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Nottinghamshire Ecology Newswire

Text Italian company ICOP applying for tunnel tender
30-06-2010 13:38

Text Life grows on at the Earth Centre
01-06-2010 22:21

Text A big green weekend, and more
20-05-2010 17:40 | 1 comment(s)

Image Earth First! Summer Gathering
12-04-2010 23:59 | 2 comment(s)

Image Meeting for radical climate action and analysis - Tuesday 16th March
11-03-2010 15:05

Image Nottingham climate action meeting
27-01-2010 18:26 | 2 comment(s)

Text Help Protect Nottingham's Bees
18-01-2010 11:53

Text Hands off Stonebridge City Farm
11-01-2010 14:14 | 2 comment(s)

Text UK Rossport Solidarity Gathering Feb 12-14th, Sumac Centre, Nottingham
24-11-2009 16:54

Text Free Fruit Trees for Forest Fields
16-11-2009 14:47 | 2 comment(s)

Text 'the Age of Stupid'
23-10-2009 09:01 | 1 comment(s)

Text The Great Climate Swoop: Day One
17-10-2009 23:38 | 6 comment(s)

Text Swoop on Eon two days early
15-10-2009 17:18

Text Langridge vs. Calverton greenbelt campaigners
14-10-2009 22:57

Image Change Your Diet, Save the Climate
13-10-2009 01:15 | 20 comment(s)

Image Reclaim the Earth Centre - people power needed for occupation campaign
07-10-2009 16:16 | 4 comment(s)

Text Australian activists breach fence of power plant - now lets shut down Ratcliffe!
14-09-2009 11:46 | 1 comment(s)

Text Climate Camp - Cycle To The City!
08-08-2009 18:57

Image Demo against Notts Police & £700,000 bill for arresting 114 enviro activists
26-06-2009 01:10 | 9 comment(s)

Image Nottingham Green Festival Sunny Day Shocker
03-06-2009 18:42 | 1 comment(s)

Image "Food for the Future" skillshare session at the Sumac centre
24-05-2009 11:22 | 2 comment(s)

Image Sumac Garden Project, looking verdant [Food for the Future]
19-05-2009 00:52 | 1 comment(s)

Image Age of Stupid - Nottingham Indie Screening
13-05-2009 00:31 | 1 comment(s)

Image Nottingham's April Critical Mass + Coal Caravan 2
29-04-2009 00:44

Image Nottingham's April Critical Mass + Coal Caravan 1
29-04-2009 00:40

Image Coal Caravan - Latest
26-04-2009 21:45 | 2 comment(s)

Image Critical Mass! Nottingham pictures...
24-04-2009 19:41 | 9 comment(s)

Image Climate Action is Not Stupid
21-04-2009 15:36 | 1 comment(s)

Image Free Vegan Food Sample Stall
18-04-2009 17:22 | 2 comment(s)

Text Young people tackle climate change in Nottingham
16-04-2009 10:42 | 1 comment(s)

Image "Eco-Town Blues" hits Nottingham
05-04-2009 11:45 | 1 comment(s)

Text G20 Map - Squaring Up to the Square Mile - Easily printable versions
28-03-2009 02:30 | 1 comment(s)

Text Ecoworks Gardening Workshops & Events Spring/Early Summer 2009
27-03-2009 09:27 | 1 comment(s)

Image Transition Nottingham’s Great Spring Sowing at the Arboretum
23-03-2009 23:40 | 2 comment(s)

Text Great films at the Great Green Film Festival
15-03-2009 22:07

Text New Vegan takeout/catering service in Nottinghamshire
11-03-2009 02:00 | 2 comment(s)

Image The Demo Project at the Hand and Heart - Thurs 12th March
10-03-2009 17:35 | 2 comment(s)

Text 'Great' British Circus, next stop, Scunthorpe FC
02-03-2009 18:04 | 3 comment(s)

Image #14 March 2009 Show
02-03-2009 11:29

Image Digger diving back in fashion! Work stopped at Shipley Open Cast Coal Mine Site
26-02-2009 14:52 | 2 comment(s)

Text A453 Widening consultation
24-02-2009 13:53 | 2 comment(s)

Image Invitation to the Great Green Film Festival '09
19-02-2009 21:50 | 4 comment(s)

Text A453 WIDENING
29-01-2009 16:51 | 1 comment(s)

