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Climate Camp Scotland visits Hamilton

10-08-2009 23:37

News from Climate Camp Scotland

Climate Rush & Yes Men Barricade Mandy's Home in Support of Vestas Protests

10-08-2009 09:51

Welcome home Mandy! At 6am this morning, two climate suffragettes and the Yes Men barricaded Peter Mandleson's Regent's Park home in support of the Vestas workers and wind power in the UK. The climate suffragettes, chained to his gate, unfurled a banner reading 'Mandy, Put Some Wind in Vestas' Sales' while the Yes Men inflated their 'survivor balls' in preparation for the worst effects of climate change...

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Climate Camps 2009 on Resonance Radio

08-08-2009 12:50

56-minute special featuring the voices of Climate Camp activists from London and around the globe

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Court rules that Vesta workers can be evicted immediately

04-08-2009 10:42

Breaking News- the court case in Newport, Isle of Wight has just been heard over the Vesta workers who are occupying their own factory making wind turbines.

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The 300-350 Show: Arctic Special - part two

27-07-2009 11:14

Report back from the Indigenous Peoples' s Global Summit on Climate Change; how to stop the Arctic resource rush; the Arctic's place in the climate tipping point story; oil company attempts to buy-out local opposition to drilling.

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Climate Change: a year from now

26-07-2009 11:15

On Tuesday August 4th, the people of Greater Manchester have an opportunity
to come together to share knowledge and ideas about Climate Change and what
to do about it.

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Climate Camp - Will Your MP, Cops, MI5, & Special Branch Be There?.

21-07-2009 10:50

Many MPs claim they use the summer break to spend time in their constituencies; Coppers, FIT Surveilance Teams, MI5 and Special Branches go to Climate camps in the summer and claim double time, huge amounts in expences and have second homes, Just like MP´s they are accountable to nobody. An inquiry is needed to determine whether they turning up for work or bunking off? We also need a revolution of sorts next year, after the General Election..

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Forget Shorter Showers

20-07-2009 16:00

Forget Shorter Showers
Why personal change does not equal political change
by Derrick Jensen

WOULD ANY SANE PERSON think dumpster diving would have stopped Hitler, or that composting would have ended slavery or brought about the eight-hour workday, or that chopping wood and carrying water would have gotten people out of Tsarist prisons, or that dancing naked around a fire would have helped put in place the Voting Rights Act of 1957 or the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Then why now, with all the world at stake, do so many people retreat into these entirely personal “solutions”?

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Farnborough Airport to double the number of flights?

16-07-2009 11:28

TAG Aviation has recently submitted a planning application to double the number of flights at Farnborough Airport.

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The 300-350 Show: Ricardo Navarro

10-07-2009 14:22

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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Reportback from june09 Climate Justice Action COP15 meeting: Copenhagen

09-07-2009 10:38

Faffed, Knackered… and Knicked(!)*
Jul 8th, 2009

http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/2009/07/08/faffed-knackered-and-knicked/

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Copenhagen Climate Change Conference: Anticipating and Avoiding Demoblisation

08-07-2009 19:27

The Australian grassroots climate movement, like its counterparts in other parts of the world, risks a period of serious and substantial de-mobilisation of energy, resources, momentum and strategic direction following the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December 2009.

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Copenhagen Solutions: The Double Duty

06-07-2009 17:57

We explore Oxfam International’s proposal for a fair global deal on climate change.

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Climate campaigners target coal power construction firm

29-06-2009 11:09

For the second time this month, protesters have focused on major building contractor BAM Nuttall due to its potential role in building the controversial Kingsnorth coal power station. Protesters have climbed the company’s flagpole and raised a flag reading “no new coal”. People have attempted to enter the building, asking to speak to Chief Executive Martin J. Rogers in order to give him a letter about the disastrous implications of building more coal-fired power stations.

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After Calais Noborder Camp - What's Next?

29-06-2009 08:55

Here you can find information on upcomig protests related to the of migration; against borders - for the freedom of movement.

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The 300-350 Show: Bonn Wrap-Up

21-06-2009 15:23

At the end of the UN Climate Talks in Bonn we get a close reading of the state of play from Third World Network's Meena Raman. While the elements of a possible successful Copenhagen global climate deal are on the table and mainly come from developing countries, rich countries continue to ignore their responsibilities and offer weak cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that scientists have concluded are virtually certain to guarantee dangerous climate change.

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WORLD LEADERS THANK ARRESTEES, AVERT CLIMATE DISASTER

18-06-2009 13:54

WORLD LEADERS SIGN PACT TO AVERT CLIMATE DISASTER
Newspaper Ignites Hope, Announces "Civil Disobedience Database"

In a front-page ad in today's International Herald Tribune, the leaders
of the European Union thank the European public for having engaged in
months of civil disobedience leading up to the Copenhagen climate
conference that will be held this December. "It was only thanks to your
massive pressure over the past six months that we could so dramatically
shift our climate-change policies.... To those who were arrested, we
thank you."

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The 300-350 Show: Repay the Climate Debt!

13-06-2009 15:12

What do we need to do to escape the current deadlock at the UN climate talks? Rich countries need to start acknowledging their historical responsibility for climate change and their capacity to pay for adaptation and mitigation measures in poor countries. They need to start bringing targets to the table that are adequate from the point of view of both science and fairness. As the call for rich countries to repay their climate debt grows louder, we speak to Matthew Stilwell, author of “Climate Debt: A Primer”, for a sharp analysis of what’s needed to seal a fair climate deal.

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The 300-350 Show: The Road to Copenhagen - Bonn, Week 1

09-06-2009 11:26

We start our coverage of the United Nations climate talks in Bonn with a look at some of the targets that rich nations are bringing to the table. We also flag up the dangers of the scientifically unfounded rush to include Biochar and large-scale no-till agriculture in the draft negotiating texts.

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The 300-350 Show: The Road to Copenhagen

03-06-2009 17:08

With a new President in the White House there’s a fresh approach to climate change and energy policy in the US. But the Energy bill currently going through Congress is based on the widely-criticised "Cap & Trade" system and has been weakened further by a massive corporate lobbying campaign. How does this feed into the UN talks in Bonn in June which prepare the way for the critical meeting in Copenhagen in December? We get an informed critique of the Bill from Oscar Reyes of Carbon Trade Watch and ask him what to look out for in Bonn.