Stop G8 Notts
November 21, 2012 20:00
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November 12, 2012 21:09
by Stop G8 Notts
the Sumac Centre 245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham. NG7 6HX
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Published:
November 12, 2012 21:09
by Stop G8 Notts
the Sumac Centre 245 Gladstone Street, Nottingham. NG7 6HX
Published:
November 09, 2012 11:55
by T
Homes threat on green-belt land in RushcliffeFriday, November 09, 2012
FollowBy Emily Winsor
UP TO 9,600 homes could be built in the borough of Rushcliffe before 2026 – with half of them on green-belt land.
The plans are revealed in the latest draft local plan drawn up by Rushcliffe Borough Council, which has to find room for new homes to meet government targets.
The pla…
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November 05, 2012 23:07
by T
Campaigners from No Dash for Gas abseil 90m down power station chimney to end 7 day occupation
This morning the last two campaigners from No Dash for Gas abseiled down the side of one of the chimneys they have been occupying at EDF’s West Burton power station for the past 7 days to end the most audacious and high profile direct action in recent years. Four campaigners had left yesterday, all ha…
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November 05, 2012 13:56
by SCROAT Cinema
The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, NG7 6HX
Published:
November 04, 2012 11:52
by Nottingham Indymedia
in group 
Notts Indymedia
Early on Monday 29th October, sixteen people scaled the chimneys of West Burton gas-fired power station in Nottinghamshire, shutting it down and halting further construction. West Burton is one of the first of up to 20 new gas-fired power stations the Government has planned.
On the newswire: Gas power station occupied by No Dash for Gas | Police warn power station protesters | fifteen people scal…
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November 01, 2012 17:13
by Steve Leary
This the 6th Review covers developmnts in the stages reached for current and potential opencast site planning applications for the 14 known English sites the 2 known Scottish sites and the 5 known Welsh sites. In addition it provides a link to a study commissioned by the last government on what would be the effect of implementing a 'buffer zone' of various widths around potential opencast sites on…
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October 31, 2012 12:49
by T
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.
Early on Monday morning a group of 30 people shut down West Burton gas-fired power station. 16 of them have remained in the power station occupying two of its chimneys to prevent it from being turned …
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October 29, 2012 13:03
by T
They Say:
Nottinghamshire Police have today warned a group of protesters who have entered the West Burton Power Station that they face arrest.
It is believed more than 20 people made their way into the power station in the early hours of the morning, and around a dozen have climbed two chimneys at the site.
Five of the protesters – all women from either Manchester or Leeds – were arrested as …
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October 29, 2012 12:13
by T
Early on Monday 29th October, fifteen people scaled the chimneys of West Burton gas-fired power station, shutting it down and halting further construction. West Burton is one of the first of up to 20 new gas-fired power stations the Government has planned.
The new ‘dash for gas’ will leave us dependent on a highly polluting and increasingly expensive fossil fuel for decades to come. It would make…
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October 20, 2012 22:07
by led
During the Saturday peak shopping time between 12:30 and 15:30, activists from Leicester Animal Rights offered an alternative to McBurgerCulture to shoppers in the form of vegan sweet and savoury snacks sourced from local independent health food shop "Current Affairs" all served with a side order of information leaflets. The stall was pitched directly outside the busy Highcross/clock tower branch …
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October 18, 2012 10:13
by Steve Leary
A submission to a House of Commons Select Committee arguing for a toughening up of rules governing the siting of future opencast mines has been accepted as written evidence. The submission was made by the Loose Anti Opencast Network to the Communities and Local Government's Housing, Planning and Growth InquiryA press release below summarises some of the main points as well as providing a link to…
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October 17, 2012 22:07
by Occupy Nottingham
Nottingham Old Market Square
Published:
October 17, 2012 18:54
by Notts IMC + Led
in group Notts Indymedia
The International Day of Action Against McDonalds (16th Oct) was marked by protests against the multinational fast food corporation by protests in Derby and Nottingham. During Saturday lunchtime activists in Derby picketed a city centre branch in protest at its unethical business practices. This was followed by a “mammoth” leaflet distribution on Monday in Nottingham city centre. Activists di…
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October 16, 2012 23:30
by led
Today activists from Nottingham Animal Rights undertook a mammoth leaflet distribution exercise outside the McDonald's outlet on what is known to be one of the busiest high streets in the UK.
