UK Ecology Newswire Archive
Secret nuclear waste disposal sites revealed
10-06-2005 21:19
New Scientist has published details of nuke disposal sites;
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7504
Week of Action For Keeping Sainsbury's To Their Word On GM Animal Feed
10-06-2005 16:29
To encourage supermarkets to keep their commitment to stop selling GM fed meat and dairy a wide range of organisations have come together to hold morning vigils outside Sainsbury’s Head Quarters in central London.Titnore Update
09-06-2005 19:06
From today's Worthing Herald:"Controversial plans to build hundreds of new homes have been
recommended for approval - despite more than 1,000 complaints from angry
residents...
More problems for builder planning asbestos factory housing development?
09-06-2005 00:25
Rochdale Councillors vote unanimously against Countryside Properties and MMC Estates road closure:In their bid to build over 600 homes and a children’s nursery on the site of the world’s largest asbestos textile factory, Countryside Properties and MMC Estates have just run into more problems:
'Shell'shock over oil giants plans in Russian far east
08-06-2005 14:52
oil giant Shell is causing more 'concern' over it's drilling plans for gas on Sakhalin,Russia. Just across fromJapan.... (Was it ever thus?..)
Local Transport Plans : You Can Change Them
08-06-2005 11:55
County Councils and Unitary Authorities are publishing the first drafts of their Local Transport Plans covering the period 2006-2011. Now is the time to object to developments that could damage the environment.Local Transport Plans : You Can Change Them!
08-06-2005 10:27
The 2006-2011 Local Transport Plans are being published by all English Councils. They have to contain all potential road developments taking place in the area the plans cover. You can make sure they don't happen.Exclusive premiere STILL WE RIDE - London thursday 16th
07-06-2005 22:31
the rampART is proud to present...A SPECIAL FREE PRE G8 BIKE RIDE PREMIERE
... THURSDAY 16TH JUNE 8PM
Earth First! Summer Gathering 2005
07-06-2005 17:47
Dewch ynghyd i rannu a chasglu syniadau fel y gallwyn amddiffyn ein daear rhag dinistr
Wednesday 17th - Sunday 21st August
Peak District
Phone: 0845 355 0111
http://www.earthfirstgathering.org.uk/ Earth First! is not a cohesive group or campaign, but a convenient banner to work under for people who share similar ideas. The general principles behind the name are non-hierarchical organisation and the use of direct action to stop, and eventually reverse, the forces that are responsible for the destruction of the earth and its inhabitants.
Since 1992 many of the people under this banner have come together at gatherings to meet, socialise, discuss and organise direct action. This year's gathering will take place in the Peak District. Here, in our first national park, is some of Britain's most spectacular landscape.
Speaker event: Coca Cola - behind the greenwash
07-06-2005 16:14
Talks and discussion thursday about coke's environmental and human rights abuses - very relevant at the moment because of the Water Sustainability Scholarship it offers at Linacre College.G8 2005: Why Are People Protesting?
07-06-2005 02:52
Tony Blair recently said "it would be very odd if people came to protest against this G8... I don’t quite know what they’ll be protesting against" - a comment that underlies the way that the UK Government has been working to paint the G8 as a progressive force for good when it comes to tackling Climate Change, Poverty and Debt.ANCIENT WOODLAND UNDER THREAT!!!
06-06-2005 20:53
Urgent Titnore Woods protest
06-06-2005 19:18
CRUNCH day is approaching in the battle to save the last piece of greenfield and ancient woodland in Worthing, West Sussex.After years of delay and massive public opposition, Worthing Borough Council is preparing to give the go-ahead to the plans for a 900-home estate on land at Titnore Woods.
In typically devious form, the council has avoided publicising the meeting - this Friday, June 10 - until the very last minute to try and stop opponents mobilising.
Vegan Festival in Birmingham
06-06-2005 14:11
Saturday 18 June ~ 9.30am-5pm ~ FREE ADMISSION
Carling Academy, Dale End, Birmingham City Centre - only 5 minutes walk from New Street/Moor Street Stations
The G8 - Why Be Angry?
06-06-2005 12:12
The G8 - Why Be Angry?Author Simon Tormey
Website:
http://www.word-power.co.uk http://www.word-power.co.uk/platform/The-G8-Why-Be-Angry Diggers invade the Walks - for a funfair
06-06-2005 12:04
Scientists vs Environmentalits - Thursday 9th of June at the Vaults
05-06-2005 22:37
WHICH IS THE BIGGER OBSTACLE TO
PROGRESS ON SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF CLIMATE CHANGE?
Listen, learn and join the debate!
Developing G8 Protests - G8Alternatives + Live8 - First Day of G8 Summit
05-06-2005 14:30
It's all happening!Very quick update on recent protest news re 1st day of the G8 Summit.
Amidst the frenzy around Ure and Geldof the other protests are lacking media coverage, not least the calls by groups to blockade the G8 Summit itself.
May Day Versus Loyalty Day
04-06-2005 18:01
May Day versus McCarthy era like "Loyalty Day" opened a UN Conference against Nuclear Weapons that seemed doomed by ambiguities and lack of reportage from its very start… including vagueUS intentions towards peace contrasted by recent trends and “nuclearised” weapons that support pre emptive strikes. Meanwhile, Israel still vague about possessing nuclear weapons adds to its crimes against humanity in the Occupied Territories by dumping its waste on someone else’s homeland.ART NOT OIL 2005: London June 9-18; visits Nat. Petroleum Gallery June 13th
02-06-2005 08:58
* Institute for Autonomy, 76-78 Gower Street, London WC1 (Goodge St. tube), 12-6pm, June 10-18th.
* June 9th launch night (6-10pm) includes exhibition, films, food, live music, talks & DIY anti-oil art.
* Monday 13th June, 6-8pm: mobile gallery outside the National Petroleum Gallery on the evening of the BP Portrait Award presentation ceremony.
- For postcards with this info (& a portrait of a BP-branded Saddam Hussein), email
info@artnotoil.org.uk ...and send us your art