UK Indymedia

Switch Off Hazelwood

14-09-2009 13:17

Direct action to shut down Hazelwood coal-fired power station, the largest producer of carbon emissions in Australia, one of the dirtiest industrial plants in the world.

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Transition Town Worthing announces The End of Suburbia film event

14-09-2009 13:11

Transition Town Worthing will be screening the critically-acclaimed documentary The End of Suburbia at the Sidney Walter Centre on Sunday 27th September, at 7.30pm. This hard-hitting film explores what the end of cheap oil means for “the American dream” - and the rest of us.

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Australian activists breach fence of power plant - now lets shut down Ratcliffe!

14-09-2009 11:46

http://www.switchoffhazelwood.org/

http://indymedia.org.au/2009/09/09/switch-off-hazelwood-coverage

"Approximately five hundred people took part in today's historic action at the Hazelwood coal power station, while 22 people managed to get themselves arrested while attempting to slap a 'Community Decommission Order' on Hazelwood.

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Transition Nottingham Urban Harvest Festival

13-09-2009 12:23

Nottingham communities prepare for this year’s urban harvest
What will we do with this year’s bumper crop?
The festival is part of ‘Season Nottingham’ – a year round programme of events promoting positive, local and seasonal solutions to the ecological and economic challenges we face in Nottingham as we try to feed ourselves and our families.

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Vestas Blade Blockade Steps Up The Pressure By Setting Up A Tripod at Sunsrise

10-09-2009 09:27

On the morning of Thursday 10 September a tripod has now successfully been erected at the marine gate preventing blades from leaving the factory. A worker from the original occupation is currently standing at the top of the tripod as the blockade prepares for an increase in activity on both sides.

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Afghanistan's First Oil and Gas Licensing Round

09-09-2009 16:10

If evidence were ever needed as to the resilience of oil companies and their willingness to do business in some of world’s most hostile environments then surely it would be worth drawing on the story of Afghanistan.

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Contact Eldelman Managment (STOP KINGSNORTH)

09-09-2009 16:10

Edelmen UK are trying to get public support for E-On's new coal powered poer station at Kingsnorth. They are also manipulatig the media (not that they would have to try too hard!) to try and get positive articles in the press relating to the proposed new power station.
Remember Its not built yet and it never will be if we stand up in defence of the earth! Contact them and ask the to stop helping E-On!

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Contact Scott Wilson - Stop Kingsnorth!

09-09-2009 15:49

E-on are paying Scott Wilson to help push their plans for kingsnorth and to try and make E-on look a better company. To build something like a new powerstation a company has to carry out lots of research and it would appear that they have been using scott wilson to do this. If they can't carry out all the assesments they can't build Kingsnorth.
There is no way that scott wilson have the intrest of the enviroment or locals at heart, all they care about is the money they are being paid by kingsnorth.
Contact them and ask them to stop helping towards the planning and construction of Kingsnorth!

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Drax 29

09-09-2009 14:29

The Drax 29 hijacked a train on the way to a coal-fired power station, an action of civil disobedience to highlight an environmental crime.

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Locations For Targets (Kingsnorth Campaign)

09-09-2009 14:20

There are 5 companies after the contract for Kingsnorth. However if they get enough hassle for chasing the contract then they won’t bother anymore, it also a great way to show them what they are in for if they do get the contract. We must be relentless in our campaign as we are fighting for all life current and future.

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Climate camp Blackheath site now returned to how it was.

07-09-2009 14:12

Just so any nimby hippy haters can't accuse us of leaving the wonderful Blackheath site as a shit heap, here's the proof that climate activists respect their sites and don't leave them looking like the average festival.

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Climate Swoop and COP 15 Mobilisation Call Out

07-09-2009 13:44

This is going to be hot Autumun of Climate Action - we are are oprganising a mobilisation tour of the UK and we need your help! Local groups from all over the country are being called upon to organise and resist!

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Vestas - New camp set up to blockade the blades

07-09-2009 10:22

A new camp has been set up bt the river in Newport to prevent the final blades and mold from leaving the factory. Come and join us, sign up to the 24 hour rota, hold a workshop, chop firewood and prepare for action!

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Don't Build Kingsnorth - adopt a contractor

06-09-2009 13:04

Six companies are currently bidding for the contract to build a new coal power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, for the giant power company E.ON. This would be the first new UK coal power station for 30 years. Kingsnorth would produce over 8 million tonnes of CO2 per year, equivalent to the entire emissions of a country like Ghana.

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Whose Blades? Our Blades! Whose Factory? Our Factory!

05-09-2009 14:22

"We have definitely stopped them from removing the blades from Newport. 25-30 supporters from the mainland plus the hard core of the workers set up a camp to blockade the Marine Gate today. Our thinking is that, seeing the size of the mobilisation today, Vestas decided not to come to Newport. Both this camp, and the 'Magic Roundabout' camp in front of the factory will be maintained - and will have kitchens, running water, and power. Join the blockades!"

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Camp for Climate Action - Some Thoughts

05-09-2009 13:51

Despite what some people are saying about climate camp i.e. it’s full of middle class students who only do fluffy actions, my impression was completely different.

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Stop Ffos-Y-Fran. InformAction

05-09-2009 13:20

"This opencast mine is a massive scheme that will blight our lives for at least the next 17 years, and it's only 37 Metres from the nearest housing estate and edge of a large community! We are suffering desperately with the noise from the operation (60dbA+ at times and regularly at 55dbA) and - to varying degrees governed by the topography, weather conditions, and wind direction - from the dirt and dust output also."

http://www.stopffosyfran.co.uk/index.html

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Vestas blockade - help urgently needed on the Isle of Wight

04-09-2009 14:48

Workers and supporters at the Vestas wind turbine factory in Newport on the Isle of Wight are attempting to stop the remaining blades being shipped out of the factory. This is the only leverage the workers, who have been hung out to dry, really have left against the company.

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e.on coal plant in Datteln stopped by court

04-09-2009 13:58

e.on, the company trying to build a new coal fired plant in Kingsnorth, has problems with the construction of a coal plant in Datteln/Germany. A court ruled that the construction has to stop.

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270 Gorleben tractors join Berlin run

04-09-2009 09:51

270 tractors have left the Gorleben area to join the anti-nuclear trek to Berlin on Friday for a demonstration expected to attract tens of thousands in the capital on Saturday.
On the eve of the departure more farmers called in wanting to be part of the protest at the last minute, said Hans-Werner Zachow of the Farmers Emergency Community.