UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Industry Lobbyists at UN climate summit

11-12-2008 19:17

News from the Corporate Europe Observatory on UN climate summit in Poznan, Poland

Heathrow 3rd runway postponement

11-12-2008 01:30

The decision on the Heathrow 3rd runway was expected next week, but has now been postponed “until next year”. What’s going on?

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East Midlands Vegan Festival

11-12-2008 00:10

This Saturday (13th Dec) will see the 5th East Midlands Vegan Festival taking place at Nottingham's Council House, Market Square from 11am until 5pm.

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Pix-&-Vidz of National Climate March, London (3 of 3) – 06 Dec 08

10-12-2008 16:00

A throng of thousands of Climate Change protesters filled the streets of London with chants, effigies, banners, samba, placards, music and whistles during the National Climate March 2008, demanding:
1) NO to a 3rd runway at Heathrow and runaway aviation expansion
2) NO new coal – no new coal-fired power stations as planned at Kingsnorth in Kent
3) NO to the expansion of agrofuels – with negative impacts on forests, the climate, and world food supply
4) YES to a renewable energy revolution and green jobs – a "Green New Deal"

Nine of these pix were shot by Chris Knight – (CK) appended to caption

Vidz
To follow, as links in a comment below, once the editing and uploading are complete.

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Pix-&-Vidz of National Climate March, London (2 of 3) – 06 Dec 08

10-12-2008 15:50

A throng of thousands of Climate Change protesters filled the streets of London with chants, effigies, banners, samba, placards, music and whistles during the National Climate March 2008, demanding:
1) NO to a 3rd runway at Heathrow and runaway aviation expansion
2) NO new coal – no new coal-fired power stations as planned at Kingsnorth in Kent
3) NO to the expansion of agrofuels – with negative impacts on forests, the climate, and world food supply
4) YES to a renewable energy revolution and green jobs – a "Green New Deal"

Nine of these pix were shot by Chris Knight – (CK) appended to caption

Vidz
To follow, as links in a comment below, once the editing and uploading are complete.

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Pix-&-Vidz of National Climate March, London (1 of 3) – 06 Dec 08

10-12-2008 15:08

A throng of thousands of Climate Change protesters filled the streets of London with chants, effigies, banners, samba, placards, music and whistles during the National Climate March 2008, demanding:
1) NO to a 3rd runway at Heathrow and runaway aviation expansion
2) NO new coal – no new coal-fired power stations as planned at Kingsnorth in Kent
3) NO to the expansion of agrofuels – with negative impacts on forests, the climate, and world food supply
4) YES to a renewable energy revolution and green jobs – a "Green New Deal"

Nine of these pix were shot by Chris Knight – (CK) appended to caption

Vidz
To follow, as links in a comment below, once the editing and uploading are complete.

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Work for E-ON!

09-12-2008 17:19

E-ON are advertising internships for undergraduates. Could be an 'interesting' opportunity!

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Why we shut Stansted Airport

09-12-2008 14:24

Monday's action has shown the power of young people determined to turn the climate talk into climate action. We took the decision to disrupt the airport to directly reduce the CO2 impact of Stansted, as a response to the government's consent to its expansion. We did so with heavy hearts, knowing it would disrupt passengers, because we knew the consequences of this action couldn't be worse than the consequences of inaction. If irreversible climate change kicks in, millions of lives will be destroyed.

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Climate change rally 6 Dec 2008 - pics, audio and video

09-12-2008 12:03

Photos, audio and video of the Campaign against Climate Change rally held in Parliament Square, London, on 6th December 2008, featuring Seize the Day, Caroline Lucas, Nick Clegg, John McDonnell and more.

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Plane Stupid shuts Stansted Airport

08-12-2008 13:43

Over fifty young protesters from the climate action group Plane Stupid have this morning shut down Stansted Airport by camping on the runway and surrounding themselves with fortified security fencing.

The peaceful protest began at 3.15am this morning (Monday) whilst the runway was temporarily closed for maintenance work. Plane Stupid aims to prevent the scheduled reopening of the runway at 5am. The group intends to maintain its blockade for as long as possible, preventing the release of thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

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Global day of climate action in Gothenburg, Sweden

08-12-2008 13:28

Saturday the 6th of December saw two climate related actions in Gothenburg.
Three people arrested for drinking hot chocolate in the wrong place

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Pix-&-Vidz of Climate Bike Ride, London - 06 Dec 08

07-12-2008 22:33

A freewheel of hundreds of cyclists begin the Global Day of Climate Action events in London with a protest cycle ride, linking the issues around Catastrophic Climate Change by joining the dots on the map, stopping off at three particular places:
• outside Greenergy, 198 High Holborn – for an Anti-Agrofuels Protest organised by Biofuelwatch
• outside E.ON, 100 Pall Mall – for speakers on No New Coal
• outside the Department for Transport, 76 Marsham Street – for speakers on Sustainable Transport
• route map:

http://tinyurl.com/CBR2008-map (custom GoogleMap)

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Video of Climate Bike Ride, London.

07-12-2008 12:03

The ride had three stops to listen to speakers, before joining up with the Climate March.

Video:

http://www.archive.org/details/bikeride6-12-08

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Kingsnorth turned off?!

06-12-2008 22:15

An article was published in The Times today saying that last week 'intruders' broke in to kingsnorth power station in Hoo and managed to turn off one of the generators.

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climate change critical mass and march pics

06-12-2008 18:58

this morning around 150 cyclists rode from lincoln's inn fields via several pertinent stops to the start of the climate march at grosvenor square. there, several thousand protestors marched to westminster as part of a campaign to force the government to take climate change seriously.
here are a few pics from the day

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06.12.08 - National Climate March

06-12-2008 18:28

Saturday 6th December saw the 'National Climate March' through London, from Grosvenor Square to Parliament Square, via various parts of Westminster.
Tens of thousands of people turned out, of all ages and from all walks of life, to express their concern over the vast, impending problem facing us all - climate change.

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Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Still Steams Ahead

05-12-2008 23:36

Being aware of the issues surrounding climate change, many of us locally are concerned at the operations of companies like E.on. There are many others of course, but this is an enormous operator, with plant and offices, locally.

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