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SchNEWS 761 | 04-03-2011 00:53 | Climate Camp 2008 | Climate Camp 2007 | Climate Camp 2006 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Free Spaces | Sheffield | South Coast | World

They came, they camped, they conquered (well, almost). During a soul-searching Dorset retreat, Climate Camp have decided to suspend tent-centred activism - citing the “radically different political landscape” of 2011. Having been through Drax, Kingsnorth, Heathrow, RBS, Copenhagen and one helluva lot of hummus, the group are now turning their attention to coordination with the wider anti-cuts and anti-austerity movement.

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Climate Camp Dissolves Itself

ex-camper | 01-03-2011 22:09 | Climate Chaos | Social Struggles | Sheffield

The near-collapse of the financial system; droughts in the Amazon, floods in Pakistan; a new government in the UK; a violent programme of unprecedented cuts; food prices rising and real incomes eroding; revolutions across the Middle East… This is all very different from 2005 when the Camp for Climate Action first met to spark radical action on the greatest threat to humanity, climate change.

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Peak Trouble: Navigating the Chaos

Alex Smith | 27-02-2011 19:12 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

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News of unstable oil, climate, banking and regimes begs the question: are we ready, personally, for difficult times? Dr. Jeremy Leggett, oil geologist, former Greenpeace campaigner, solar entrepreneur on world energy. Analysis of EU dependency on Libyan oil, connections to arms trade. Then historian and psychotherapist Dr. Carolyn Baker on new book "Navigating the Coming Chaos: A Handbook for Inner Transition."

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Transition - The West Coast Scene - Really!

Alex Smith | 20-02-2011 19:05 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

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What started with Rob Hopkins in the village of Totnes, UK, evolves differently in North America. Michael Brownlee from Transition Boulder, Joanne Poyourow from Transition L.A., Vandy Savage from Vancouver, plus recording of a Village Vancouver meet-up, Ann Pacey and Ross Moster. Full of ideas for your own action plan.

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Victory Against Open-cast Co. Durham

Coal Action Network | 18-02-2011 14:46 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

On Tuesday 15th February Durham county councillors voted unanimously to reject the application by UK: Coal to extract 530,000 tonnes of coal from the site known as Bradley.

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why are the skies full of lines?

lookup | 17-02-2011 19:52 | Climate Chaos | Globalisation | Health | Sheffield | World

Grids and lines of chemicals regularly fill the sky above us and mix into a big haze blocking out the sun and making it cold and dull. Does it go above your head?

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Population Overload

Alex Smith | 16-02-2011 20:03 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Social Struggles | Sheffield

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Three voices with solutions for the population crisis. Lisa Hymas, co-founder and Senior Editor of Grist.org on GINKs, Green-Inclined, No Kids. Clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen L. Walker - the good and the bad of going childfree. Plus the grand-daddy of the whole population movement, Dr. Paul Ehrlich. His 1968 book "The Population Bomb" woke us up. Now he's got a surprising new tool that could help us survive the multiple crisis we face.

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Spying company, Vericola Ltd, uncovered after incompetence

keepcalmandcarryon | 14-02-2011 21:30 | Climate Chaos | Repression | Sheffield | World

A spying firm with corporate clients including E.ON, Scottish Power and Scottish Coal has been identified after accidentally emailing the activists it was spying on. Kent-based Vericola Ltd has been targeting groups including the Camp for Climate Action and London Rising Tide with low-level infiltration. Other groups are encouraged to check their lists and share any experiences.

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Hello Hard Times

Alex Smith | 13-02-2011 07:12 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield | World

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Starts with a rant welcoming the new business Master of Washington. Then to Greenpeace Brazil, interview with Kiko Brito on the climate floods there. Feature interview with Nafeez Ahmed, author of "A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization." Ends with a speck of hope. Radio Ecoshock 110128

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Weather goes off the charts: is it climate change?

Ben Courtice | 13-02-2011 02:53 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield | World

In the space of a few weeks, Australia and the world have been rocked by devastating weather events, from huge snowstorms across the US to flash flooding and cyclones in Australia. Many of these events have not just been catastrophic, but have set new records for weather.

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Help Stop an Opencast Mine Application on Tuesday

Steve Leary | 09-02-2011 15:00 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Birmingham | Sheffield

Durham County Council are due to decide on UK Coal plc's Bradley Opencast Mine Application on Tuesday 15/2/11. Read how to join those who are planning to demonstrate against DCC approving the Application.

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5OOm Buffer Zone Bill Vote on FridaY

Steve Leary | 08-02-2011 09:39 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Birmingham | Sheffield

The 2nd reading of the 500m Buffer Zone Bill takes place this Friday. This press release gives information about the reasons why this is an important Bill, provides information about a new Briefing Note (B6) that explains the Bill and provides info about how to get involved.

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The Great Unravelling: Tunisia, Egypt and the Protracted Collapse of the American Empire

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed | 02-02-2011 14:59 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Terror War | Sheffield | World

The toppling of dictator Ben Ali in Tunisia in the wake of mass protests and bloody street clashes has been widely recognized as signifying a major transformation in the future of politics and geopolitics for the major countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There is little doubt that the Tunisian experience triggered the escalation of unprecedented protests in Egypt against the Mubarak regime. The question on every media pundit’s lips is, ‘Will events in Tunisia and Egypt have a domino effect throughout the Arab world?’

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John Pilger: Floods Australia‘s ‘Katrina’ moment

John Pilger | 31-01-2011 13:46 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield | World

When you fly over the earth’s oldest land mass, Australia, the view can be shocking.

Scars as long as European countries are the result of erosion. Salt pans shimmer where once native vegetation grew. This is almost impossible to reverse. The first to die are the most vulnerable species.

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Crisis of Civilisation: Trailer & Website Launched

g | 26-01-2011 15:12 | Anti-militarism | Climate Chaos | Energy Crisis | Sheffield | World

Details of a new UK film inspired by Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed's recent book "A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save It"

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More Woeful Financial News about UK Coal plc.

Steve Leary | 26-01-2011 10:29 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Birmingham | Sheffield

New information has come to light that suggests that any promises UK Coal plc make about providing Community Benefits when it works Opencast Sites need to be backed up with the assurance that a Banker's Guarantee underwrites that promise.

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Australia Floods - Climate?

Alex Smith | 24-01-2011 03:08 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

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Terrible floods in Queenland, Australia - with record rapid rainfall. Another extreme precipitation event, like caused by warming oceans, from climate change. Says Professor Matthew England from the Climate Change Research Centre, at The University of New South Wales, in Sydney. 13 min interview with Alex Smith, Radio Ecoshock.

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The Food Bubble - Lester Brown

Alex Smith | 24-01-2011 01:25 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

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You have seen food prices going up at the local grocery store. That could be just the beginning. According to Lester Brown, a leading expert in both the environment and world agriculture, those bulging supermarket shelves are part of a "food bubble", which could crash. Radio Ecoshock interview. 24 min

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Exposure of police spy in UK sheds light on covert operations

Robert Stevens | 19-01-2011 10:57 | Climate Chaos | History | Repression | Sheffield | World

Last week, a trial of six environmental campaigners at Nottingham Crown Court in England collapsed. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said they could not continue, as “new evidence” had come to light undermining their case.

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Ratcliffe trial last two sentences

A N Other | 18-01-2011 14:25 | Climate Chaos | Repression | Sheffield

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