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The 300-350 Show: Ricardo Navarro

10-07-2009 14:22

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We get a majority world perspective on the climate emergency in an interview with Ricardo Navarro from El Salvador. Navarro won the Goldman prize for sustainable development back in 1995 for his work as founder and director of the El Salvador Centre for Appropriate Technology and he is a former director of Friends of the Earth International.

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Notts 114 - 67 cases dropped

06-07-2009 12:02

Over half the people arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to protest at Ratcliffe on Soar coal-fired power station in April have had their cases dropped today. Police cite 'insufficient evidence'.

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Emergency for athens + patras imc

05-07-2009 08:18

Emergency for athens + patras imc

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NCC 'Proud of You' awards

02-07-2009 14:56

Let's nominate an activist for one of these awards

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Drax29 - climate activists on trial

29-06-2009 14:16

Last June, 29 people stopped a train loaded with coal that was heading
for Drax power station. Today their trial began at Leeds Crown Court.

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June London Critical Mass ride pics.

27-06-2009 06:47

Start
Several hundred riders. Warm weather. Still no cycle police.

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Zombies take to the streets of Bradford

22-06-2009 18:46

How much are you willing to pay?
On Saturday last (20th June) the undead rose up and took to the streets of Bradford with their demands for an immediate nuclear apocalypse. Encountering Mickey Mouse, a clutch of Mormons, some people in silver outfits and the usual Saturday shoppers, the ghouls shuffled through the town to a background of zombies tunes from a solar-radiation power sound system.

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Midsummer energy 28th June 2009 Green’s Mill Sneinton

18-06-2009 09:37

On 28th June Transition Nottingham is organising its first Midsummer Energy festival.
Nottingham communities and energy producers will be coming together to explore the world of energy in its many forms: from electricity to dance, wind power to wonderful live music.

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London World Nakede Bike Ride 2009

15-06-2009 11:51

WNBR 2009
Around 1200 cyclists, mainly naked, rode through the centre of London on Saturday in a protest against oil dependency, celebrating bicycles and the human body and expressing the vulnerability of cyclists. Photographs Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Marshall. All rights reserved.

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Radioactive Tritium with your Tea? Yes, More Please say Sellafield Ltd

12-06-2009 18:34

A Pictorial View of the Lakes Nuclear Sacrifice Zone - from Coniston Old Man
In the same week that Ontario, Canada's most populated province has recommended reducing radioactive tritium exposures to the public, Sellafield Ltd has revealed that they are applying to actually increase these discharges in Cumbria.

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Thugs Seek Jobs at Shell HQ

12-06-2009 13:52

The main doors at Shells headquarters were closed to staff at 9am today, 12 June as protesters dressed as ‘thugs’ turned up for a job interview. Shell security locked all doors as protesters tried to enter the building for what they said was a job interview “we hear Shell are hiring thugs to sink ships in Ireland”.

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Pictures from Kew Bridge Eco Village

08-06-2009 11:29

Pictures from Day 1 and 2 of the Kew Bridge/St George Eco Village

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3rd, 4th and 5th of july amsterdam cyclist declare a war on cars

04-06-2009 11:33

When the wars on cars begin we'll have: critical masses, alley cat races, tall bike joustings, bike wars, bike polo, road blockades, workshops, infostands, food not bombs, parties and a lot of fun! Bike action days, this summer in amsterdam.

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Shell in Ireland a perpetual struggle

02-06-2009 19:51

Monday the 1st of June saw the arrival of a multitude of assorted vessels to Broadhaven bay. The boats, which are subcontracted by The Royal Dutch Shell company (Shell), are attempting to prepare for works on the controversial Corrib gas project.

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Video of Climate Rush Pedal Power event.

02-06-2009 16:25

Conference.
Protest against the expanding use of coal, starting in St James Square outside the Coal Conference and then riding around Central London visiting Climate Criminals.

Video:  http://www.archive.org/details/climateride

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may critical mass - report and pics

31-05-2009 21:29

to the mall
several hundred joined london's critical mass bike ride on a warm summer's friday evening. it was one of the longer rides too, petering out at billingsgate market at around 10pm with still a hundred or more riders present.

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No to New Coal in the North East

29-05-2009 09:39

Bradley: The hillside above the woodland is all planned to be mined
On the last leg of our journey The Coal Caravan visited two communities in the North East of England, Dipton and Cambois. UK: Coal are looking to open cast for coal at Dipton and Npower wish to build a new coal fired power station at Cambois. We urge people to support the campaigns against these developments.

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Mormon Investment in Animal Agony, Global Heating, Disease

28-05-2009 12:52

Intrinsic cruelty in cattle concentration camps
It is ironic that Mormons are encouraged to store food,
since the cattle concentration camps of the LDS
and other animal flesh investments of the Church are a cause of famine, drought and world hunger.

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Bike Week Event in Bradford - Saturday 13th June

26-05-2009 18:42

11.00 - 3.00 - by the bandstand in Lister Park - get together with other cyclists and make a difference.