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350 and 10:10 action in Sheffield

24-10-2009 16:42

Activists from the Sheffield Campaign against Climate Change,

http://sites.google.com/site/scaccweb/ created the numbers 350,

http://350.org/ and 10:10,

http://www.1010uk.org/ with their bodies on a damp Saturday afternoon in Sheffield on 24th October 2009 - International Day of Climate Action.

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'the Age of Stupid'

23-10-2009 09:01

details for event, screening of film

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U.S. Peak Oil Conference Conflicted Amidst The Oil Recession

22-10-2009 20:31

Upon the first global recession influenced by the peaking of oil extraction and record high prices, the question for "peak oilers" arises: does peak oil and energy decline mean great profits for modernizing industry, or is peak oil the beginning of huge changes in lifestyle toward sustainability after societal collapse?

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Iran makes significant concession to defuse nuclear standoff

22-10-2009 13:26

After three days of haggling in Vienna, a draft agreement was finalised yesterday to ship the bulk of Iran’s low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for further enrichment and processing into fuel for its research reactor in Tehran. The talks conducted under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) involved the US, Russia, France and Iran.

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Rossport Update - Illegal Shell Works halted for a Day

22-10-2009 08:57

Today, Wednesday 21 October, Shell to Sea stopped work at an illegal Shell site for the entire day when a campaigner climbed onto the arm of a digger which was laying bog mats, in preparation for drilling works.

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The Triple Crunch: Risks & Opportunities – Ann Pettifor

21-10-2009 22:28

Attached is a recording of and the slides from a talk by Ann Pettifor, the second of 3 'Plan 2050 Environment Lectures', organised by Sheffield Cathedral and the Sheffield Campaign against Climate Change, which was held on Wednesday 21th October 2009.

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Germany: Solidarity action against E.on

21-10-2009 21:17

In the town of Goettingen, Germany, activists decorated the local E.OFF building in solidarity with the activists in Ratcliffe.

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Shell recruitment event disrupted in Oxford

21-10-2009 20:45

Shell's annual graduate recruitment event aimed at schmoozing Oxford University students was disrupted by local activists tonight who heckled, switched off displays and audio equipment, gave an alternative speech and chatted to the students.

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Urgent: Please object to large biofuel power station in Sheffield

20-10-2009 14:17

If you live in or near Sheffield and can help in any way with campaigning against this planned biofuel power station, please email us at

info@biofuelwatch.org.uk. Thanks.

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Fences Down East side Ratcliffe - Follow Climate Swoop Action here

17-10-2009 12:00

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None of the fences electrified! 2 down, 1 to go! De-fence! De-fence! #swoop
by climatecamp via twitter at 12:54 PM

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#bike #swoop heard cops: they're trying to kettle us at an entrance on th A453
by tristamsparks via twitter

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Fences down on east side of Ratcliffe — go go go! The best attack is a good de-fence... #swoop
by climatecamp via twitter at 12:53 PM

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Climate rush: peoples being pulled over by filth on route.

16-10-2009 20:41

activists not even heavily involved in climate change campaigns have been pulled all over.

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Shell work in Mayo pre-empts planning decision

16-10-2009 09:40

This is a link to a longer article from Indymedia Ireland. Shell have once again demonstrated that the only law that applies to them in Erris is their own by begining work on a site Rossport without waiting for the decision from An Bord Pleanála.

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Swoop on Eon two days early

15-10-2009 17:18

Just days before the Great Climate Swoop, the Camp for Climate Action has upped the ante in its bitter battle with energy giant e.on, by publicly occupying it flagship public relations YouTube channel, Talking Energy.

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handy Ratcliffe map for the weekend

15-10-2009 13:45

Since Ratcliffe on Soar power station lies right on the junction of 3 OS25 maps, I've stitched together a compound image which prints out reasonably well on A4

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Ratcliffe Panorama

14-10-2009 22:27

Panorama of the Ratcliffe Power Station

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Ratcliffe 114 - one more charged, now 25

13-10-2009 23:33

Reported in the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/oct/13/climate-activists-nottingham

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London Mobilisation for Mother Earth

13-10-2009 15:16

Protesters met in London on Monday 12 Sept as a part of an international day in support of the 'Minga' - the united struggles by Latin American native people - and to protest against the increasing threat of agro-fuels both to them and, through global warming to the planet as a whole. Photos Coypright (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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Vestas Wind shares decline 10/10/2009

12-10-2009 17:05

Shares of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines with facilities in Colorado, dropped to the lowest since April in Copenhagen after Svenska Handelsbanken AB cut its recommendation to "reduce" from "accumulate."

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Whither Resilience and Transition? Why 'Peak Oil' Has Yet to Outlive its Usefulness

12-10-2009 14:05

It's been a fascinating few days. Early in the week, Nate Hagens and Sharon Astyk were suggesting the perhaps the term 'peak oil' has outlived its usefulness, given that we have almost certainly peaked, and that the peak oil movement needs to shift its focus. It echoed something I wrote a while ago, likening ASPO and the wider peak oil movement to a Loch Ness Monster Society, dedicated to establishing the existence of this fabled creature. They organise conferences, scientific searches of the loch, write papers and journals, and then one day, an entire, intact Loch Ness Monster washes up on the shore. Then what? They have no reason to exist any longer, their whole raison d'etre vanishes overnight.