley, now heading up this sleazy bunch of planet trashers with a multi-million pound budget to over ride the residents and the planet. Nobody expected the Secretary of State to make the phenomenally stupid mistake of so publicly siding with the aviation industry over such a controversial project. But he did, and was repaid with carrot cake, cream and major political embarrassment.Critical Mass ride on Friday
24-05-2005 19:23
Another critical mass this Friday, Chinatown Gate, 6.30pm!! Be there or be a bit crap.An account of London Rising Tide’s treesit at BP HQ, April 26-29th 2005
23-05-2005 13:57
an account of London Rising Tide’s treesit at BP HQ, April 26-29th 2005
Clarkson's sad anti green stunt..
21-05-2005 15:05
Car addicted twat Jeremy Clarkson chained himself to a London Bus in attempt to ridicule eco protestors.
FBI- Eco militants are biggest terror threat
21-05-2005 14:59
So it begins... (FBI reeckon eco warriors are worse thananyone else)
Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill [NAIL] Protest against expansion
20-05-2005 22:49
The communerty is walking in Oxford
20-05-2005 14:25
slowsmall peasants on Resonance FM
20-05-2005 11:53
2-3pm every Fridaylisten via:
http://www.resonancefm.com or 104.4FM in central London
THIS WEEK: mining
An international project in service to the victims of Chernobyl disaster
19-05-2005 19:23
Creation of the"CRIIRAD - Bandazhevsky" Laboratory
in Belarus
Indigenous People occupy their lands in Brazil
19-05-2005 11:14
continues today with 500 Tupinikim and Guarani participating.
Aracruz will go to court, according to their comments in the media
yesterday.
More news later on.
Article on the forests of silence follows.
Forests of Silence—Terra de Resistancia
On Wednesday the 16th of February 2005 the Kyoto Protocol came into effect. As well as attempting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the international agreement also aims to offset carbon pollution through sequestration methods known as clean development mechanisms.
One of the CDM’s included in the Kyoto Protocol are so called planted forests. All over the world, millions of hectares of living trees are being planted or planted. As well as providing rich industrialised countries with valuable resources such as paper pulp, these ‘planted forests' also theoretically absorb carbon from the atmosphere and are a major market mechanism for combating climate change.
SPEAKERS IN LONDON TO CALL FOR END TO ABUSE OF UK DEVELOPMENT AID
18-05-2005 00:00
Advance: 18 – 20th May 2005SPEAKERS IN LONDON TO CALL FOR END TO ABUSE OF UK DEVELOPMENT AID*
Campaigners from Ghana, Nigeria, Georgia and Guatemala arrive in London this week to call on the UK Government to stop funding oil, gas and mining projects through development aid. The visit comes ahead of the crucial G8 meeting in July, when leaders will discuss issues of poverty and climate change.