Skip to content or view mobile version

Home | Mobile | Editorial | Mission | Privacy | About | Contact | Help | Security | Support

A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.

UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Full article

Biodiversity Walk at Manchester Airport - 9th May 2010

11-05-2010 16:16

- - -
Around 60 people took part in a Biodiversity Walk organised by the Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport coalition. Local residents and campaigners visited green belt areas threatened by Manchester Airport's plans to build car parks at freight sheds.

Full article

'Ride Down the Road' against the expansion of Birmingham Airport

11-05-2010 12:15

Outside Birmingham City Council House
On Saturday 8 May students and members of environmental groups from across the West Midlands, supported by Plane Stupid, took a sound system for a bike ride down the A45 Coventry Road, which is due to be diverted with public money to allow Birmingham International Airport to expand.

Full article

Climate9 Public Campaign Launch May 20th, Word Power 43-45 West Nicolson Street,

11-05-2010 09:38

The Climate9
Last year 9 brave people broke into Aberdeen airport, closing the runway for several hours and preventing hundreds of tonnes of CO2 emissions. Unsurprisingly, the state decided to arrest them and take them to court. They have been hounded by undercover police, harrassed and needlessly stopped in the street, and are being called domestic terrorists. This summer, they'll be arguing in court that their duty to stop climate change is a valid defence... and they're looking for help.

The Climate9 will be launching their campaign on Thursday 20th May, between 6.30-8pm at WordPower Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. The evening features speakers from the Climate9 Defence Committee, details of the case and a chance to meet other activists and play mystery games. If you plan to come, please drop the Committee a line on  info@climate9.com or call 075351 47478. Don't forget to check out the shiny new website: www.climate9.com.

Full article | 5 comments

Iceland volcano smokes toxic aluminium!& Geothermal to stop global warming+erupt

10-05-2010 18:53

As an ex raf cadet & former metal worker although I mainly worked on a lathe I did some metal work & forge work so I know it should be possible to pour-drop alot of iron or maybe marble into a volcano & then seal it with water sprayed on or dropped.
Hopefully volcanologists, meteorologists & expert metalurgists are looking into this.

IF you smell sulphur, Keep in as much as possible especially kids& babies!
The smoke from Iceland has alot of aluminium in it
A potential win,win,win,win,win situ though if this wakes the world up to the geothermal power in iceland that could potentially power the whole of europe & alleviate volcanic activity if done safely

Full article

Ffos-y-Fran Coal Train Court Update

10-05-2010 17:33

Just to keep people updated - we were in court today for a first hearing in front of a magistrate. Nothing much of note except that the case has now been sent to a crown court and the next hearing will be on 20th May at Merthyr Crown Court at 11am. Any support would as ever be much appreciated.

Full article | 11 comments

Democracy Village Guerilla Gardening this saturday

10-05-2010 11:56

The Democracy Village in Parliament Square would love to invite you to a Guerilla Gardening event this saturday!

Full article

Delving into South Africa’s Plan for Electricity

10-05-2010 10:58

Ill-considered, Rushed and Presumptuous? Delving into South Africa’s National Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity

Full article

Dissident Island Radio Tonight - May 7th

07-05-2010 12:41

duuurg
Sea Shepherd // Merthyr to Mayo bikeride // EDO Decommissioners trial // WAG election analysis // Jammy Bastard

Full article

Coal Action Network website relaunched!

06-05-2010 08:39

Check out  http://coalaction.org.uk for the updated and re-vamped Coal Action Network website and detailed coal maps of the UK. It is hoped that this website will be a useful resource to anyone taking action – or thinking of taking action – to protect communities, environments and the climate system from coal projects.

Full article

Ride out against Birmingham airport expansion this Saturday

05-05-2010 12:04

BIrmingham CIty and Solihull Council want to use £32 million of your money to move a road so that BIrmingham Airport can expand. If they can be persuaded not to, 17,000 new flights every year will be prevented. So we're off to reclaim the A45 with a flock of cyclists- sweeping through the countryside to the sounds of a bike-towed sound system. Dress for climate code Red, and bring ipod tunes to share.

Full article

National Coordinator Domestic Extremist

05-05-2010 11:05

www.acpo.police.uk/NCDE/NCDEHome.aspx new site just set up by "anti extremism" cops

Full article

St. Werburgh Residents rally around the Bristol Eco Village in hour of need.

04-05-2010 17:16

The first Bristol Eco Village, located in St. Werburghs, has been snubbed out before it could properly take seed. But never fear, we have many more sites around the city to choose from and will not surrender so easily.

Full article | 2 comments

Ffos-y-Fran Coal Train Blockade - Action Report

04-05-2010 12:17

An aerial view of the mine, the protest groups and the police response
An action report as promised. A group of individuals who met through the Rising Tide network and were inspired to take direct action against the route causes of climate change. They maintain an 8-hour blockade of coal trains carrying fuel from Ffos-y-Fran open-cast coal mine to Aberthaw power station.

Full article

St. Werburgh Residents Rally Around the Bristol Eco Village in Hour of Need.

04-05-2010 10:58

The first Bristol Eco Village, located in St. Werburghs, has been snubbed out before it could properly take seed. But never fear, we have many more sites around the city to choose from and will not surrender so easily.

