UK Indymedia

Another Opencast application for the Marley Hill Area?

25-07-2012 19:42

This area between Gateshead and Co Durham already has already had to contend with one recent opencast application for the Birklands site as well as the prospect of more opencastin g on the proposed Marley Colliery Reclamation site. Now it seems local people could soon face a third application

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Derbyshire to face a new threat of Opencast Mininf?

25-07-2012 19:35

Derbyshire, which is becoming a new centre for Opencast Coal mining with I site already in operation at Lodge House, an application for another one at George Farm, a possible one at Hill Top now faces the possibility of another one near Renishaw, Staverly and Barlborough.

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New Threat of Opencast Mining in Sth Yorkshire

25-07-2012 19:26

New research for the Loose Anti Opencast Network as revealed the possibility of UK Coal applying for planning permission for an opencast mine within the next 5 years at a site located between Normanton, Agbrigg and Sharleston

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Gas Rig Occupiers Get Fracked

18-07-2012 20:12

After a 5 day trial at Preston Magistrates anti-fracking protestors are found guilty of all charges…

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Diggers2012: Permaculture Open Day @ Runnymede Eco Village this Saturday

18-07-2012 17:57

This Saturday, 21st July, the residents of Runnymede Eco Village, Windsor, warmly invite you to an open day of workshops, discussions and fun for all ages.

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California’s dysfunctional alliance between suburban greens

16-07-2012 08:23

California’s dysfunctional alliance between suburban greens

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Diggers2012: Runnymede Eco Village Lives On + Saturdays Workshops

13-07-2012 14:06

News of the land rights action in Runnymede, Windsor + workshops this saturday afternoon.

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New Health Risks and Opencast Mining

02-07-2012 12:48

The June Review of developments affecting Opencast Mining from the Loose Anti Opencast Network provides new evidence that Surface Mine workers in the USA contract 'Black Lung' disease. Secondly it reviews recent developments in Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK and lastly updates what the situation is on prospective and actual opencast sites in England.

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Earth First! Summer Gathering Update

28-06-2012 12:25

It’s only six weeks until the Earth First! Summer Gathering begins.
Five days of workshops, info sharing and learning new skills.

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Diggers2012: Two Week Anniversary At Runnymede

28-06-2012 00:13

An update on the progress of the Diggers2012 land action that started on 9th June.

See

http://diggers2012.wordpress.com for more information and feel free to visit or join!

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Greg Palast book launch event Tuesday 26 June 7pm, ULU, Malet Street

25-06-2012 11:02

Tomorrow night Greg Palast launches his latest book Vultures' Picnic in the UK.

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The Big Conversation

21-06-2012 19:19

The Isle of Wight is privileged to have the company of the internationally renowned speaker Nicole Foss.
Nicole has the outstanding ability to take seemingly complex and fragmented issues, such as energy, finance, and climate change, and their interactive dynamics, she explains how they are affecting each and every one of us.

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Frack Off: Activists Blockade Fracking Drill

18-06-2012 08:50

Anti-fracking group, Frack Off, is blockading the site of Cuadrilla Resource’s drilling rig. Twenty people descended on the site at 5am and are blockading the entrance. The site is owned by PR Marriot who is Cuadrilla’s lead drilling contractors.

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'Fracking' - a protest song

11-06-2012 13:14

‘Fracking’ – a protest song.

http://www.mediafire.com/?vsa9f1rxdrxlbpr
‘Fracking’ is a song written in opposition to the industrial extraction of fossil-fuel shale gas by hydraulic fracturing, and aims to increase awareness of the many dangers that fracking presents. The protest song has a long tradition across all types of movements and struggles, and it is hoped that this recording can do its small bit to help build community resistance to fracking across the world.

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Current Opposition to Opencast Mine Applications in England

08-06-2012 12:16

This, the 1st press release from the Loose Anti Opencast Network list 12 sites in England where there has been expressions of interest about opencast for coal on the site. The press release also indicates why this will be a continuing 'itch' in the English planning system as up to 97% of the surface mineable coal in England is located within 500m of where people live. England unlike Scotland or Wales does not operate a system where policy normally prohibits mining is such circumstances.

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Anti-nuclear groups excluded from meeting

29-05-2012 12:39

Groups and individuals who were know to have anti-nuclear views were excluded from a 'community engagement' event organised by Suffolk Coastal and Suffolk County councils. This left people attending with a one side of the arguement about economic impacts of nuclear new build presented by EdF.

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Fossil Darkness Flourishes

22-05-2012 21:01

The BP Gulf oil spill coverup continues. Josh Tickell Director of new film "The Big Fix". Protests at giant Tata Mundra coal plant construction in NW India. S. Dutta reports. Plus more propaganda in the toxic legacy of the Canadian Tar Sands - scientist David Schindler.

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RIP Shell

17-05-2012 12:52

The road to SHELL is paved with bad intentions....... BLOODY MONEY, Tar Sands, Rossport, Niger Delta

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Anti Opencast Coal Meeting Derbyshire

13-05-2012 13:31

Anti opencast meeting

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Location for Bicycology Car Park Occupation Coventry in Solidarity with M12

11-05-2012 22:05

As part of their mini-tour of Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester 10th -14th May to raise questions about whether cars are the best way to organise transport in the 21st century, Bicycology will be occupying the Poolmedow Bus Station / Cox Street Car Park in central Coventry on Saturday 12th May, and reclaiming them for positive uses
The Car Park is on Fairfax / Cox street. The nearest postcode is CV1 5RY.