tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145932492012-01-06T22:12:14.831ZCalvin Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899904249648707318noreply@blogger.comBlogger13761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14593249.post-15453355272759984572012-01-02T18:00:00.004Z2012-01-02T19:01:06.735Z

Wind power is the cheapest form of renewable energy. If we dont want to take the nuclear option and associated risks then our current best chance at reducing carbon emissions and dependence on volatile fossil fuel prices is to use wind power.On the down side, wind turbines are not a reliable form of energy. In a diverse energy grid this isn't a major issue but it is an issue that critics of wind

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At the Common Ground meeting in June we got together to continue some of the discussions around radical climate action that were started at Space for Change. The conversation is progressing with lots of discussion around identity, structure, how to organise non/anti-hierarchically, how to keep a radical perspective and more.A follow-on meeting, ‘New Directions’ has been planned for the 9-10th of

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The 2nd of July 2011 issue of new scientist reports that Thomas Kinnaman of Bucknel University in Lewisburg (PA) has examined six studies of the economics of shale gas extaction. Kinnaman reportedly "found that they all contain flaws that exagerated the benefits of shale gas extraction to local economies". Most of these studies also use a model called IMPLAN which makes significant

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Here's a brief update of what's been going on with Coal Action Scotland and what's coming up. There's a week to go before the Autumn Gathering and lots has been happening! New THWAC! short film (Finished so Omitted) THWAC Gathering 6th-10th November Coal Action Scotland October Newsletter Action Roundup Recent News 1. New THWAC! short filmA short film about the Happendon Wood Action Camp and

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I hope you don't mind the intrusion after so long. Maybe we could all do with a laughThese cartoons originally appeared in either Ethical Consumer magazine or the New Internationalist magazine.For more cartoony goodness please visit the NEW WEBSITE

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British oil company Tullow & UK Embassy push disputed deal that could cut Congo's revenues by $10 billionConfidential oil contracts held by UK companies Tullow and Heritage in the Democratic Republic of Congo were leaked today, revealing the danger of economic rip-off and rights abuses in one of Africa's most unstable countries.The Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) are accompanied by a legal

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Climate Justice ActionPlanning meeting: Bonn, Germany, 29-31 May 2010Climate Justice Action : Call for a day of action October 2010Human-induced and capitalist-driven climate change caused by CO2 and other green house gases is an imminent threat to the planet as we know it. It is happening now and it is happening fast. Centuries of exploitation and destruction have passed. It is the world's poor,

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Chris Huhne (1,2) is the new Department for Energy and Climate Change head.8th of May 2007 (url)Chris Huhne proposes several climate change policies:That this House calls on the Government to set targets for carbon emissions informed by science and not political convenience which will help to hold global warming to within two degrees of pre-industrial levels; recognises that the best current

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There are limits to what you can say in 140 charachters so here is a quick note on my thougts about CCS. I`m not an expert but it is a topic that i have been looking at for some time.I started out enthusiastic about CCS and annoyed with environmentalists who where against the technology. My positions was due to my concern about the development of China and India and the potential for shifting

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MORE ROADSRT @cpre £285m for motorways "Mr Toad rubbing his hands with glee" but "not the right priority" for carbon-cutting or rural communitiesMINI-INVESTMENT BANKRT @james_randerson : Richard Gledhill at PwC says green bank "very small beer compared to the scale of new investment required" #budgetUSING THE BANKS WE ALREADY OWNRT @globaljusticeuk : WDM says RBS should go green otherwise

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This years budget is not likely to surprise to many people but there are a few interesting proposals and a couple of delayed measures that we are reminded are about to come into force.The new measures:Up to £60 million "for the development of port sites to support offshore wind manufacturers looking to build new facilities in the UK"This is superficially similar to a Lib Dem proposal for

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A press release sent ouy by activists occupying Blair House Open Cast Coal Site says that the latest occupation started last night:"Last night twenty five activists occupied the site of the Blair House OpenCastCoal Site in solidarity with near-by communities and in directintervention ofthe environmental destruction that it will cause."The other recent site of occupation is the Defend Huntington

