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Coffin at Copenhagen

16-11-2009 17:59

The Copenhagen Climate Change conference next month, once the great hope of environmentalists, had its teeth pulled this week after an accord between China and the United States to postpone an envisaged global treaty that would have set limits to gas and carbon dioxide emissions world-wide.
With the main polluters out of the treaty project the conference is a lame duck.
Ironically the disheartening Sino-American accord was reached during President Barack Obama’s visit to Beijing and indicates the Chinese may have used their credit-power - the U.S. owns billions of dollars in trade to Beijing -to bend the U.S. administration to their will and in the process weaken a U.S, president who won his mandate on a pledge to tackle climate change and had proclaimed himself a leader in the battle to save the planet.

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Indigenous women accuse RBS and Treasury of funding 'bloody oil'

16-11-2009 14:57

Three Indigenous Canadian women will visit the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) London headquarters tomorrow to demand that they stop financing one of the world’s most polluting projects – the Tar Sands.

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The 300-350 Show: Climate Justice Fast

15-11-2009 20:44

As the UN climate talks end in Barcelona, the prospects for getting a fair deal which will be strong enough to stop catastrophic climate change are looking slim. In response, a handful of people in Australia and the US have started a hunger strike for Climate Justice.

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Copenhagen COP15 Logistics- addresses- Locations- accomodation

13-11-2009 02:22

This is a newsletter on the logistics concerning COP15, regarding what we know so far and what we are planning. Some things still haven’t been sorted out yet as bureaucracy in Denmark works very slow.

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Climate Change Films Sun 15 Nov 7pm Glasgow Social Centre

10-11-2009 21:31

Projektions
Climate Change Films
Sunday 15th November
7pm - 9pm
Glasgow Social Centre
66/68 Osborne Street
G1 5QH

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Mainshill Solidarity Camp. RESIST new coal! Stop climate chaos!

09-11-2009 18:31

Weekend of Actions and Workshops

Sat 28th Nov - Tues 1st Dec 2009

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The 300-350 Show: Africa makes a stand at UN climate talks

06-11-2009 23:51

Our half-time report on the UN climate talks in Barcelona is told in the words of the poor majority world participants. The story of the African Group’s walk-out is told in their own words.

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#COP15 Climate Treaty set to Fail: Time for Action

06-11-2009 11:51

The grim (but not unexpected) admission that the COP15 UN Climate summit next month will not secure a new treaty on climate change has finally been made (see links below).

Those watching the developments over the last month will not be surprised. Each day seemed to bring another statement pushing the hope of a deal back further and further.

Over the last week at the Barcelona pre-COP15 talks, there have been crisis meetings to discuss fall-back positions. The African bloc walked out with the support of the G77 group of 130 countries, with further support from other countries and NGOs whilst campaigners demonstrated in the streets and blocked entrances (see

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94647)

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Want to go to Copenhagen?

05-11-2009 10:31

Come to this meeting!

Tuesday 10th November 8pm at the Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St, Forest Fields, Nottingham

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Nottingham plans for COP 15

04-11-2009 21:31

Do you want to shout about Climate Change, but can't make it to Copenhagen? A group from Nottingham will be travelling to Copenhagen for the COP 15 summit. To support them and show solidarity for the protests happening in Copenhagen in December, we are hopeing to organise events closer to home.

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Will mass tourism on CRUISE SHIPS sink VENICE?

03-11-2009 17:28

An average three to four of these floating hotels, each carrying about 3,000 passengers plus 1,000-crew, navigate through the Venetian lagoon and the city center every day. They pass along Saint Mark’s Square where the ocean-graph on the central Campanile (tower) oscillates madly as it registers a small underground tsunami with each passage.

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The 300-350 Show: Our climate is not your business

01-11-2009 18:51

In the wake of International 350 Day and direct actions in the US & Europe we ask, isn’t it time that we stopped business putting the brakes on climate action? In a break from our usual format we weave recent highlights from the independent media landscape into a corporate-critical narrative.

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The 300-350 Show: Forests & Copenhagen pt.2

01-11-2009 14:47

As Europe stands accused of blocking the protection of intact natural forests and introducing logging-friendly language into the UN draft climate deal, we take a look at some of the key components that should be in an effective deal for saving the world’s forests. As Nathaniel Dyer of the Rainforest Foundation UK explains, saving forests is about a lot more than simply throwing money at the problem. Land rights, governance and demand management are also critical. And payment for forest protection should come from public funds rather than carbon markets.

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protest march against incinerators being built in uk .any groups interested

30-10-2009 13:24

uk are building incinerators that are a danger to health and the climate .we must stop them being built prottest now before its 2 late

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Climate Emergency Conference

29-10-2009 19:57

There will be Climate Emergency Conference at South Camden Community School on November 7th 2009. Vegans have pointed out the the meat and dairy industry contribution to Cliamte Chaos has not been included on the agenda for the meeting. So please attend if you have any contribution on the subject of carbon emissions via animal methane etc. 12 noon to 6pm, MEP speakers etc.

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One month till 10th anniversary of Seattle N30

29-10-2009 14:44

With one month to go till the 10th anniversary of the seattle/euston/worldwide demonstration/protests/riots that successfully disrupted the WTO (and began a process whereby that organisation continues to struggle to get a new round of trade talks going...) and highlighted the growing anti-capitalist, alter-globalist movement of movements, it's time to start planning anniversary actions... Climate Justice Action are organising an N30 Climate Day Of Action

http://www.climate-justice-action.org/news/2009/09/17/n30-climate-day-of-action/#at . Below is some more info on that, and then some info on what happened in the UK/world 10 years ago.

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Climate Emergency Copenhagen London Public Forum @ South Camden Community School

28-10-2009 18:01

There will be a Climate Emergency Copenhagen London Public Forum meeting at South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, Camden, London N1 on 7th November 2009 12 noon - 6pm. The meeting is held by Campaign Against Climate Change www.campaigncc.org There will be break out workshops with Biofuelwatch, CCC Trade Union Group and more.

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Climate Business conference blockaded, Brussels. Arrests etc.

28-10-2009 15:23

For over one and a half hours, hundreds of corporate lobbyists wishing
to attend the annual Business Europe conference were prevented from
entering the Charlemagne building in Brussels this morning.

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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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N Power's Didcot coal powered station under siege

26-10-2009 09:39

Climate campaigners have this morning shut down N-Power’s flagship coal plant at Didcot in Oxforshire.

The twenty peaceful protesters rode their push-bikes past security guards at 4.30am this morning before splitting into two groups. One team has shut down the giant coal conveyors which feed the boilers at the plant, while a second group of nine men and women has climbed the inside of the iconic 200m-high chimney and reached the top. They say they have enough food and water to stay in place for ‘weeks, not days’ - during which time the plant will be unable to operate. Already the activists in the chimney are securing the route behind them to ensure they can’t be reached by police and security guards.