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Environment News UK
- The week in wildlifeHungry sharks, frogs keen to mate and a mischievous leopard are among the pick of this week's images from the natural world
- Artist finds inspiration in censorshipVisual essays by Franke James reveal how the 'troublesome artist' was targeted because her views on climate change clashed with the push to develop Alberta's tar sands• Franke James' art – in picturesCanada, under the government of Stephen Harper, has exhibited little patience for dissent. The government has muzzled government scientists, […]
- Zombie climate sceptic theoriesStudy finds overwhelming scientific consensus that humans have caused global warming, but media still hasn't caught upHere's the news from 1991 – a vanishingly small number of peer-reviewed studies in science journals argue that humans aren't the cause of global warming.Here's the news from 2013 – since 1991, less than two per cent of all […]
- Arctic strategy sets off climate timebombUS National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone elseOne week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region, outlining the government's strategic priorities over the next 10 years. The release of the strategy came about a week after the Off […]
- Bloodthirsty 'factual' TV shows demonise wildlifeMajor US TV channels are promoting hysterical and outdated ideas about wildlife in popular, blood-soaked showsMost people's wild beasts live in the TV.What I mean is that, in my experience, most people are highly unlikely to come eyeball-to-eyeball with a large wild animal in their everyday lives, and much of their knowledge of wildlife comes from a scr […]
- New to nature No 104: Meenoplus roddenberryiThe presence of isolated bug Meenoplus Roddenberryi on Gran Canaria suggests important things about the evolution of cave-dwelling speciesThings are looking up for bugs underground. Among the 132 cave-dwelling invertebrate species of the Canary Islands are about 15 species of Hemiptera or true bugs. Most of these troglobites are from younger, more recently v […]
Friends of the Earth Scotland
- News: Protestors Outside Cairn Energy's AGM todayFriends of the Earth Scotland Press ReleaseENVIRONMENTALISTS PROTEST AT CAIRN ENERGY'S AGM TODAY IN EDINBURGHFREE HIGH RES PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheearthscotland/sets/721576335094...Activists from Friends of the Earth Scotland gathered today (16 May) outside Cairn Energy's AGM in Edinburgh, dressed as cowboys to highlight […]
- News: Campaigners blow up a mountain outside RBS AGMFriends of the Earth ScotlandFor immediate releaseFREE PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheearthscotland/8737490275/RBS Mountaintop Removal Protest at RBS Bank headquarters AGM, Edinburgh, 14/05/2013:Friends of the Earth Scotland demonstrators protest outside the RBS AGM, held at Gogarburn, the bank's global headquarters.Pictured are Frie […]
- Resources: Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia, West Virginia: Case StudyMountaintop Removal causes huge environmental destruction, dramatically alters landscapes and is linked to serious local health impacts. It involves literally blasting the tops off mountains to access thin layers of coal embedded in rock. Unsurprisingly, this is a highly controversial process in the USA where the technique has been pioneered. What's les […]
- Events: Coal-Bed Methane: What it Means for Falkirk and StirlingLocation: Falkirk Old and St. Modan’s Parish Church Manse Place, Falkirk, FK1 1JN Date: 22 May 2013 - 7:15pm - 9:00pm Map link: http://bit.ly/11Sxm2X Talk and discussion with toxics expert Dr. Mariann Lloyd-SmithTea, coffee and biscuits will be served. Information: Friends of the Earth Scotland is in the process of confirming details about the building […]
- News: Climate Update - April 2013TOP LINE: April was cooler and wetter than average but also very sunny, being the 10th sunniest April on record April statistics: Average Temperature: 4.8°C which is 0.9°C below the long-term average (1971-2000)Average Rainfall: 121.2mm, which is 40% higher than the long-term average Average Sunshine: 170.9hrs, which is 30% higher than the long-term average, […]
Indymedia UK
- Audio from the Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair 2013Attached are audio recordings from 8 of the talks at the Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair which was held in the Showroom and Workstation on 11th May 2013, see also the photos of the stalls.
- Why was a Sunday Times report on US government ties to al-Qaeda chief spiked?FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds was described as "the most gagged person in the history of the United States" by the American Civil Liberties Union. Was the Sunday Times pressured to drop its investigation into her revelations?
- August 2013 Delegation to Venezuela: The Revolution Continues!While the mainstream media speculates about the future of the Bolivarian Revolution since the passing of Hugo Chavez, for the Venezuelan people, there is no question. Come learn about the process currently transpiring in Venezuela as the people, reinvigorated by the legacy of Chavez, deepen and further radicalize their struggle in defense of the Bolivarian R […]
- Sheffield: 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of PalestineSupporters of the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign marked the 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 "ethnic cleansing" of Palestine, with a vigil outside the Town Hall on 18th May 2013. In a short interview attached Musheir El Farra explaines what the protest was about and what people can do to support the campaign.
- Sheffield Protest Against the Bed Room TaxThere was a protest in Barkers Pool, Sheffield, on 18th May 2013 against the Tory / LibDem changes to housing benefit which came into force on 1st April 2013.
Animal Rights UK
- AnimalRightsUK: Bristol Hunt Saboteurs will be hosting an Info Evening about the Badger Cull on Wednesday 29th May at Cafe Kino,... http://t.co/JnmGFtJAb9AnimalRightsUK: Bristol Hunt Saboteurs will be hosting an Info Evening about the Badger Cull on Wednesday 29th May at Cafe Kino,... http://t.co/JnmGFtJAb9
- AnimalRightsUK: a closeup of one of those birds, from Chargot, a big estate in the somerset badgercull zone http://t.co/OPReRfDYLDAnimalRightsUK: a closeup of one of those birds, from Chargot, a big estate in the somerset badgercull zone http://t.co/OPReRfDYLD
- AnimalRightsUK: inside the pheasant pen at Chargot shooting estate, the white plastic clips are to stop them from attacking each... http://t.co/HFafMakRUgAnimalRightsUK: inside the pheasant pen at Chargot shooting estate, the white plastic clips are to stop them from attacking each... http://t.co/HFafMakRUg
- AnimalRightsUK: some geo tagged pheasant pens & a link to yesterdays expose of factory farmed pheasants in the Somerset Badger... http://t.co/wiqvejDM8IAnimalRightsUK: some geo tagged pheasant pens & a link to yesterdays expose of factory farmed pheasants in the Somerset Badger... http://t.co/wiqvejDM8I
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Which GOP party would that be?!!LOL