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An update on coal power in the UK:Coal power without ccs would have been ruled out if Labour rebels, Lib Dems and Torries had sucesfully passed an emissions performance standard. The EPS fell six votes short.Hunterston energy plant is planed to have some CCS Ayrshire Power, owned by Peel Energy Ltd. Planning permission is likely to be submitted to the scottish govornment shortly. This 1600MW

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Ed Milliband has just announced the govornment's latest energy efficiency plan for homes, and it is reported to include long term energy efficiency loans that are fixed to the building rather than the person taking them out. This approach allows a 'pay as you save' approach wherby the income generated from the feed-in tarrif and from energy savings allows householders to see a net reduction in

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I`ve just noticed that the Tories and Lib Dem's are supporting an Emissions Performance Standard in the current energy bill. An emissions performance standard is basically a limit on how pollouting a given application can be; in this case we are talking about power plants but similar regulations can be placed on cars or other vehicles.In the case of Cars there does seem to be a certain sense to

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Today's news has been dominated by the Scottish Government's approval of a major piece of electricity transmission infrastructure. The Beauly-Denny line is a 135 mile long high voltage (400Kv) electricity line that passes through some of the most scenic areas of Scotland including part of the Cairngorm National Park (CNP) . I live some miles away from the power lines track, but still within the

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A quick update on aviation and climate change. Two relavent reports came out at the end of 2009. Most importantly the Committee on Climate Change report on aviation, but also, the Transport select committee report.1. Committee on Climate Change Report "Meeting the UK Aviation Target"2. House of Commons Transport Select Committee "The Future of Aviation"More globally we have a policy measures

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Three of my favourite website finds of recent months.Have an investment cost from 1980 and wondering how much that is in todays money? Ask this website.Wondering how much power is being generated by the national grid, how much reserve is present and what the costs are? Check out national grid.What interesting sessions (video) took part while the politicians bickered in Copenhagen?

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The new Department of Energy and Climate Change oversight committee sitting in the House of Commons has been looking at the future of the UK's electricity grid "The Future of Britain’s Electricity Networks".1st April: Dr Michael Pollitt Electricity Policy Research Group (EPRG); Professor Goran Strbac, Imperial College London; Dr Jim Watson, Sussex Energy Group 22nd April: National Grid,

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Climate campers in Copenhagen just sent over a few interesting links.Here is their photopool. Here is a video from the spait of mass arrests. Here is a video by visiononTV from a demo called 'system change not climate change'.There is also this blog post about the emotions involved in just getting there.

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The latest round of UN climate talks are under way in Copenhagen. Pressure for an agreement is growing as those living with climate impacts become ever more vocal and the risks of 'business as usual' greenhouse gas emissions become better understood. Seventeen years of negotiations with rising global emissions is enough to convince some that 'business as usual' is now an accurate way of

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During the first couple of thousand days of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change there may have been a few dreamers. But now, in 2009, 6000 days after the Rio Earth Summit where this whole process began, the UNFCCC has become positively hostile to hope. You see, dreamers like to imagine a better world and a world of possibilities. The UNFCCC was setup to achieve a dreamt of

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For those too busy/jaded/depressed/ etc to trawl through acres of small print, and for those who would like it kept pithy and to the point, our digested day three round up available here as pdf and below as jpg.

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So we're off and running. Marc Hudson has valiantly put this update together despite the collapse of his internet access. You can either click to enlarge the jpeg or, better still, click here for the pdf

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It's a bit cheeky of me to post so grandiosely after such an absence, but I couldn't resist. Those of you bound for Copenhagen might enjoy...

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The Camp for Climate Action Scotland has been tipped off that anonymous activists have successfully sabotaged the Glentaggart opencast coal mine in South Lanarkshire. The unknown individuals have disabled the conveyor belt that moves coal from the mine to Ravenstruther rail terminal where the coal is then sent to Drax power station in Yorkshire.The sabotage has the potential to greatly disrupt

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Yes, the Camp for Climate Action in Scotland is up and running, and needs you to come as soon as you can!We said that the camp would be somewhere in the Firth of Forth, but the recent occupation of a soon-to-be open cast coal site by the Mainshill Solidarity Camp has provided us with a beautiful site that is in need of support and solidarity from movements such as this one.There is no shortage of

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How can we develop a"renewable rich" electricity grid?EESI Smart Grid Briefing on Capitol HillEnergy Efficient ElectronicsThe Great Green GridGrid 2.0EESI Transmission Technology and Regulation BriefingWired for ProgressMicrogrids: providing power locally.

