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- Greenpeace blocks delivery of coal to Kingsnorth
Greenpeace board a coal freight ship on it's way to make it's delivery at Kingsnorth. EON's coal plant at Kingsnorth is the focus of campaigns by numerous organisations due to the govornments indication that a new coal plant could be built there as a replacement--the first new uk coal plant in 30 years. Govornment policy has shifted somewhat, no new and entirely unabated coal plants are going to
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 14 months ago
- Cognitive Malfunction
Our closest cousins show definite signs of being... well... our closest cousins, while the Heartland Jamboree keeps churning out the misinformation. There's a lot of it aboutI'm not sure whether I'm contravening RealClimate's "Advice to Climate Bloggers" number 6, or adhering to number 13 here. It's a complex situationOh, and this story sums us up nicely, don't you think?
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago
- Susan George: Building a fairer global economy.
Because Susan George is always interesting to listen to...
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago
- Still nothing to fear....
Another repost (plain lazy, me) to celebrate the Guardian's uncovering of what everybody already knew - that the police keep information about anybody and everybody who pops their head up to exercise their democratic rights. They maintain an extensive database of personal details. Its all terribly selective and contains only absolutely everything they can get on absolutely everybody. Far be it
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago
- News Corpse
Yes. It seems that Uncle Rupert will henceforward be using the unfathomable might of his media empire for good rather than, well, ...the other thingmeanwhile...In the spirit of quantative easing I went down to my local gargantmart with some freshly minted banknotes of my own design, in order to stimulate the economy. They didn't seem to appreciate the sound financial wisdom of my actions and
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago
- Climate Rush RBS (Video)
(via The Herald)A protest outside the Royal Bank of Scotland offices in London yesterday was "a shot across the bows", its organisers said.A spokeswoman for Climate Rush, the group that led the demonstration in Bishopsgate in London, said it was to protest against government bailouts of the banking industry.She said: "We demand that our money is spent on renewable energy and invested in business
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago
- Birds of Prey
Birds - forever the canaries in our coalmine -are first off the blocks in the race over the edge. Our own migratory upheavals will not be far behind.Meanwhile - The EU bottles out of Climate Funding for poor nations whilst the media call for it all to be left to the philanthropic urges of uber-capitalists (who have been doing such a bang-up job lately)Whilst the US goes to Washington to protest
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago
- Plane Stupid disrupt Aberdeen Airport (video)
3rd March - Nine young protesters from the climate action group Plane Stupid Scotland have this morning shut down Aberdeen airport by setting up a golf course on the taxiway. They have surrounded themselves with fortified security fencing whilst another group are occupying the roof of the terminal building and have unfurled a banner reading, 'Nae Trump Games with Climate Change'.The peaceful
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago
- Police 'over the top' at climate camp.
More than 2,000 'potentially harmful' items were confiscated from protesters by officers - including balloons, crayons and a clown's outfit Tracy McVeighThe Observer, Sunday 1 March 2009 (link)Police have been accused of setting a "dangerous precedent" when they confiscated hundreds of items of property - including children's crayons, a clown's outfit and a pensioner's walking stick - from people
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago
- Glass half empty
As 9 out of 10 firms ignore their supply chain emissions in calculating their climate impact, and the daily hate gets alarmed at something other than immigration, we hurtle towards Copenhagen without effective brakesWith thanks as ever to Dr Glenn Barry and Climate Ark for sterling work in digging up the links
Source: ClimateChangeAction - added 18 months ago