Image Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 31
19-01-2009 17:38

Audio E-on Nottingham 'Fossil Fools' protest: prosecution offers no evidence
15-01-2009 13:04

Image Clay Plaster workshop at Ecoworks Community Garden
14-01-2009 22:04

Text Plans for the new Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre
13-01-2009 17:45

Text Make Sure Notts Councillors Know How We Feel About Their Incinerator Plans
02-01-2009 20:39 | 7 comment(s)

Image Sea Shepherd Evening
25-11-2008 00:10

Image Tell E.ON to f off! - Protest
24-11-2008 13:31 | 4 comment(s)

Image Veg*n Climate March - Sat 6 Dec 2008
08-11-2008 22:58 | 1 comment(s)

Image Nottingham's October Critical Mass and Bike About :: Piccys
01-11-2008 20:22 | 2 comment(s)

Image Candlelit vigil against Rolls Royce planning for nuclear reactor in derby
30-10-2008 21:45 | 1 comment(s)

Image Nottingham's Critical Mass is back!
29-10-2008 10:35 | 4 comment(s)

Image Shipley Bodge court case collapses
27-10-2008 20:36 | 2 comment(s)

Image Protestors stop work at Shipley open-cast
27-10-2008 19:45 | 4 comment(s)

Image Picnic in the Park - Photos Shipley Open Cast Site, Derbyshire
27-10-2008 00:30 | 4 comment(s)

Text Picnic In The Park - The Sequel
20-10-2008 20:08 | 3 comment(s)

Text Activists Bring Biofuels Conference to Stand Still on World Food Day
16-10-2008 10:58 | 3 comment(s)

Image Transition Nottingham Urban Harvest Festival 3 Windmill
06-10-2008 18:21

Image Transition Nottingham Urban Harvest Festival 2 Apple Pressing
06-10-2008 18:16

Image Transition Nottingham Urban Harvest Festival 1 Event
06-10-2008 18:09 | 1 comment(s)

Text Addressing the Financial Crisis is not a distraction from Peak Oil/Climate Change
06-10-2008 11:05 | 4 comment(s)

Text Shipley Bodge cost Derbyshire police £58,000
01-10-2008 11:26

Image Arts Show Attacks Shane Meadows
25-09-2008 14:03 | 5 comment(s)

Image Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 30
14-09-2008 23:47 | 1 comment(s)

Text Bodge House (Shipley) coal tunnellers evicted after week underground
14-08-2008 16:55

Audio Short audio - Bodge House eviction
08-08-2008 01:11

Image Eviction Of Coal Mine Protest Site (Bodge House) - pictures
07-08-2008 20:42 | 3 comment(s)

Image Climate Camp Location & Route (from Nottm or Anywhere)
31-07-2008 07:42

Image New Transition Keyworth initiative
27-07-2008 09:23

Text Police try and enter Bodge House
25-07-2008 20:28 | 1 comment(s)

Image Pictures from the Bodge House opencast - 13/07/08
22-07-2008 17:02 | 1 comment(s)

Text Bodge House - Eviction Alert!
19-07-2008 17:13

Text Eviction gets go ahead - Bodge House
19-07-2008 14:07 | 2 comment(s)

Image Help Save Wensley Hillside Peak District National Park
11-07-2008 16:05

Audio Climate Camp Jingle
04-07-2008 18:04

Text Activists disrupt work at site of opencast coal mine
29-06-2008 17:03

Image Leave it in the Ground… in Court and a protest
26-06-2008 22:51 | 10 comment(s)

Image Lodge House open cast mine site occupied
18-06-2008 04:51 | 2 comment(s)

Image Noise Demo at UK Coal Head Office Protest
10-06-2008 12:42 | 1 comment(s)

Image Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 29
04-06-2008 23:37 | 2 comment(s)

Image Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 28
04-06-2008 22:43

Image Day of Action on Food and Climate Change: food giveaway & anti-Tesco demo
04-06-2008 21:07 | 7 comment(s)

Text From Prison to Paradise - 225 bears, one incredible journey
02-06-2008 12:02

Image Noise demo against imminent open cast coal mine 9th June
29-05-2008 10:20 | 1 comment(s)

Image Leave it in the Ground’s Picnic in the Park trespass report
28-05-2008 15:33 | 1 comment(s)

