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UG#558 - Into Eternity (Understanding The Ongoing Nuclear Wars)

Did you know that the nuclear fallout in Fallujah is worse than in Hiroshima or Nagasaki? Brian Haw did. We start with a few words from the recently departed one man political protest. Then Chris Busby speaks on the dangers of radiation that authorities and the media conspire to cover up, and we hear from Jeff Donn about the real risks and radiation releases in US nuclear power stations. Our title feature, in hour 2, is a radio adaptation of the sombre and philosophical film, Into Eternity, about the Finnish efforts to build the world's first long term nuclear storage facility.

Machinery of Climate Denial - Ecoshock

Alex Smith | 09-07-2011 00:34 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Who are the climate deniers & who funds them? Thorough investigation by Dr. John Mashey of California. Former Chief Scientist for super-computer maker Silicon Graphics. He met climate scientists being harassed and threatened, went on a years-long quest to know who and why. Fake "institutes" funded by big oil and coal use plagiarism and lies to stall public awareness of climate change danger.

Oil & Coal - How Much Is Left?

Alex Smith | 08-07-2011 23:54 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

Geoscientist David Hughes, from Association for the Study of Peak Oil, Fellow Post Carbon Institute. Speech to Transition Toronto 110203. Expert analysis for North America and the world. Radio Ecoshock 110720

Is Biochar A Scam? - Ecoshock

Alex Smith | 08-07-2011 17:32 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Why is big oil pushing biochar to "offset" Tar Sands emissions? Earthbeat reporter Daphne Wysham interviews Rachel Smolker. Then Daphne with Anne Petermann of globaljusticeecology.org on Stop GE Trees campaign. Ends with Dr. Helen Caldicott on nuclear disaster.

Kill the Car

This program lets you hear a fine speech on the true cost of car culture. Yves Engler launched his book June 27th in Vancouver. The title: "Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay". The African co-author is Bianca Mugyenyi. The two tried a road trip by public transit through the wild suburbs of America. It was savage territory - but Yves will tell you all about that, and about your own life, in this recording for Radio Ecoshock.

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Countering the GM come back summer camp

Bring your stove and tent for an anti-GM weekend. Fri 22nd pm: Camping available. Sat 23rd: Delivering a trailer load of organic spuds to the doors of the John Innes Centre in protest at GM potato trials there. Sun 24th: a day-long planning session: GM is coming back – we’ll be ready. See below for more information.

De-Growth - the Alternative to Collapse

As oil and other commodities run out; climate and species crash - politicians keep promising more growth. It's an insane mantra of old economics. Two experts explain the new economy of "de-growth" at a conference June 3rd, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Conrad Schmidt, founder of the "Work Less Party", and Dr. Bill Rees, co-inventor of the ecological footprint.

3 Nuclear Scares in the U.S. and Fukushima Bankruptcy

Coverage of flooding of Fort Calhoun and Coopers Point Reactors in Nebraska, plus fire approaches Los Alamos nuke weapons lab. Nuke tech no longer safe as climate shifts. Then why U.S. downplays radiation from Japan: is it because they fear Japan will sell off $700 billion in Treasuries to pay cleanup costs? Reality of radioactive Tokyo and 290,000 people living nuclear experiment in Fukushima City.

Camp Frack - Weekend of 17th-18th September

Join the resistance to the “fracking” invasion! Stop the massive expansion of shale gas extraction in the UK! We need renewables and powerdown - not another source of fossil fuel!

After The Apocalypse: Screening on 5th of July

'After The Apocalypse', is showing at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield on Tuesday 5th of July at 18.30.

It's a 65 minute documentary about a pregnant woman's battle to keep her unborn baby against the wishes of a hostile medical profession, in Kazakhstan.

American Fukushima

Alex Smith | 24-06-2011 08:23 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

"American Fukushima" finds 3 sources saying the Nuclear Regulatory Commision has weakened and not enforced safety rules for American reactors for years, decades. The exact date and names of interference from Congress, on behalf of the nuclear industry operators, shows when regulation stopped. Plus revelations of dangerous defects in dozens of U.S. reactors.

Scientists Expect Mass Extinction in Oceans

A new report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean, or IPSO, written by 27 top experts on the oceans. They warn the oceans are in a state of dying from multiple causes, all of them human. Climate change is not coming. It is here. Carbon is not only flooding the atmosphere but the deep sea. Two clips, interview with paleoclimatologist Dr. Peter Ward, and new climate song.