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October 15, 2012 00:37
by led
During the Saturday lunch time rush hours from 12:00 to 14:00, a group of activists spearheaded by Derby Animal Rights demo-ed the busy St. Peters street branch of McDonald's, in protest at the unethical business practices of the fast food giant.
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October 03, 2012 15:01
by Steve Leary
Coal operators have 4.75m tonnes of surface mineable coal in their sights in Engl;and, often lying within 500m of where people live. Planning rules for them to get this coal have been relaxed. At the same time, many Power Generating companies are or plan to convert power stations to run on biomass. If this does not make sense to you then read our press release to find out more information
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October 03, 2012 14:09
by Steve Leary
This 5th review of news stories about prospective opencast site applications on 14 possible sites in england and 4 sites in Wales. It especially has news about recent developments at Halton Lea Gate and the Hilltop Project
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October 02, 2012 17:51
by T
Undercover Cops
Radio 4 8.00pm tonight 2nd October
How far should undercover police officers go to gather intelligence?
Jane Deith talks exclusively to women suing the Metropolitan police claiming they were tricked into long standing relationships with undercover officers.
The unmasking of undercover cop Mark Kennedy who'd been infiltrating environmental protest groups has led to revelat…
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September 25, 2012 21:54
by Tally
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September 17, 2012 10:28
by Steve Leary
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, mea…
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September 09, 2012 20:01
by Coal Action Network
Royal Oak car park, Tupton, on the A61 (postcode S42 6LA).
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September 02, 2012 13:32
by Steve Leary
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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August 24, 2012 14:18
by Led
Earlier today, activists from Derby Animal Rights engaged with Saturday shoppers outside the Guildhall meat and fish market in the centre of Derby, discussing the controversial issue of animal agriculture. In addition to an information stall, two activists were naked, wrapped in meat packaging and labelled up as "oven ready humans", drawing attention to the often overlooked reality that trays of s…
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August 24, 2012 11:30
by T
Another secretive European police working group revealed as governments remain tight-lipped on other police networks and the activities of Mark Kennedy
Statewatch can reveal the existence of a previously unknown international police working group geared towards discussing and developing covert investigative techniques. At the same time parliamentary questions in Germany have seen further details …
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August 08, 2012 15:34
by Steve Leary
The latest LAON 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 in both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
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August 04, 2012 22:31
by led
Earlier today, activists from Derby Animal Rights engaged with Saturday shoppers outside the Guildhall meat and fish market in the centre of Derby, discussing the controversial issue of animal agriculture. In addition to an information stall, two activists were naked, wrapped in meat packaging and labelled up as "oven ready humans", drawing attention to the often overlooked reality that trays of s…
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July 25, 2012 19:47
by Steve Leary
Derbyshire, which is becoming a new centre for Opencast Coal mining with I site already in operation at Lodge House, an application for another one at George Farm, a possible one at Hill Top now faces the possibility of another one near Renishaw, Staverly and Barlborough.
Published:
July 08, 2012 00:30
by Jonny Currie
Nottingham Conference Centre
Burton Street Nottingham
NG1 4BU
Published:
July 02, 2012 13:31
by Steve Leary
The June Review of Developments affecting Opencast Mining from the Loose Anti Opencast Network provides new evidence that Surface Mine workers in the USA contract 'Black Lung' disease. Secondly it reviews recent developments in Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK and lastly updates what the situation is on prospective and actual opencast sites in England.