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It's another interesting week of resistance to coal power. While Greenpeace occupy a boat bringing coal into Kingsnorth, a group of anti-coal activists have setup an ocupation at a site where Scottish Coal are planning to start a new mine.Here is a update from the site.After a whole night of digging in and strengthening defences, the rumoured eviction this morning hasn't happened. However, the

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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

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The headquaters of BAM have been targeted by a group of protestors complaining of it's plans to help build a new coal plant at Kingsnorth while marketing itself a "sustainable construction company".The protestors are part of the Climate Camp movement and in particular the E.ON F.OFF campaign. E.ON are planning to build the first new coal plant in the UK for over 30 years.“BAM Nuttall say they

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Several hundred climate change activists took part in a Pedal Power Bike Rush organised by the 'Climate Rush' around London yesterday evening (Monday 1 June 2009) demanding the UK government take effective action to counter climate change.Related:Evening StandardIndymediaMore on climate rush:Climate Rush WebsiteClimate Rush TwitterClimate Rush Photos

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Video: Lush support Climate Rush

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When six activists, protesting against climate pollution, scaled a tower at a coal-fired power station in 2007 the resulting court case drew support from the world's leading scientists. Their subsequent acquittal proved historic and changed government policy. Here, the 'Kingsnorth Six' tell their story* Geraldine Bedell* The Observer, Sunday 31 May 2009Six ordinary people. One extraordinary feat

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If you are interested in climate change and environmental news then you might like to check out this new radio show.The Green FrontOther good shows include Living of Earth by Public Radio International and Living Planet on Deutche Welle Radio. Both of these are available as podcasts. All three of these programs could do with funding so if you value your green news then don't act like it is free

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The True Cost of Chevron Campaign today launched a new website as a hub of information on Chevron’s global toxic operations. The website highlights Chevron’s human and environmental consequences around the world while illustrating the unprecedented coalition against Chevron.“ We are excited to launch this comprehensive site illustrating the breadth of Chevron’s destructive operations globally,”

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Things are getting tough for Ed Miliband. It looks like fudging the issues isn't the same as providing leadership.Do you want nuclear power--asks industry? Pay for it, they say!Are you serious about climate change--ask climate campaigners? Dont give us a 70% polluting coal plant they demand!But that was easy, are you going to deal with transport emissions? Don't expand heathrow then!

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At the moment as Marea Creciente (RT-Ecuador) is just begining with very few members (full time workers & students!), we're joining forces with other groups, which includes the national Indigenous movement.First, to resist the big fossil fuel national battle against Mining on a Large Scale, which is an agressive project that the ecuadorian assembly and government are trying to put forward. We

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The number of companies paying lobbyists to engage with the US govornment has spiralled in recent years. The question is, what effect is this having on policy making. Are the solutions which benefit business the best solutions for society as a whole?An couple of interesting articles on the topic over at the Centre for Public Integrity:Exlosion of climate change lobbying.10 Lobbying firms

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You may be aware of the eco-village occupation which is being planned for Saturday June 6th. The idea is to occupy a disused urban site in SW London near Hammersmith and to start an eco-village community based on sustainable methods of living such as vegetable growing, compost toilets the works. If we combine everyone's skills and talents we can make this thing happen. There is a planning

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The idea is to build a wind turbine that can be used for Climate camp, EF! and other gatherings and local events, and for participants to acquire the knowledge to build their own turbines.The cost for the weekend will be a sliding scale between £120-£200, food andaccomadation(camping) included.V3 are an excellent group who are higly experienced in this field.*Background to V3 Power:*We are a DIY

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1. Event: Operation Noah AGM this Saturday 16th May, 11am - 3-30pm, St Mary's,Putney Bridge, London SW15 1SN. Guest speaker: Tasmin Omond. RSVP:campaigns[at]operationnoah.orgwww.operationnoah.org/blog/jayjo/board-nominations2. News: The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition has handed in 85,450 messages toEd Miliband to quit dirty coal and say yes to clean, green renewable energy.Thanking the coalition,

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Via Greenpeace We've been busy building an allotment on the Airplot, and today Richard Briers came to help us open it and declare the third runway plans "lunacy".