Carbon Capture and Storage - An act of Faith?

New article on Carbon Capture and Storage on the Coal Action Network Website

‘Is Clean Coal an Act of Faith?’ by Anne Harris is a write up of a talk given to The Sheffield Humanist Society 3rd March 2010. A recording the presentation from the opposition, Terry Fox (TUC Clean Coal Task Force), this talk and contributions from the floor are available from

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/40349 and

http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2010/03/446931.html

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Rising To The Challenge

Alex Smith | 16-06-2011 00:07 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Why are so many bad things happening at once? Handling the converging crisis with author Ellen Laconte. Then, the next threat to both climate and oceans: Cairn Energy drills deep for oil off Greenland in "Iceberg Alley". Greenpeace climate campaigner Vicky Wyatt call them out. Then we interview scientists on heat tolerance in small species. Will some be pushed into extinction by global warming?

Getting Off-Grid 2 - Nick Rosen

Journalist and documentary film maker Nick Rosen has toured Europe and N. America to find off-grid living. His site off-grid.com is a centre for those moving toward a fossil-fuel free life. Why do they do it? We talk motivation and tech in the interview from Radio Ecoshock 110608 29 min.

Getting Off-Grid 1 - Cam Mather

Alex Smith | 10-06-2011 16:43 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

Living off grid 14 years with family, Cam Mather publishes how-to books, including The Renewable Energy Handbook. He loads up this interview with lessons-learned, tips for starting out, solar, all seasons solar hot water heater, geothermal, wood & wind.
From Radio Ecoshock Show 110608 29 min

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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front will be screened twice during the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival:

Thursday 9th Jun at 15:30 - 17:29 Sheffield Central Library Theatre

Saturday 11th Jun at 13:35 - 15:49 Showroom 3, screening with UK Uncut + Extended Q&A (129mins)

There will also a discussion of the film on Saturday 11 June 2011 at 11:45 in The Crucible Studio.

Decision Day for Minorca Opencast Mine Application

Leicestershire County Council has announced that a decision on whether UK Coal's application for an opencast mine on the Minorca site can go ahead will be made on Thursday 23rd June. The Minorca Opencast Protest Group in, PR 104, gives more information on this and what MOPG is planning to do to prevent this application from succeeding.

PAUL WATSON Eco-Pirate

Alex Smith | 04-06-2011 18:56 | Ecology | Ocean Defence | Sheffield

Update from Captain Paul Watson, founder of Seasheperd, in this short speech plus Q and A recorded after the Premiere in Vancouver, Canada of new biographical feature film: "Eco-Pirate: The Paul Watson Story". With Trish Dolman writer/director. Victory over Japanese whaling in Antarctic? On to Libya. Lawless seas, overfishing, protection of marine mammals. From Radio Ecoshock 110603 25 minutes.

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US Reactors as Dangerous as Fukushima

Alex Smith | 04-06-2011 18:38 | Ecology | Energy Crisis | Sheffield

From the Union of Concerned Scientists, nuclear engineer and whistleblower David Lochbaum explains his testimony to Congress on priority steps to avoid similar melt-downs and radiation in the United States (applies to all nuclear reactors, world-wide). Most U.S. reactors have HALF the battery backup Fukushima had, many more unprotected spent fuel rods, and unknown emergency plans. Interview from Radio Ecoshock Show 110603 24 minutes.

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Sheffield Ecology Newswire Archive

UG#558 - Into Eternity (Understanding The Ongoing Nuclear Wars)

Machinery of Climate Denial - Ecoshock

Oil & Coal - How Much Is Left?

Is Biochar A Scam? - Ecoshock

Kill the Car

Countering the GM come back summer camp

De-Growth - the Alternative to Collapse

3 Nuclear Scares in the U.S. and Fukushima Bankruptcy

Camp Frack - Weekend of 17th-18th September

After The Apocalypse: Screening on 5th of July

American Fukushima

Scientists Expect Mass Extinction in Oceans

Carbon Capture and Storage - An act of Faith?

Rising To The Challenge

Getting Off-Grid 2 - Nick Rosen

Getting Off-Grid 1 - Cam Mather

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Decision Day for Minorca Opencast Mine Application

PAUL WATSON Eco-Pirate

US Reactors as Dangerous as Fukushima

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