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#6 The July Show Now Online ~ Riseup! Radio - check it out

30-06-2008 11:02 | Anti-racism | Climate Chaos | Indymedia | Nottinghamshire

Ahoy! From the heart of our lovely city we bring you another lively show, this time with special guest presenter Hicham Yezza, who was arrested at Nottingham Uni in May on Terrorism Charges but is now free (on bail) to join us, talk about his experiences and play some music. Other than that, lots of news, commentary and local music. Check it out..

Listen: #6 The July Show

Activists disrupt work at site of opencast coal mine

29-06-2008 17:03 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire

Activists yesterday obstructed a steamroller which was being used to set a tarmac ramp designed allow heavy plant machinery access to the fields where UK Coal intend to extract around 1 million tonnes of coal.

Leave it in the Ground… in Court and a protest

Last week papers were served on the occupants at Bodge House to appear in Court on Monday 30th June at Derby Combined Courts, The Morledge Derby.

Come and show your support with a fun little protest at 9 am

Noise demo at UK Coal 14 July

25-06-2008 16:16 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire | Sheffield

Keep up the pressure on UK Coal to stop their profiteering from climate destruction. Tell them we can’t live with their new open cast sites.

Anniversary of the first week at Shipley Bodge

24-06-2008 22:23 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

It has been a week already since climate chaos activists took occupation of a farm house on the site of the UK’s newest open cast site. Here is an update.

A visit to the Opencast Squat

21-06-2008 18:17 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

I decided to take a trip to Shipley today to see how the new residents of Prospect farm were settling in.

Nottingham Animal Rights Meeting Minutes 20/06/08

20-06-2008 15:44 | Animal Liberation | Climate Chaos | Globalisation | Nottinghamshire

Minutes following our fortnightly meeting. Discussed: 'free food' McLibel event, forthcoming events, merchandise, meetings, KFC, Foie Gras, Viva! Roadshow, 'Food Not Bombs', 'Food & Climate Change'

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Nottingham: 'Food Not Bombs', Food & Climate Change Meeting

Following a series of successful events in recent months (June 19th: McLibel
Trial Anniversary, June 3rd: Day of Action on Food and Climate Change, May
15th: McLibel Human Rights Anniversary) activists are interested in
organising future events along similar lines.

Open Cast Coal site request for help

18-06-2008 10:55 | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire | Sheffield

Following the squatting of Prospect farm and trees surounding it on the prospective open cast coal mine in Derby shire, there is a call out for help!

Climate change protestors occupy Derbyshire open cast site

18-06-2008 04:59 | Climate Chaos | Free Spaces | Manchester | Nottinghamshire

Today climate campaigners from ‘Leave it in the Ground’ have occupied the UK Coal’s Lodge House site in Derbyshire by barricading themselves in a disused farm building and taken to the trees on the site of the open cast mine.

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Lodge House open cast mine site occupied

Under the cover of darkness Lodge house open cast mine in Smalley, Derbyshire has the building squatted as well as trees with ariel runway.

Noise Demo at UK Coal Head Office Protest

UK Coal is about to devastate a beautiful part of the Derbyshire countryside by starting an open cast mine. So ‘Leave it in the Ground’ and Earth First! decided to make some noise over it with people from Derby, Nottingham Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Brighton as well as other places, all travelled to UK Coals Head office in Doncaster to make some noise.

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Reminder: Noise demo at UK Coal HQ next Monday 9th June

05-06-2008 09:23 | Climate Chaos | Leeds Bradford | Nottinghamshire

Does the planet need us to burn more coal?
Is it acceptable to rip up open countryside to get at the coal?

Day of Action on Food and Climate Change: food giveaway & anti-Tesco demo

04-06-2008 21:07 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Health | Nottinghamshire

From 12-2pm on Tuesday 3rd June, There was a free vegan food giveaway & anti-Tesco demo. People gathered at Victoria Centre clocktower.

3rd June Food Climate Change Day of Action in Nottingham

03-06-2008 18:20 | Animal Liberation | Climate Chaos | Nottinghamshire

Climate change and animal rights activists joined together in Nottingham today to give away free vegan food, plants & skipped vegetables.

Ready Steady Skip: Trailer and website launched!

02-06-2008 23:22 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Globalisation | Nottinghamshire

Ready Steady Skip - the game show where needlessly wasted food is recovered from the bin and turned into delicious dishes before your very eyes!

Noise demo against imminent open cast coal mine 9th June

29-05-2008 10:20 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire | Sheffield

A new open-cast coal mine site is about to get underway in beautiful Derbyshire, unless we stop it now. Help us send the message loud and clear to UK Coal to leave it in the ground!

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Leave it in the Ground’s Picnic in the Park trespass report

28-05-2008 15:33 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire | Sheffield

Around 70 people had set of to travel on a bank holiday Monday which is no easy task as public transport has a natural tendency not to run or has a limited service on bank holidays, for a picnic in a remote part of Derbyshire. The weather reports had all predicted thundery showers for the day, which seems to be normal for a bank holiday outing.

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Trespassers oppose coal mine plan

26-05-2008 22:44 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire

The campaigners say the open cast mine will damage the environment

People who do not want a new opencast coal mine on land adjoining a country park in Derbyshire have held a protest.

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Transition Towns Talks 27th May

With oil hitting £135 its very pertinant that Rob Hopkins will be speaking about Transition Initiatives at the Mechanics Institute on Tues 27 the May

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Nottinghamshire Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Nottinghamshire Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

#6 The July Show Now Online ~ Riseup! Radio - check it out

Activists disrupt work at site of opencast coal mine

Leave it in the Ground… in Court and a protest

Noise demo at UK Coal 14 July

Anniversary of the first week at Shipley Bodge

A visit to the Opencast Squat

Nottingham Animal Rights Meeting Minutes 20/06/08

Nottingham: 'Food Not Bombs', Food & Climate Change Meeting

Open Cast Coal site request for help

Climate change protestors occupy Derbyshire open cast site

Lodge House open cast mine site occupied

Noise Demo at UK Coal Head Office Protest

Reminder: Noise demo at UK Coal HQ next Monday 9th June

Day of Action on Food and Climate Change: food giveaway & anti-Tesco demo

3rd June Food Climate Change Day of Action in Nottingham

Ready Steady Skip: Trailer and website launched!

Noise demo against imminent open cast coal mine 9th June

Leave it in the Ground’s Picnic in the Park trespass report

Trespassers oppose coal mine plan

Transition Towns Talks 27th May