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The University of Iowa's Centre for Human Rights and the University of Vermont's Environmental Law Centre have jointly started an initiative to seek legal protection for future generations.The Climate Legacy Initiative (CLI) is devoted to bringing the law of government in line with the laws of nature. Its goal is nothing less than to change the way we think about our world—and the way our laws

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We need to reduce the carbon output of of electrcity sector dramatically. Govornment and industry have been convinced that we the people arent going to back down on this point. So the question is: what are the solutions being offered? Nuclear power is on the table and as soon as it becomes economically feasible I'm sure british power companies will dispatch carrier-pigs to deliver the news to

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Paul Rogers on OpenDemocracyThe British government has in 2008-09 reacted with notable vigour to a series of non-violent public actions and peaceful demonstrations over climate change. The character of the policing of these events suggests a high degree of national coordination stemming from a deep concern that they could escalate to the point of having a major political impact. Paul Rogers is

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Via ABCLEIGH SALES: Six of the nation's leading climate change scientists have written to the coal industry, telling them to shut down power stations and take responsibility for the damage coal burning does to the environment.The scientists say the industry has the power to make a difference because it's the largest contributor to the nation's greenhouse gases.The letter calls for coal-fired

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I didn't have room for the elephant.We're going through the housekeeping like there's no tomorrow, borrowing ourselves into the middle of next week, whilst the tabloids bark nonsense. Oh well, what's the worst that can happen?Some interesting background to the swine flu pandemic, from Craig Mackintosh

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Shock-horror. It seems that the big polluters actually suppressed evidence and denied the conclusions of their own scientific advisors! Who'd have thought it. Shocking and wholly unexpected. I, for one, am shaken to the core that such paragons of civic and environmental virtue would stoop to such shit-splattering levels of sociopathic deceit. Meanwhile, our fellow creatures continue to vacate

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The day of the Eurovision song contest: 12 noon, Saturday 16th May 2009 12 noon - on the dot! - flash your red t-shirt in the departures section of Heathrow Terminal 1Flash Heathrow! Flash Paris! Flash Frankfurt! Flash Amsterdam! Flash Brussels! Flash Dublin!Each airport will sing Eurovision classics from the past (song-sheets provided!)Join us! Bring your friends, wear a red t-shirt

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CCS is more expensive than normal coal. In the UK we have wind power which is likely cheaper than wind and a hell of a lot easier to plan for. Can we develop a 100% renewable power generation sector? If so, we are going to deal with intermitancy. There are many ways to do this but a basic preo-requisite is a far more intelligent grid technology. What sort of novel developments are there in this

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The Climate Camp Legal Team (who are awesome!) have just released a report and associated video covering the latest climate camp--which took place in the city of london during the G20.Full Report (PDF)The associated video is already clocking up views thanks to it's publication by the Daily Mail, Times and the Guardian.

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H/T to BRITCITThis was released a little while back, so sorry for the delay!Lib Dem MP David Howarth held a meeting in Westminster to present a highly disturbing and potentially explosive report on the way police in the UK are criminalising legitimate protest. The report, produced by the Climate Camp's legal support team and entitled Policing of the Kingsnorth Climate Camp: Preventing Disorder or

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Ern is, perhaps, identifying a little too closely with his industry interests. He's not alone.The US EPA paves the way for significant legislation by deciding that CO2 is hazardous to human health and well being, whilst The Uk gov't promises a massive investment in CCS infrastructure, whether it exists or not.Ice and water continue to make the news

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The Guardian has generally been very sympathetic to the Climate Camp. The Guardian has always had a strong editorial line on climate change and many readers sypathise with our activities. One of our main activities has been an ongoing campaign against eon. As eon are planning the first new coal plant in 30 years at Kingsnorth in Kent I think that our motivation is quite transparent; allowing new

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On the Thursday following the G20 protests, two squatted social centres in East London were raided by riot police, apparently looking for instigators of the attacks on the Royal Bank of Scotland. RampART Social Centre, which has existed for more than four years, and a newly opened Convergence Centre in Earl Street were both being used to house and feed protesters throughout the period of the G20

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Tonight members of the camp for climate action where on...C4 newsBBC news at 10 NewsnightTalking about the issues surrounding eon and its plans for new coal power - not the alleged action in nottingham.

