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Northern Vegan Festival in Manchester city centre

North of England's largest vegan festival next week

The 2015 Northern Vegan Festival in Manchester

On Saturday October 17, the Northern Vegan Festival returns to Manchester city centre for a bigger event than last year which this time features 4 venues.

The 2015 Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival in Leeds

One Saturday June 13, the Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival returns to Leeds city centre for a bigger event than last year, which this time will be at the Town Hall.

UG#701 - The Temptation of The Technofix (The Quest for "New Nature")

We hear a group of speakers from a conference on "Techno-Utopianism & the Fate of the Earth" organized last month by the International Forum on Globalization. A range of speakers offer perspectives on humanity's efforts to improve on nature, including critical looks at GM, synthetic biology, nanotechnology and electrosmog. Geoengineering, as we hear, is setting a new precedent - a technology designed not to improve life on earth but to mitigate the effects of older technologies.

Council Asked to Act over Breach of Contract

Leicestershire County Council (LCC) has been asked to take action over the late payment of £266,000 by UK Coal. Coal extraction at the Minorca site is continuing despite UK Coal being late in making payments due under a Section 106 Agreement. LCC is being asked to take action either to get the money owed or to stop coal from being extracted and shipped out from the site

A Request to Eric, Stop the Planning Process for new UK Coal sites

The Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) has written to Eric Pickles asking him to impose a moratorium on processing new planning applications submitted by UK Coal. This is because there is a major risk of environmental damage being caused it these planning applications are approved, because of the financial state of UK Coal. the article contains both the letter to Eric Pickles and the Press Release, which was released at the same time as the letter.

The Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival

The Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival will be the first major vegan festival ever to be held in Yorkshire with over 100 stalls and will attract thousands of people from all over the UK! The festival will take place in The Queens Hotel the heart of Leeds city centre on Saturday 10th May 2014 from 10am - 6pm.

North West Vegan Festival

Until the 150+ stalls Northern Vegan Festival in Blackpool on September 13, 2014, the North West Vegan Festival in Lancaster on Saturday June 7, 2014 will be the biggest ever vegan festival in the North.

Earth First! Winter Moot 7-9 March 2014

A weekend gathering for people involved or want to know more about ecological direct action around the UK including fighting opencast coal, fracking, GM, nuclear power, new road building and quarries with discussions and campaign planning - emphasis on the tactics and strategies, community solidarity and sustainable activism.

No loan guarantees for deforestation and pollution!

At 2pm on Wednesday 18 December representatives and supporters of Biofuelwatch, FOE, UK Without Incineration Network and the Campaign Against Climate Change gathered outside the Treasury building in Whitehall to protest at the huge subsidies the UK government is offering to hugely damaging and dangerous so-called renewable energy technology, biomass electricity and waste incineration.

UG#663 - Geoengineering for Fun and Profit (One Technofix To Rule Them All?)

150 episodes on from our first show on geoengineering, we return to the topic with a pair of recent speeches from academics. In our second hour, an hour long speech by Clive Hamilton, author of "Earthmasters - Playing God with the climate". To set the scene we begin with a recent talk on education by professor Stephen Gough.

Climate & Fukushima Round Up

Where Are We Really? Radio Ecoshock returns. Analysis of climate by Paul Beckwith, U of Ottawa. Arnie Gundersen updates Fukushima leaks and radioactive plume in the Pacific. Radio Ecoshock 130911 1 hour.

The Rescue of UK Coal could be a Threat to Communities

This press release reveals why certain communities across the UK are not jumping up and down with joy over the rescue of UK Coal. They are now threatened with the prospect of more opencast mining, just when the UK Coal's consumption is due to drop significantly

Rob Hopkins: The Power of Just Doing Stuff

Rob Hopkins from the Transition Network,

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/ spoke at a meeting in Sheffield on 27th June about the "Power of Just Doing Stuff".

Audio: Sheffield - Building our Response to the Climate Challenge

Attached are audio recordings and slides from the "Building our Response to the Climate Challenge" public meeting which was co-organised by Sheffield Climate Alliance and Sheffield City Council on 13th June 2013.

Will Humans Go Extinct Soon?

Alex Smith | 06-06-2013 06:10 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Investigating claims of near-term extinction for humans. Clips from Guy McPherson, John D. Cox, Dr. David Archer. Interview w. John Michael Greer. Analysis of predictions by Malcolm Light of the Arctic Methane Emergency Group (AMEG). Radio Ecoshock 130605

UK ready? Fracking Sacrifice Zones in U.S. West

Fracking: Sacrifice Zones of the American West. What can the UK expect? Four voices from the Bakken shale lands. Polluting oil & gas extraction impacts in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana & North Dakota. The dark side of the fracking boom.

Scottish Coal's Collapse : The Untold Story

On Friday 20/4/13, Scotland's largest producer of surface mined coal, Scottish Coal went into liquidation. LAON's press release suggests that reasons other than those which have dominated news items about this event, lie behind this collapse. This press release aims at putting the record strait. In so doing, it raises questions as to whether large scale opencast mining operations, under present circumstanace will ever be profitable in Scotland again.

Shell to Sea campaigner to speak in Bristol, Leeds & Manchester

Local resident and Shell to Sea campaigner Terence Conway will be speaking in Bristol, Leeds & Manchester to give an update on campaign against Shell in Ireland & promote the Rossport Solidarity Camp week of action happening there in June.

Planning and Opencast Coal: the Bad and the Good News

LAON's latest Press Release provides an update on the Growth and Infrastructure Bill Clause 24 plus progress on the Halton Lea Gate Judicial Review. In addition news that a Health Impact Assessment process is to be used to assess the health aspects of the Deanfield Surface Mine Application near Sharston, Wakefield.

Northern Vegan Festival

The Northern Vegan Festival, which is the biggest ever vegan event in the North, is on Saturday April 13, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Sachas Hotel, 12, Tib St., Manchester city centre, M4 1SH. There is aftershow from 6 p.m. until late at the Thirsty Scholar vegan/vegetarian pub, 50, New Wakefield St., Manchester city centre, M1 5NP. More info about the Festival on the website and Facebook.

LAON's Review of English Opencast Site Applications for March 2013

This review highlights recent developments affecting new opencast site applications in England. it includes news that the first Health Impact Assessment for a new opencast site in England for 4 years is underway in Wakefield for the Deanfield Site. The Judicial Appeal over the Halton Lea Gate decision makes progress and coal extraction by surface methods could return to Walsall as part of the process of reclaiming and remediating the Phoenix 10 / IMI Coppper Works site.

Summer action camp against Shell

Come to Mayo on the 21st of June for a week of action against Shell.
Whether you've been to Rossport before or this is your first time, this is the week to come.
Check website for updates & more information.

From growing greens to Fukushima

Expert urban gardening tips from John Kohler, host of popular "Growing Your Greens" channel on You tube. Then speech by Dr. Helen Caldicott March 12, 2013 on medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

Call For an Open Debate on the Use of Coal

Yesterday, the Government announced that it was to develop a short to medium term strategy for coal in light of the closure of Daw Mill. In it's 22nd Press Release, The Loose Anti Opencast Network calls for widening this discussion to include groups affected by the impact of opencast mining

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