Text Trespassers oppose coal mine plan
26-05-2008 22:44 | 1 comment(s)

Generic media Transition Towns Talks 27th May
23-05-2008 21:44 | 5 comment(s)

Text Leave it in the Ground! - 26th May open-cast coal mass trespass and picnic -
21-05-2008 02:11

Text Foie gras nationwide day of action, Friday 16th May
13-05-2008 17:17 | 1 comment(s)

Text New website: Leave it in the Ground
09-05-2008 23:35

Text Leave it in the Ground: open-cast coal mass trespass, 26th May
08-05-2008 21:14 | 2 comment(s)

Text M1 Conspiracy Case Thrown Out
01-05-2008 13:04 | 9 comment(s)

Generic media Transition Town meeting with founder Rob Hopkins & Ecoceleb Penny Poyzer
21-04-2008 20:47 | 3 comment(s)

Text Nationwide day of action against foie gras, Friday 18th April
16-04-2008 18:15 | 2 comment(s)

Image East Midlands Friends of the Earth urge Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stop ignoring aviation emissions
12-04-2008 18:37

Audio Charity Gig (in aid of the sea shepherd)
07-04-2008 09:27 | 2 comment(s)

Text Eastside Climate Action blockade E-on workers as part of Fossil Fools Day
01-04-2008 07:00 | 13 comment(s)

Audio Interview With Nottingham Activist On Return From Whale Saving Mission
28-03-2008 12:21

Text New Earth First! groups following winter moot - get yerself listed in next EF!AU
20-03-2008 11:43

Text Sprout About!
18-03-2008 15:13 | 1 comment(s)

Text New Coal Power Station for Notts?
14-03-2008 16:36 | 1 comment(s)

Text Nottingham solidarity against Shell
13-03-2008 10:15 | 1 comment(s)

Text Kirkby waste incineration "power station" sneaked through without scrutiny
10-03-2008 21:59

Image Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 27
08-03-2008 20:58 | 1 comment(s)

Text Anti Incinerator Public Meeting at Rainworth
04-03-2008 19:23 | 2 comment(s)

Image Ratcliffe Power station Climate Action, The Judgement
03-03-2008 11:43

Image Interview With Nottingham Activist In Southern Ocean On Board Sea Shepherd Ship
02-03-2008 12:40

Image Ratcliffe Power station Climate Action, The Verdict
26-02-2008 12:38 | 2 comment(s)

Text Latest details: EF! Winter Moot - February 22nd–24th - Notts (starts Friday evening)
18-02-2008 23:16

Text Shark conservation film in Notts
18-02-2008 22:16

Image 'Smarter than yeast' Climate Activities Day
06-02-2008 00:32 | 5 comment(s)

Image Climate Change Solutions Conference
05-02-2008 20:49 | 2 comment(s)

Text Ready Steady Skip - Get involved
20-01-2008 13:44

Text Coal talk at Sumac - POSTPONED
16-01-2008 17:13

Text Earth First! Winter Moot 2008 - February 22nd – 24th 2008 - Nottingham
15-01-2008 22:49

Generic media Coal, Climate & Environmental Racism - Grassroots Resistance talks!
08-01-2008 10:40 | 4 comment(s)

Image Small Kitchen @ Sumac on Friday 11th & 25th + Putting Down Roots
06-01-2008 12:16

Image Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 26
18-12-2007 21:39

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Villagers keep up pressure against Minorca mine

12-06-2010 22:22 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire

No Open Cast Coal Mining !

A local campaign group is fighting UK Coal's plans for an opencast mine near Measham in North West Leicestershire. The Minorca Opencast Protest Group (MOPG) oppose the company's plans for a mile long mine and the extraction of 1.25m tonnes of coal over 4 1/2 years.

UK Coal are already failing to meet requirements to restore a site in nearby Ashby de la Zouch to agricultural land and MOPG fear that this will happen again.

It is thought that coal mined at Minorca would be used to fuel Ratcliffe on Soar power station in Nottinghamshire. The mined coal would fuel the power station for only 65 days.

Newswire: UK Coal to gain unwelcome publicity at a Leicestershire County Council meeting | 400 have now signed the Minorca Petition | Pensioners to deliver message about Minorca | Leicestershire County Council: Please make a Decision!!