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EON's plans top build the first new coal plant in over 30 years continue to focus the minds of climate change activists throughout the country.The latest from Indymedia on a protest (with a suspected direct action element)"114 activists were arrested in a 2am raid on a community centre in Sneinton Dale, Nottingham early on Easter Monday, 13th April 2009. It is believed that a protest was planned

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Just a quickie. Details are still a bit sketchy as I post, but it seems a mass protest now constitutes a conspiracy. Well, at least there were no fatalities. Small mercies, I suppose.

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This weekend many of you will be celebrating the annual festival of Easter - when we commemorate the point at which our nation traditionally goes into ecological debt - consuming beyond our means and damning us and the rest of the planet to a joyful future of instability, expensively shagged soils and dry taps. We celebrate this with over-packaged chocolate eggs to demonstrate that we are blessed

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Gordon Brown and sheep-dog Boris both make extravagant claims about the greening of their budgets and the blissful cornucopia of fairy dust technology that will miraculously trump the ugly realities of a finite planet. Should be worth a few votes. It's a shameless re-tread of this early Frank strip. Meanwhile the Lords of Saudi Arabia make a surreal plea for special consideration, and plans are

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It's a conundrum, isn't it? Development and climate change. Such a dilemma -convoluted and labyrinthine, loaded and provocative. Whilst India pushes for escape from endemic poverty by pursuing a Nano for everyone, its' islands start to disappear, as do its' neighbours. The result of success will be failure. Hmm. Tricky. Plenty of arguments to be had there. Good job we're all totally focused on

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A really great event. The whole day would have been like this--peaceful, musical and educational--if the violent thugs (guardian/times) hadn't been out in force.

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Truth is far stranger and dumber than fiction. Noel Lynch brought the Tesco idiocy to my attention thus;"Today's Guardian has a half page advert for TESCO. It is headed 'Turn lights into flights'. It shows a low energy light bulb and says that if you buy it you can get a clubcard voucher that you can turn into 60 Airmiles. So that's save a small amount of energy by buying a low energy light bulb

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A few interesting pieces of writing about the the way the police dealt with the climate camp:1. A letter to The Times Sir, Last week a parliamentary report recognised that police tactics against dissent have become “heavy-handed in recent years”. This week the police provide another example of an approach towards protest that is primarily about repression and not about public order (report, April

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It seems that that old Anarchist saying still holds true.Quote from David Howarth MP (LD) who attended Climate Camp in the City:"How did the police end up in a situation where they used the same degree of force on the most peaceful demonstration as they did for a violent protest at the Bank of England? They seem to only have one trick."The Guardian has this quote in a story called "Baton charges

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Climate Camp in the City was a huge success despite police violence against peaceful protestors bringing the event to a premature end.There are many beautiful photos, and interesting videos on the events of April 1st.My first contribution to the currently available collection is a video of Danny Chivers telling an ass kicking poem about fighting for a better future.More video to come

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Final update on The Swoop, for the April 1st Climate Camp in the Cityhttp://www.climatecamp.org.uk/g20Hi campers, not long to go before we join each to set up camp in the cityon April 1st! This is the final update, please read it carefully andforward it to all your friends who are coming…WHAT TO BRING:We hope many of us will be staying overnight, please bring a popup tent,food, 4 litres of water,

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The world is suffering from a bad case of neo-liberalism. People are up in arms at the failure of this ideology. Not surprisingly the police are being used by the state to marginalise the protesters and confuse the issues. Just as unsurprisingly the media are eating up the propaganda despite a coalition of formidable diversity; religious, development, environmental, labour and other groups all

