UK Indymedia

Ratcliffe Power Station 'Climate Swoop' 3

16-11-2009 13:27

On Saturday 17th october, around one thousand climate activists had attempted to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power station in Nottinghamshire, taking direct action with repeated breaches of the security fencing.

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Ratcliffe Power Station 'Climate Swoop' 2

16-11-2009 13:20

On Saturday 17th october, around one thousand climate activists had attempted to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power station in Nottinghamshire, taking direct action with repeated breaches of the security fencing.

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Ratcliffe Power Station 'Climate Swoop' 1

16-11-2009 13:12

On Saturday 17th october, around one thousand climate activists had attempted to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power station in Nottinghamshire, taking direct action with repeated breaches of the security fencing.

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Searching for a Miracle: ‘Net Energy’ Limits & the Fate of Industrial Society

14-11-2009 12:46

THIS REPORT IS INTENDED as a non-technical examination of a basic question: Can any combination of known energy sources successfully supply society’s energy needs at least up to the year 2100? In the end, we are left with the disturbing conclusion that all known energy sources are subject to strict limits of one kind or another.

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Peak Coal Could Mean Blackouts - Richard Heinberg

12-11-2009 05:06

Radio Ecoshock interview with Richard Heinberg on his new book "Coal, Climate Change, and the Last Energy Crisis". Known for Peak Oil exertise, (author of "The Party's Over", and "Powerdown") - Heinberg blows up the myth of coal reserves. Will Peak Coal come in time to save the planet?

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Climate Change, Nuclear Power and Democracy

11-11-2009 15:46

The governments proposals to bypass public scrutiny to implement a new generation of Nuclear power plants raises important questions for the climate change movement.

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Joe Glenton Arrested.

11-11-2009 14:43

The soldier currently serving with the Royal Logistic Corps has been arrested.

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Nuclear Power? No Thanks!

11-11-2009 10:05

The facts about why Nuclear is a dead end street...

Knowledge is Power!

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Council 'minded' to approve doubling of flights at Farnborough Airport

10-11-2009 14:42

Rushmoor Borough Council, the local planning authority, is 'minded' to approve a doubling of flights and consequential doubling of carbon emissions at Farnborough Airport. The planning committee meets Wednesday evening 11 November 2009.

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Audio: Transition North Conference

07-11-2009 00:22

Attached are recordings of the opening plenary session and the closing plenary session from the Transition North conference which was held on 6th November 2009 in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire,

http://transitionnorth.net/

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Responsible Travel pulls out of carbon offsetting!

06-11-2009 14:10

On BBC Radio 4 You and Yours today, Responsible Travel said they had pulled out of carbon offsetting because it does not work!

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apex drilling visited - MAINSHILL SOLIDARITY action

05-11-2009 13:16

apex drilling @ bridgend sabotaged by anti opencast activists.

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Shell recruitment event disrupted (video)

05-11-2009 00:30

A couple of weeks ago mischief-makers disrupted a Shell careers talk in Oxford, in solidarity with those around the world affected by their operations. This is the video of the action...

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229 Minute Afghanistan Vigil, Cenotaph, London - pictures.

04-11-2009 21:19

The day after another 5 British soldiers lose their lives in Afghanistan, peace campaigners gather at the Cenotaph War Memorial to hold a 229 minute vigil for each and every soldier killed so far.

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Wind turbines on buildings

31-10-2009 14:16

Wind turbines on apartments. Cosmetic window dressing, an exercise in futility, as functional they are not.

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The Biggest Social Eco site to hit the world wide web since Facebook/Twitter

28-10-2009 23:21

A social eco site for the protection of the planet and its biodiversity.
It is Free to join and its totally Free to use.

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Radiation Tax proposed to protect DNA ?

28-10-2009 22:31

No.

But a Carbon Tax has been proposed to protect the Nuclear Industry.

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Didcot protest over - 20 arrested

28-10-2009 09:44

At 4.30 am, the nine occupiers of the chimney stack at Didcot power station came down and were immediately arrested. That brings the total arrests to 20, after the 11 locked on to the coal conveyors were arrested in the first 24 hours.

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IATA to cut CO2 emission by 50% by 2050!

26-10-2009 14:15

The international aviation body IATA has agreed to cut aviation emissions by 2050.

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How to deal with climate change grief

25-10-2009 22:49

We’ve had the scientific debate and the economics and politics have been discussed endlessly. Yet, Yet, as Sophie Black’s comment on “Oh, sh*t” moments attests, beneath the surface, unexplored, run powerful emotional currents. The climate predictions are frightening. Those who listen to them feel anxiety, fear, rage, guilt, anguish, helplessness, hope and apathy. The prognosis makes them worry about the well-being and survival of children and grandchildren. It destabilises the unquestioned belief in a continuously peaceful and prosperous societies. The health of the planet and its natural marvels is at stake.