Previous features: Nottingham is not stupid | Protests continue at Shipley open cast site | Coal On Hold - Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied | New Old Coal for Notts

Links: Minorca Opencast Protest Group | Campaign resources | Notts Against New Coal

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Nottingham is not stupid

30-04-2009 14:30 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Nottinghamshire

Last Friday saw the convergence of a number of environmental protests in Nottingham. The regular critical mass was joined by riders in town for the start of the Coal Caravan. They rode past the Broadway cinema, where the Nottingham Not Stupid festival was celebrating the opening of environmental film The Age of Stupid. The riders finished at the Sumac Centre, where the Demo Project put on an evening of entertainment.

The Coal Caravan left for the site of Shipley opencast coal mine in Derbyshire on Saturday morning. It is continuing to a number of sites threatened by the industries of coal extraction and power generation in Yorkshire and the North East. Campaigners' aims are to talk to local people, organise bicycle powered films and events, hold public discussions and displays, and link with groups from different areas to help strengthen isolated campaigns.

Pictures: 1 | 2 | 3

Newswire: Coal Caravan - Latest | Fri 24th April- Coal Caravan/Demo party at the Sumac | Climate Action is Not Stupid

Previous features: Protests continue at Shipley open cast site | Coal On Hold - Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied | Campaigners Trespass on Proposed Coal Mine Site

Links: Coal Caravan blog | Coal Caravan website | Not Stupid Nottingham | Critical Mass Nottingham | Notts Indymedia climate chaos topic

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Approved Incinerator Expansion Paves Way For Direct Action

26-02-2009 22:56 | Ecology | Health | Nottinghamshire

Protest at Council House before the planning committee votes, September 06

"This is a very sad day for the residents of Nottingham, a sad day for democracy and a sad day for our environment".

Jon Beresford, spokesman from Nottingham Against Incineration & Landfill (NAIL) is not impressed. Local residents and NAIL have been fighting plans to expand Nottingham’s Eastcroft incinerator for the last 4 years. Democracy has been given a severe blow when the government recently over ruled Nottingham City Council and given the green light (or not so green) for Waste Recycling Group’s Planning Application to expand the facility and pollute our environment with more toxic substances and global warming gases.

The government has given the go ahead suggesting that the third incinerator will help fight climate change. "This will help fight climate change no more than building a third runway at Heathrow" argues Beresford. "This throws the governments Climate Change Policy into complete nonsense". Waste Recycling Group, owners of Nottingham’s Eastcroft incinerator originally applied to incinerate an additional 150,000 tonnes (250,000 tonnes total) of waste a year by building a third line in Nottingham City Centre.

Latest: Eastcroft, the end of the campaign?

Video: The NAIL film (10 min. various formats) | NAIL Slideshow (avi 9M)

Feature articles: Planning Officer Recommends Rejections of Incinerator Expansion | Council backs off from incinerator expansion decision | Incinerator Public Meeting - Public Bodies pull out! | Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill campaigners hand in petition | Planning Officer insists on wider public consultation for incinerator expansion | Campaigners meet Environment Agency over incinerator | Sneinton's Rubbish Day Out 1 - The Days Events | NAIL campaign 'banner drop' at Sneinton Boulevard | NAIL campaign hammers on... | The air that we breathe...

Links: NAIL Website | Waste Recycling Group | View planning application

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No case to answer after Notts E.On protest

18-01-2009 20:35 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire

Two environmentalists, arrested following a blockade of E.On's Nottingham offices, had the case against them dismissed on Wednesday. The case collapsed after it emerged that the prosecution had offered no evidence to support the charge of aggravated trespass. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) were found to have been negligent in their administration of the case and were ordered to pay the defence's costs.

The two joined around 30 protesters from Eastside Climate Action in an action against the energy giant, as part of a 'Fossil Fools' protest on 1st April, 2008. They locked themselves to the doors of the offices. The police made a verbal promise to allow them to leave without charges if they agreed to removed the blockade by 10am. They unlocked and were immediately arrested.

In a statement on the day of the action, Eastside Climate Action said: "We are here to tell E-on that ... the only real solution to climate change is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Coal is the dirtiest Fossil Fool and to build new coal power stations in the face of climate change is collective suicide."