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(H/T Indymedia)Mike Schwartz, a partner at London law firm Bindmans, said: "The police have adopted mission creep. One of the symptoms is their misuse of the power of stop and search under the Terrorism Act. It is being misused because the police have the power to impose a blanket area, where any police officer can search anyone without reason for suspicion on the basis that a senior police

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Two important developments with regards the planned expansion of Heathrow have occoured today.Firstly, the govornments plan to spin and spin and get the expansion done, has been leaked:Must read: govornment spin plan over heathrow leaked RT@greenpeaceuk http://tinyurl.com/cek8pvAlso, guardian has "Heathrow Runway Dealt Massive Blow":Planning application cannot be lodged before general election,

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You may have heard in the news that the G20 are meeting in London in the coming week.The main notable aspect of the runup to the meeting is the sheer quantity of negative and frankly terrifying propaganda coming out of all the 'independent' press we have here in the UK. On the basis of what the police tell them the media are out of control frothing at the mouth. It's rare to get such confusion,

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While humans concentrate on launching an "affordable" car for billions of bicyclers, and prepare to meltdown the amazon for palm-oil, the incredible shrinking polar bear seeks protection where it mayWater and space are at a premium

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Frank is a cartoon character. Shooting people is wrong. Of course Frank would never actually DO anything like this. It's probably just a dream. We'll all wake up soon.The great ice sheets may not be set to completely collapse overnight, but the processes being set in motion today will make that collapse unstoppable.With our current "democratic" processes falling short, and road traffic increasing

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Opportunities abound for those who dare, as China asks he who calls the tune to pay the piper, and we are all cordially invited to Cap the richElsewhere, both Shell and the UK government go into bat for the opposition

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The climate camp(main/g20) has now got two active twitter accounts one national and one for the london group.Also, and this is the cool part...since twitter has stopped sending txt's in the UK we have a special climate camp txt messaging service so that you can subscribe for mobile phone updates.

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Really awesome video bellow. Pete Postlethwaite, star of the Age of Stupid, pledges to return his OBE if Kingsnorth is built. Look out for Ed Milliband looking ver uncomfortable and a great deal of positive vibes in the audianceThe age of stupid is really starting to get press attention (google news search)

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Stern warnings followed by stern warnings, as drought pushes up grain futures

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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?

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Because Susan George is always interesting to listen to...

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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

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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

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(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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Toilet humour. I know. It's not big. It's not clever. Some sophisticated souls pull their faces over material like this and end up looking like a bulldog licking piss off a thistle. They think it devalues the currency. I pooh pooh such notions.Anyway...American's dedication to a luxury defecatory experience leaves virgin forests depleted, with a nagging feeling that they could have done so much

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Amelia has outdone herself with her latest coverage of the Climate Rush. Really great work.

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Now with a new and improved label! New Reality ad directed by the Academy-award winning Coen Brothers.In reality, there's no such thing as clean coal. Learn more. Join the campaign.

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The evening standard on the climate rush.

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A top class London hotel has vowed companies and organisations which contribute to climate chaos will no longer be welcome to use their facilities for corporate promotion and entertainment The move follows a Climate Rush action on the Landmark Hotel in Marylebone, where hundreds of protestors converged on Thursday to halt a coal industry awards ceremony.Coal is acknowledged among scientists and

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Campaigners from around the world have condemned the UK govornments plan for new coal power plants. Reaching a global deal on climate change, they say, is nearly impossible if developed nations cant move away from the most polluting form of energy know to man.Campaigners in 40 countries say UK's proposed new coal power plants will undercut emission deals. A report in The Guardian argues

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A great story from Indymedia...The latest Climate Rush event has just taken place at the Landmark Hotel in central london--location of the national coal awards (yes they exist!).Coal UK planed to presented celebratory awards to the most damaging companies in the coal industry. Climate Rush offed an alternative awards based on the ecological damage that the coal industry is inflicting on the

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For several years now various christian groups have been doing a lot of work on climate change. The latest campaign to come to my attention is by Opperation Noah who are launching there Ark campaign to pressure the government towards ambitious targets at the Copenhagen climate conference coming up later this year. Copenhagen will be the culmination of much international work on a climate treaty

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