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Radio Ecoshock on James Hansen on Climate Criminals

NASA scientist James Hansen shakes up Capitol Hill (and the media) with explosive testimony to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Climate Change. For one thing, he thinks oil industry executives who purposely (and secretly) fund groups to confuse the public about climate science – should be charged with crimes against humanity.

Leave it in the Ground… in Court and a protest

Last week papers were served on the occupants at Bodge House to appear in Court on Monday 30th June at Derby Combined Courts, The Morledge Derby.

Come and show your support with a fun little protest at 9 am

Lodge House open cast mine site occupied

Under the cover of darkness Lodge house open cast mine in Smalley, Derbyshire has the building squatted as well as trees with ariel runway.

Peace in the Park, June 2008, Sheffield

Photographs from Sheffield's Peace in the Park carnival on 14th June 2008.

The Price of Business-as-Usual - UK Abandons 2°C Target

Christian Aid is angry. The British government has just "eviscerated" the Climate Change Bill, claimed the agency.

Noise Demo at UK Coal Head Office Protest

UK Coal is about to devastate a beautiful part of the Derbyshire countryside by starting an open cast mine. So ‘Leave it in the Ground’ and Earth First! decided to make some noise over it with people from Derby, Nottingham Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Brighton as well as other places, all travelled to UK Coals Head office in Doncaster to make some noise.

Campaign to raise awareness of 350ppm C02 target

The implications of James Hansen and co's paper, Target CO2: Where should humanity aim?

http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126 and it's supporting documentation,

http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1135 are probably not yet well known, though it did make the front page of The Guardian,

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/07/climatechange.carbonemissions

A campaign has now been launched to raise awareness of this target -- currently we have over 380ppm of CO2 and it's going up faster than ever before --

http://www.350.org/

Noise demo against imminent open cast coal mine 9th June

Leave It In The Ground | 29-05-2008 10:20 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

A new open-cast coal mine site is about to get underway in beautiful Derbyshire, unless we stop it now. Help us send the message loud and clear to UK Coal to leave it in the ground!

Leave it in the Ground’s Picnic in the Park trespass report

Leave it in the Ground | 28-05-2008 15:33 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Around 70 people had set of to travel on a bank holiday Monday which is no easy task as public transport has a natural tendency not to run or has a limited service on bank holidays, for a picnic in a remote part of Derbyshire. The weather reports had all predicted thundery showers for the day, which seems to be normal for a bank holiday outing.

Transition Towns Talks 27th May

With oil hitting £135 its very pertinant that Rob Hopkins will be speaking about Transition Initiatives at the Mechanics Institute on Tues 27 the May

Leave it in the Ground! - 26th May open-cast coal mass trespass and picnic -

Hi everyone, there is a public action against new open cast coal mining coming up. The people organising it are a new group and a hoping for lots of people to come, to start building a strong
resistance against the massive new coal mining plans in the UK and elsewhere. It'll be a fun day and a great start to the campaign.

“The Rocky Road to a Real Transition”: A Review.

The Rocky Road to a Real Transition: the transition towns movement and what it means for social change. Paul Chatterton & Alice Cutler. The Trapese Collective. A free download available here (warning: it is a huge file): 2008. 41pp.

New website: Leave it in the Ground

a new website's gone live; it's as it says on the box - leave it in the ground!

Leave it in the Ground: open-cast coal mass trespass, 26th May

A new open cast coal mine site is about to get underway in beautiful Derbyshire unless we stop it now.

M1 Conspiracy Case Thrown Out

Seven climate camp activists against the widening of the M1(1*) had the
case against them dismissed from Sheffield Crown Court yesterday. Charged
with conspiracy to cause a public nuisance Judge Robinson said that:
"there was not a jot of evidence" for a jury to infer an endangerment
of any member of the public.

Screening 28th April: What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire

Coming to grips with peak oil, climate change, mass extinction, population overshoot, and the demise of our current lifestyle.

Monday 28th April. Film showing 6.30pm at Quaker Meeting House, St James St (near Cathedral tram stop) - refreshments available 6pm.

Transition Town meeting with founder Rob Hopkins & Ecoceleb Penny Poyzer

Green Syndicalist | 21-04-2008 20:47 | Ecology | Education | Sheffield

27th may at mechanics,7.30pm
North sherwood street near the Vic centre Fire station.
Photo attached of flyer, next meet 4th june, no title yet but Ben did talk on local authorities at the recent conference so maybe that should be the title.

The Transition City Leeds workshop: 19th April

repost | 16-04-2008 18:18 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Following is a an article from the 16 April 2008 Yorkshire Evening Post, it's a corporate repost but it's a decent introduction to Transition Leeds...

The Transition City Leeds workshop will take place at Centenary House, North Street, Leeds, on Saturday April 19, from 11am.

http://transition-city-leeds.wikispaces.com/

May 2005 Peak Oil Production Topped in Jan 2008

The following graphs are from theoildrum.com, where they are introduced with the following text:

"The EIA’s newest International Petroleum Monthly (

http://www.eia.doe.gov/ipm/ ) shows World C+C (Crude Oil plus Condensate) production for January was 74,466,000 barrels per day, eclipsing the heretofore peak of May 2005 by 168,000 barrels per day. (thanks to Ron Patterson for the heads up and to Khebab for the quick graphics)."

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3835

Stop Grouse Shooting on Ilkley Moor - Before it starts

Ilkley Moor has been free of guns and shooting for the past decade, but Bradford Council are set to change this and are considering re-issuing licenses for local shoots to use the public-moorland for their disgusting 'sport'.

Sheffield Ecology Newswire Archive

Radio Ecoshock on James Hansen on Climate Criminals

Leave it in the Ground… in Court and a protest

Lodge House open cast mine site occupied

Peace in the Park, June 2008, Sheffield

The Price of Business-as-Usual - UK Abandons 2°C Target

Noise Demo at UK Coal Head Office Protest

Campaign to raise awareness of 350ppm C02 target

Noise demo against imminent open cast coal mine 9th June

Leave it in the Ground’s Picnic in the Park trespass report

Transition Towns Talks 27th May

Leave it in the Ground! - 26th May open-cast coal mass trespass and picnic -

“The Rocky Road to a Real Transition”: A Review.

New website: Leave it in the Ground

Leave it in the Ground: open-cast coal mass trespass, 26th May

M1 Conspiracy Case Thrown Out

Screening 28th April: What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire

Transition Town meeting with founder Rob Hopkins & Ecoceleb Penny Poyzer

The Transition City Leeds workshop: 19th April

May 2005 Peak Oil Production Topped in Jan 2008

Stop Grouse Shooting on Ilkley Moor - Before it starts

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