Previous feature: Fossil Fools Take On E.ON In Nottingham

Newswire: E-on Nottingham 'Fossil Fools' protest: prosecution offers no evidence | Police Searches Houses After Arrests At E.On Blockade | Fossil Fools Blockade E.On Offices Surveillance and Specialist Equipment | Fossil Fools Blockade E.On Offices in Nottingham : Pictures 1 | 2

Links: Eastside Climate Action | Fossil Fools Day 2009 | Notts Indymedia Climate Chaos topic page

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Protests continue at Shipley open cast site

03-11-2008 17:19 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire

Protesters from Earth First! have invaded the Derbyshire site of the open cast mine twice in the last fortnight. On Monday a number of people climbed onto diggers and machinery, stopping work for over two hours. This was preceded by a highly policed picnic that took place on the site last weekend. On Saturday, local environmental group Erewash and Amber Valley Environment Network (EAVON) held a demonstration of 40 people at the site entrance.

These protests are the latest in a campaign that saw Shipley Lodge, a house on the site, squatted during the summer. The squatters used tunnels and tree houses and it took bailiffs and police an entire week to evict them, at the cost of £58,000 to Derbyshire police. The first court case arising from the eviction collapsed last Monday due to lack of evidence.

Newswire: Local residents protest at Lodge Farm open cast site | Shipley Bodge court case collapses | Protestors stop work at Shipley open-cast | Picnic in the Park - Photos Shipley Open Cast Site, Derbyshire | Picnic In The Park - The Sequel | Notts Indymedia Climate Chaos topic page

Previous Feature: Derbyshire Opencast Mine Squatters: Eviction Imminent | Coal On Hold - Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied | Campaigners Trespass on Proposed Coal Mine Site

Links: Derby Earth First! | Leave it in the Ground | Lodge House blog

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Activists Disrupt Biofuels Conference

19-10-2008 10:46 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Nottinghamshire

Climate activists marked World Food Day by brining the European Biofuels Expo and Conference taking place at Newark Showground to a standstill. Several campaigners successfully scaled the roof of the building at the Newark Showground, dropping large banners inside the conference hall whilst others set off multiple rape alarms inside the centre in protest at what they see as the rape of the planet that Agrofuels are causing.

Their action against the Expo, dubbed by campaigners as the ‘Newark Exposé’, was staged to protest against the ‘greenwash’ that Biofuels can be sustainable and are good for the environment. John Simmons, from the roof of the Newark building, said "It is unacceptable that the Biofuels industry, which is responsible for large-scale rainforest destruction, evictions of communities, hunger and accelerated climate change hold conferences where they portray themselves as ‘green’."

Newswire: Activists Bring Biofuels Conference to Stand Still on World Food Day | World Food Day | European Biofuels Expo and Conference | Notts Indymedia Climate Chaos topic page

Previous Feature: Biofuels Conference Disrupted At Concerns Over Multi-National 'Greenwash'

Links: Biofuelwatch

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Japan issues arrest warrant for Nottingham activist

22-08-2008 17:13 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Ocean Defence | Nottinghamshire

Japan has issued an arrest warrant for a Nottingham-based activist, alleging that he damaged the country's whaling fleet. Warrants have been issued for Daniel Bebawi, a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and two American volunteers and the Japanese government has sought to have the three placed on the Interpol wanted list.

The three all participated in the Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Leviathan in December 2006 and January and February 2007. The charges apparently stem from an collision between Japanese whaling vessel Keiko Maru and the Sea Shepherd ship Robert Hunter. The incident was investigated by the Australian Federal police at the time, with forensic evidence demonstrating that the Kaiko Maru had rammed the Robert Hunter.

Interviews with Dan: Back in Nottingham (audio) | On board the ship (text)

Reading: Sea Shepherd press release | Evening Post article

Previous feature: Nottingham Activist Returns From Whale Saving Mission In Antartica

Links: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Operation Leviathan website | Wikipedia on Japanese Whaling | Indymedia UK Ocean defence page

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Derbyshire Coal Mine Occupation - Eviction Happening Now

11-08-2008 10:11 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Nottinghamshire

It is now confirmed that the police have launched a full eviction attempt at the Bodge House squat in Shipley, Derbyshire. The house is located on the site of a proposed open cast coal mine.

Update Thursday 14th August: Two tunnelling protestors have been brought to the surface after spending over a week underground. The eviction is now over.

