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29-06-2003 12:30
Dubbed the Ghost Fleet, the 94 derelict and leaking US ships are packed with toxic chemicals, asbestos and oil.
THE GHOST FLEET
SECRET plans by America to tow a condemned fleet of contaminated ships around the coast of Scotland have triggered fears of an environmental catastrophe.Dubbed the Ghost Fleet, the 94 derelict and leaking US ships are packed with toxic chemicals, asbestos and oil.
25-06-2003 19:11
JAM74, a coalition of community, environmental and sustainable transport groups, believes this 1960s-style road planning will cause pollution, health problems, community breakdown and won't free up traffic or bring the jobs that are promised and calls for a halt to the road plans and independant research on alternative transport options.
No to the M74 Northern Extension in Glasgow
The Scottish Executive plans to build a 6-lane elevated motorway through the southern suburbs of Glasgow. The M74 Northern Extension, would cost about £375-500 million and would be the most expensive transport project in Scotland.JAM74, a coalition of community, environmental and sustainable transport groups, believes this 1960s-style road planning will cause pollution, health problems, community breakdown and won't free up traffic or bring the jobs that are promised and calls for a halt to the road plans and independant research on alternative transport options.
19-05-2003 17:44
Protesters destroy last Scottish GM-crop field
Protesters destroy last Scottish GM-crop field
11-05-2003 23:00
A British military convoy carrying illegal weapons of mass destruction is due to arrive in Scotland on Monday. The heavily guarded convoy of lorries slipped out of a top-secret atomic bomb factory near Reading on Saturday morning and travelling by road is due to arrive at its destination - a nuclear bomb store at Coulport on Loch Long on the Clyde - on Monday afternoon.
Each of the three lorries in the convoy is thought to be carrying two nuclear warheads which each have a destructive capacity eight times the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
[ report | Faslane Peace Camp | CND | Trident Ploughshares ]
Weapons of Mass Destruction on the road to Coulport, North of Glasgow !
Do you want to be a weapons inspector?A British military convoy carrying illegal weapons of mass destruction is due to arrive in Scotland on Monday. The heavily guarded convoy of lorries slipped out of a top-secret atomic bomb factory near Reading on Saturday morning and travelling by road is due to arrive at its destination - a nuclear bomb store at Coulport on Loch Long on the Clyde - on Monday afternoon.
Each of the three lorries in the convoy is thought to be carrying two nuclear warheads which each have a destructive capacity eight times the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
[ report | Faslane Peace Camp | CND | Trident Ploughshares ]
11-05-2003 21:31
There will be protests against these weapons of mass destruction.
The nuclear warheads are expected to arrive at Coulport, near Faslane, Helensburgh, on Monday, 12th of May 2003 in the afternoon.
Nuclear transport through Scotland expected on Monday 12th of May
A nuclear transport is on the road, heading for Scotland.There will be protests against these weapons of mass destruction.
The nuclear warheads are expected to arrive at Coulport, near Faslane, Helensburgh, on Monday, 12th of May 2003 in the afternoon.
09-04-2003 00:48
Last Thursday, there was an Esso garage in Edinburgh blockaded for about an hour by a demonstration.
however, the demonstration was slowly moved by a surrounded police cordon. (article 1)
pics of Esso blockade last Thursday, Edinburgh
Last Thursday, there was an Esso garage in Edinburgh blockaded for about an hour by a demonstration.
however, the demonstration was slowly moved by a surrounded police cordon. (article 1)
29-03-2003 08:01
GM protest trio win their appeal
A LEADING environmentalist has won an appeal against a criminal conviction for his part in a GM crop protest. Mark Ballard, 31, the national secretary of the Scottish Green Party and a Scottish Parliament candidate, was fined £125 after a trial in 2001.
23-03-2003 21:48
Demonstration against the use of Depleated Uranium
Demonstration against the use of Depleated Uranium in Iraq and Galloway.
21-03-2003 13:57
Bilston Anti Bypass Camp - News Update
After a cold & snowy winter Bilston Wood is coming to life again...
28-01-2003 23:02
More from the Edinburgh anti-war critical mass, Sunday 26th
More from the Edinburgh anti-war gathering on Sunday, 26th of January.
28-01-2003 10:24
more antiwar demo in edinburgh
more about the antiwar demo in Edinburgh, Sunday 26th of January.
27-01-2003 19:17
Sunday 26th January; Hundreds of anti-war protestors take to the streets of Edinburgh
Critical Mass in Edinburgh
Sunday 26th January; Hundreds of anti-war protestors take to the streets of Edinburgh
25-11-2002 17:16
BILSTON WOODS PROTEST SITE - PENICUIK,SCOTLAND
About eight miles south from Edinburgh near Penicuik is
Bilston Woods. It is an SSSI or the Scottish equivalent and faces having a bypass ripped through it. BIOTECH (famous for cloning sheep) has started this private road construction, a bypass to the A701.
Bilston Wood- Anti Road Protest Camp near Edinburgh
BILSTON WOODS PROTEST SITE - PENICUIK,SCOTLAND
About eight miles south from Edinburgh near Penicuik is
Bilston Woods. It is an SSSI or the Scottish equivalent and faces having a bypass ripped through it. BIOTECH (famous for cloning sheep) has started this private road construction, a bypass to the A701.
25-11-2002 16:45
Biotechnology Newswire Nov 25
The following stories and events were posted to the www.neRAGE.org on the biotechnology newswire over the last 7 days. You too can post, comment, and search for some of the latest information on biotechnology. Stop by, add your stories, read, add events to our calendar and more!
22-11-2002 10:37
Hunterston nuclear power station in Ayrshire may be closed in a bid to cut costs and save skint nuclear operators British Energy from going bust.
Hunterston to close?
Hunterston nuclear power station in Ayrshire may be closed in a bid to cut costs and save skint nuclear operators British Energy from going bust.
07-11-2002 17:47
Another nuclear submarine crash off the west coast of Scotland
Wednesday's Nuclear submarine crash of Skye was only the latest in a series of Naval accidents.
23-10-2002 17:46
From 6.-8.September there was a Big Blether happening in Lanarkshire, south of Glasgow, Scotland. The Big Blether is a meeting of grassrooot activists campaigning for social and ecological justice. Here are finally the pictures, summary of the feedback and a overview of the program. (article 1)
BigBlether, Lanarkshire 6-8.9.2002 : finally pics, feedback, report
From 6.-8.September there was a Big Blether happening in Lanarkshire, south of Glasgow, Scotland. The Big Blether is a meeting of grassrooot activists campaigning for social and ecological justice. Here are finally the pictures, summary of the feedback and a overview of the program. (article 1)
31-07-2002 16:25
A nine minute video (in realvideo) of an anti-GM convoy and demonstration at DEFRA. Bags of GM taken from 17 trial sites around the country were dumped on DEFRA's doorstep to make clear that the public do not want GM crops.
Convoy - Messages to DEFRA
A nine minute video (in realvideo) of an anti-GM convoy and demonstration at DEFRA. Bags of GM taken from 17 trial sites around the country were dumped on DEFRA's doorstep to make clear that the public do not want GM crops.
13-02-2002 12:48
Scotland set to ban hunting
A vote this afternoon in the Scottish parliament is expected to lead to a ban on hunting with dogs north of the border, but has reopened doubts in England among campaigners about the government's enthusiasm for extending the ban across Britain.
01-09-2001 19:01