Full article | 4 comments

Critical Mass at Party at the Pumps 2

03-05-2010 12:22

Critical Mass 15th May
When: Saturday, 15th May
Critical Mass meeting point: 1PM at Marble Arch
Bring: a bike, noisemakers, your friends & family and your dancing shoes
Marble Arch meeting point map:  http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=marble%20arch%20
(Meeting point for those without bikes – Oxford Circus, 1PM.)

Full article | 6 comments

Mayday! Peace Camp / Democracy Village - Parliament Square

02-05-2010 21:59

Statement From The Democracy Village, Parliament Square

Full article | 1 addition

Sizewell Camp Against Nuclear Power - Chernobyl Weekend - pics

30-04-2010 18:31

Images from the Stop Nuclear Power Network's Camp Against Nuclear New Build, held on the beach by Sizewell A and B nuclear power stations in Suffolk, England on Chernobyl Weekend, 23-26 April 2010.

More details here:
 http://stopnuclearpower.blogspot.com/2010/04/sizewell-campers-mark-chernobyl.html

Full article

Gulf oil spill threatens economic, environmental catastrophe

30-04-2010 14:52

"According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig lacked a device called an acoustic switch that could have shut off the flow of oil. The remote controlled device sends acoustic impulses through the water that can trigger an underwater valve to shut down the well.

All offshore rigs have one main switch to shut off the flow of oil by closing a valve located on the ocean floor. There is also supposed to be a backup, a so-called “dead man,” that will shut down the well in the event of a catastrophe on the rig. Apparently neither of these devices worked on the Deepwater Horizon rig. The crewmembers who would have been closest to the shutoff switch are among those missing and presumed dead.

With an acoustic trigger a crew can shut down a well even if the rig is damaged or evacuated. However, BP, which reported profits of $5.598 billion for the first quarter of 2010, vigorously resisted changes to US regulations that would have required acoustic triggers on deep sea rigs, citing effectiveness and costs, about $500,000 per unit. Compliant US regulators agreed, saying other backup plans were sufficient. They called the acoustic triggers unreliable and prone to causing unnecessary shutdowns."

Full article

Know Your Airport! Biodiversity Walk - Sun 9th May

29-04-2010 14:33

-
Join us for this family-friendly walk around the areas earmarked for
destruction by Manchester Airport's expansion plans. We'll begin at Hasty Lane and walk round the affected areas to the south. We'll hear from local experts about the different wildlife affected.

Bring your friends and family, binoculars, a picnic, a frisbee/skipping rope/games, and appreciation for what's currently being destroyed by Airport expansion.

Full article | 1 addition

Keeping the Lights On in South Yorkshire: Is Our Future Nuclear Free or Nuclear?

28-04-2010 23:52

Audio
Attached is a recording of a meeting held in 28th April 2010 at Sheffield Hallam University titled, Keeping the Lights On in South Yorkshire: Is Our Future Nuclear Free or Nuclear?
Upcoming Coverage
View and post events
Upcoming Events UK
24th October, London: 2015 London Anarchist Bookfair
2nd - 8th November: Wrexham, Wales, UK & Everywhere: Week of Action Against the North Wales Prison & the Prison Industrial Complex. Cymraeg: Wythnos o Weithredu yn Erbyn Carchar Gogledd Cymru

Ongoing UK
Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, Yorkshire: Demo/vigil at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill US Spy Base More info: CAAB.

Every Tuesday, UK & worldwide: Counter Terror Tuesdays. Call the US Embassy nearest to you to protest Obama's Terror Tuesdays. More info here

Every day, London: Vigil for Julian Assange outside Ecuadorian Embassy

Parliament Sq Protest: see topic page
Ongoing Global
Rossport, Ireland: see topic page
Israel-Palestine: Israel Indymedia | Palestine Indymedia
Oaxaca: Chiapas Indymedia
Regions
All Regions
Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World
Other Local IMCs
Bristol/South West
Nottingham
Scotland
Social Media
You can follow @ukindymedia on indy.im and Twitter. We are working on a Twitter policy. We do not use Facebook, and advise you not to either.
Support Us
We need help paying the bills for hosting this site, please consider supporting us financially.
Other Media Projects
Schnews
Dissident Island Radio
Corporate Watch
Media Lens
VisionOnTV
Earth First! Action Update
Earth First! Action Reports
Topics
All Topics
Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista
Major Reports
NATO 2014
G8 2013
Workfare
2011 Census Resistance
Occupy Everywhere
August Riots
Dale Farm
J30 Strike
Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands
G20 London Summit
University Occupations for Gaza
Guantanamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
COP15 Climate Summit 2009
Carmel Agrexco
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Stop Sequani
Stop RWB
Climate Camp 2008
Oaxaca Uprising
Rossport Solidarity
Smash EDO
SOCPA
Past Major Reports
Encrypted Page
You are viewing this page using an encrypted connection. If you bookmark this page or send its address in an email you might want to use the un-encrypted address of this page.
If you recieved a warning about an untrusted root certificate please install the CAcert root certificate, for more information see the security page.