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'Dirty timebomb' ticking in Russian nuclear dump threatens Europe

24-08-2009 10:03 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Other Press | World

20,000 discarded uranium fuel rods stored in the Arctic Circle are corroding. The possible result? Detonation of a massive radioactive bomb experts say could rival the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Should We Seek to Save Industrial Civilisation?

23-08-2009 10:48 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | World

A debate with Paul Kingsnorth.

Vestas - support needed to prevent blades leaving UK

Vestas has started rapidly shipping blades from stock in Southampton to the USA. Two ships carrying 90 blades each have sailed from Southampton this week (17-21 August), and a third is currently being loaded with 109 blades. According to the Vestas workers’ contacts in Southampton docks, another two sailings are scheduled soon.

Nuclear New Build Blessed by Bishop of Carlisle

21-08-2009 14:36 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | World

The new Bishop of Carlisle has given his blessing to new nuclear build in Cumbria, proclaiming “I am very enthusiastic about nuclear power as a green option for the future.”
Radiation Free Lakeland sent an open letter to the Bishop in June - there has been no reply. Today representatives from Carlisle Action on Climate Change and Radiation Free Lakeland delivered a letter direct to Carlisle Cathedral.

An extended deadline – PAWS for thought…not oil

21-08-2009 09:53 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Free Spaces | World

Ancient woodland is under threat from oil drilling and we need your help to try and save it!

Caucasus: The War That Was, The World War That Might Have Been

19-08-2009 14:59 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Energy Crisis | World

What a resumption of fighting between Georgia and South Ossetia will entail is indicated by an examination of the scale of the catastrophe that was narrowly averted a year ago.

A coordinated attack by Georgia on South Ossetia and Abkhazia and by Azerbaijan on Nagorno Karabakh would have led to a regional conflagration and possibly a world war.

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Welcon succeeds where Vestas say they could not !!

18-08-2009 14:35 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Workers' Movements | World

So ... On the one hand Vestas say there is no demand, yet ..
Welcon say... There is !!

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Sunrise Off Grid Transition Gathering 20-23rd Aug, Somerset

16-08-2009 23:48 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | World

The time has come to embrace solutions. Whether we face the End of the Age of Oil or the End of Time itself, our duty as stewards of Planet Earth is to consciously step forward into a new world, forging the future and reconnecting with our Home.

Nuclear Power Trashing the Climate

15-08-2009 12:42 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | World

Nuclear Power produces EMISSIONS MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN CO2 - not to mention nearly 500,000 tonnes of Co2 last year from Sellafield's gas plant. The barrage of pro nuke propaganda is aiming to bounce the country into nuclear new build. MP for Copeland Jamie Reed has been handsomely rewarded for consistently lying to Parliament about "homegrown, climate friendly and safe" nuclear power.

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International action day against uranium mining in Finland

12-08-2009 22:58 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Social Struggles | World

Media Release
12/08/2009

International Action Day Against Uranium Mining:
Ranua Rescue Action Day With Actions In Several Countries

Helsinki/Magdeburg Activists of the 'Nuclear Heritage Network', a
international network of anti-nuclear activists, call for tomorrow's
international action day against Uranium mining. Following a call for
help of residents of the Finnish community Ranua, activists of the
growing anti-nuclear movement of Finland decided to initiate
solidarity actions. On Thursday in several countries events will take
place.

It’s… National Day of Solidarity with Vestas Workers!

12-08-2009 06:22 | Energy Crisis | Globalisation | Workers' Movements | World

It’s… National Day of Solidarity with #Vestas Workers! Posted by: vickim57 Aug12, 09

http://bit.ly/1TY9Jo #savevestas

Climate Camps 2009 on Resonance Radio

08-08-2009 12:50 | COP15 Climate Summit 2009 | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | World

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

Vestas - The Fight Continues!

The Vestas occupation continues - DEMONSTRATE in London TONIGHT, 6pm outside the Department for Energy and Climate Change, off Whitehall.

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El Desierto Verde - The Green Desert (Biofuels in Colombia)

27-07-2009 00:29 | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | Globalisation | World

An account of taking part in an international mission of verification about biofuels in Colombia 1st-11th July 2009 - a week in Valle de Cauca and the north of Cauca where sugar cane is grown extensively and processed into ethanol for use as a biofuel.

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Poet who blew whistle on Sellafield dies.

23-07-2009 21:13 | Analysis | Energy Crisis | Social Struggles | World

Talented poet and former nuclear foreman Duncan Ball died on July 17th aged 49. He was a man who tried repeatedly to blow the whistle on unsafe practices in the Magnox plant at Sellafield where he was employed as a foreman. His subsequent experience followed the same route as the dissident scientists who were sacked from Sellafield after expressing doubts about nuclearsafety in the 70’s (NEW STATESMAN July 1983)

cyclamax planning to build hazardous waste incinerator in spondon derby .

21-07-2009 21:54 | Energy Crisis | Health | World

we need support to stop it children at risk please object help needed

Vestas Workers Speak Out

A statement released by the workers in occupation at the Vestas wind turbine blade factory in Newport, on the Isle of Wight.

Demo outside the factory 5pm today!

Support the Vestas factory occupation - what you can do

Workers at the Vestas wind turbine blade plant on the Isle of Wight have occupied their factory in Newport in an attempt to prevent its closure, which was scheduled for the end of this month. Their brave fight in is an example of what workers can do when they get together and take militant action to save jobs and sustainable industries.

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The 300-350 Show: Ricardo Navarro

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.