UK Indymedia - Sheffield Ecology Newswire Archive

Current Opposition to Opencast Mine Applications in England

This, the 1st press release from the Loose Anti Opencast Network list 12 sites in England where there has been expressions of interest about opencast for coal on the site. The press release also indicates why this will be a continuing 'itch' in the English planning system as up to 97% of the surface mineable coal in England is located within 500m of where people live. England unlike Scotland or Wales does not operate a system where policy normally prohibits mining is such circumstances.

Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist

Alex Smith | 03-06-2012 03:26 | Ecology | Sheffield

If environmentalism has failed - what now? UK green Paul Kingsnorth with reading a critique from feminist Lierre Keith and Gaian David Abram

What If the Permafrost Thaws?

Alex Smith | 29-05-2012 21:53 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

There is more carbon frozen in far North than in all living things & the atmosphere. It has begun to thaw. Interview with Prof. Antoni Lewkowicz and Academy of Science speech by Dr. