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UK Energy Crisis Newswire Archive

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Gas power station occupied by No Dash for Gas

30-10-2012 12:03

Climbing up to the top of chimney 2
West Burton gas power station in Nottinghamshire has been occupied and shut down by 16 No Dash for Gas activists who intend to stay on top of two of the chimneys for as long as their supplies allow.

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UK's newest gas power station shut down and occupied

29-10-2012 12:50

Up the chimney
Early Monday morning around 30 activists shut down West Burton power station before climbing the chimneys to set up camp and occupy the flues in order to prevent it being switched on again. This action is to highlight the senselessness of a dash for gas in light of climate change and fuel poverty.

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South Africa: Clean energy protest lands activists in jail

24-10-2012 14:44

BOBBY Peek, former Wentworth resident, was among the 14 environmental activist arrested yesterday, October 23 while protesting at the Eskom Megawatt Park in Johannesburg.

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Parliamentary Committee Accepts Evidence from Campaigners

18-10-2012 10:06

A Select committee of the House of commons has accepted a submission from the Loose Anti Opencast Network as written evidence in its Housing Planning and Growth Inquiry. The press release below summarises the evidence submitted. The press release also includes a link to where the evidence can be read.

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Indigenous Women Against Tar Sands

17-10-2012 17:54

She Speaks: Indigenous Women Speak Out Against Tar Sands. Three speakers: Eriel Deranger, Freda Huson, Ta’Kaiya Blaney. Plus Suzanne Dhaliwal co-founder of UK Tar Sands Network.

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Transition Possible Anywhere - Albert Bates

02-10-2012 23:08

Can you create a Transition Town in the Republican South? Without dwelling on the contentious issues of climate change or Peak Oil? Albert Bates shows us how to move anyone toward localization and food security.

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Transition Yourself

26-09-2012 02:54

Ideas from America on starting a Transition Town. Ruah Wennerfelt, Steve Chase & host Mark Helpsmeet in live stage conversation. Plus Greg Pahl, author of "Power from the People, How to Organize, Finance, and Launch Local Energy Projects." Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert on corporate corruption.

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BBC Investigates a Planning Decision of National Importance

17-09-2012 10:42

The 8th LAON Press release explains why the BBC's Counrtyfile Programme is investigation a Planning Decision which has national implications if it is not altered. The press release gives details of the campains that have been launched to both overturn the decision by means of a judicial review and how to sign a petition to prevent similar applications from succeeding. This decision, if upheld, means that the applications to opencast in other areas of England are more likely to succeed.

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Looking For An End - Ecoshock

09-09-2012 23:55

Ecoshock fall opener! Alex inteviews Gareth Renowden, co-host of New Zealand's "The Climate Show" on the big stories. From Beijing, Li Yan Greenpeace East Asia climate campaign co-ordinator on China's emissions & coal dependence. Plus "Tip of the Iceberg News" with blogs & audio you might have missed. Radio Ecoshock 120905 1 hr CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB. Blog with all the links here.

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Demo Against New Coal 22nd Sept

09-09-2012 19:04

Come to Derbyshire to join the Hilltop Action Group on a Demo March, Saturday 22nd September. Beginning at 10.30 am from the Royal Oak car park, Tupton, on the A61 (postcode S42 6LA).

Please come along to show your opposition to open cast mining.Bring your family, dog, a picnic, banners and placards.

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Increased Risk of Exploitation of the English Counrtyside

02-09-2012 13:24

The 7th Press Release from the Loose Anti Opencast Network explains why a Planning Inspectors decision on an Opencast Site Planning Application in a remote part of England has implications for all mineral planning applications across the country and not just those 5 pending for opencast coal.

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Diggers2012: The Journey Continues…

22-08-2012 15:57

A Report on the Diggers2012 Action in Runnymede, Windsor.

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Moors' Law is Murder for Motorists

20-08-2012 19:31

Moors' Law for Oil and China's Cars
Moore's Law for transistor count is ending, but now there's Moors' Law for oil and it says gasoline -- US national average -- will be $7 in 2017 as oil reaches $120 a barrel. The law is named for Kent Moors, a professor Duquense U. Specifically, the price of oil and the number of cars in China, which drives it, double every 5 years. These murderous prices change everything in society.

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Community Share Offer for Sheffield Green Hydro Project Gets the Go-ahead

11-08-2012 10:20

Renewable energy from hydro-electric power on the River Don came a step closer with the announcement this week of the launch of the campaign to raise finance for the scheme at Blackburn Meadows on the Sheffield/Rotherham border. Community energy group Sheffield Renewables is launching a Community Share offer to raise the £250,000 needed to begin construction of the Archimedean screw development in 2013. Supporters of the scheme will be asked to invest £250 per share and it is hoped to raise the funds in three months with the rest of the finance being made available through commercial loans.

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Nuclear energy set to kill off renewables sector

10-08-2012 16:05

Anti-nuclear activists are calling for mass protests against the government's bid to introduce backdoor subsidies for its 'nuclear renaissance' in the forthcoming Energy Bill - a move that could starve the renewables sector of vital investment.

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Tar Free Oxford Takes Off

10-08-2012 12:22

Tar Free Towns [  http://tarfreetowns.org/what-is-a-tar-free-town/ ] is an idea we had a little while ago, which originated from the desire to connect people in the UK with communities fighting tar sands in Canada, by supporting and encouraging hubs of tar sands activism to flourish in the UK.

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UK Coal plc Selling Off Prospective Opencast Sites?

08-08-2012 15:24

The latest July review of prospective opencast sites, mainly in England provides evidence that such is the financial plight of UK Coal that it is actively seeking to sell sites it is trying to gain planing permission for.

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Good Energy ditches G4S over ethical concerns

07-08-2012 01:11

Good Energy has decided to drop G4S as its meter reading contractor following complaints from customers that its contract with the notorious security giant flies in the face of its ethical policy.

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EF! summer gathering site phone

31-07-2012 19:55

The site phone number is 07758867265

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Diggers2012: Activities at Runnymede Eco Village this Saturday

26-07-2012 12:58

This saturday (28th) we are hosting a range of interesting activities including: wild food foraging, permaculture design, cobbing the Longhouse, a discussion on ‘Sustainability and Land’, plus much more

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