Update Sunday 10th August: Eviction is still ongoing at Bodge House, in Derbyshire. This is the 4th day of the operation and 4 people were arrested earlier today. The house is very heavily barricaded and 2-3 people are still reported to be inside. 4 vans of police and bailiffs still in attendence.

Update Friday 8th August: (added comment by Jane) - We were there today to give support to those still in the house. We arrived about 11.00am. There were loads of police as would be expected and 3 people were taken out of the house while we were there and taken to Ripley police station. We were not allowed near so could not see who it was. Around 3.00 in the afternoon a chap in a suit and 2 women in inappropriate shoes turned up. We think they were from the bailiff teams. They spoke to the chief inspector in charge and went to the house. All the time the bailiffs on site had been cutting down the trees surrounding the house and trying to get in the front door of the house. They succeeded just before the 'suits' arrived. We left around 4pm to run some film to ITN but I heard later that the bailiffs had started up a generator to get air to the people in the tunnel under the house but left the site around 5.30. they are due back tomorrow (Saturday) to get the 2 people in the tunnel out. Anyone who can get there, please get there to give support.

Update Thursday 7th August: Around 7.45am about 60 police and 50 bailliffs arrived at the house. Throughout the day the police have been trying to get through the barricades and defences. Local people and media have been at the scene. So far 3 people have been removed from lockons and a cargo net outside the house and have been arrested. 7 people are still inside and are heavily barricaded in, included being hidden in tunnels under the house. The bailiffs have put up security fences and although they have managed to enter part of the building, the eviction attempt has been stopped for today. It is estimated the eviction will take at least another couple of days.

Newswire: Bodge House (Shipley) coal tunnellers evicted after week underground | Short audio - Bodge House eviction | Eviction Of Coal Mine Protest Site (Bodge House) - pictures

Go there: Directions to the site (PDF)

See feature articles: Derbyshire Opencast Mine Squatters: Eviction Imminent | Coal On Hold - Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied | Campaigners Trespass on Proposed Coal Mine Site

Mainstream coverage: Bailiffs 'just eight feet' away from underground eco-protesters at Smalley | Arrests at Smalley coal mine protest | Protesters evicted from Smalley site

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Derbyshire Opencast Mine Squatters: Eviction Imminent

23-07-2008 20:57 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Free Spaces | Nottinghamshire

On Friday July 18 UK Coal were granted a possession order for the Squatted farmhouse on the planned Lodge House open cast coal mine site near Smalley in Derbyshire. It is anticipated that an eviction is imminent, particularly as the climbing team used against road protesters has been seen around the site.

On Tuesday June 18, climate campaigners from ‘Leave it in the Ground’ 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. Under the cover of darkness activists secured themselves in the Prospect Farm building, on the site which is about to be devastated by huge machines. and claimed squatter’s rights.

Newswire: Police try and enter Bodge House | Pictures from the Bodge House opencast - 13/07/08 | Bodge House - Eviction Alert! | Eviction gets go ahead - Bodge House | Call out for help at Shipley Bodge Site | Ongoing Open Cast Coal Mine Occupation, Derbyshire - update from court | Activists disrupt work at site of opencast coal mine | Leave it in the Ground… in Court and a protest | Shipley Bodge squatted coal site recieves papers

Previous features: Coal On Hold - Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied | Campaigners Trespass on Proposed Coal Mine Site

Links: Leave It In The Ground | Campaign Blog | Derby Earth First | No Opencast! article in Do or Die | UK Coal | Notts Indymedia Ecology topic page

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Help Save Wensley Hillside - Peak District National Park

14-07-2008 16:57 | Ecology | Nottinghamshire

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Glebe Mines, owned by INEOS (the multi-billion pound company that owns Runcorn chemical works) have put in an application to the Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA) to build an open pit quarry on Wensley Hillside. The site, which is 6 miles from Bakewell, is within the Peak Park and is 2 miles away from the scene of the well-known Stanton Moor quarrying disputes.

INEOS/Glebe plan to extract 660,000 tonnes of fluorspar from the 12 hectare site over a 6 year period. In addition, there will be 50 lorry movements per day along the only access route, a narrow country lane.

Newswire: Help Save Wensley Hillside Peak District National Park | Park Authority halts quarrying at Backdale in the Peak District

Links: Friends of the Peak District | Glebe Mines | Peak District National Park Authority | Tearsall - The Proposals | Notts Indymedia Ecology topic page

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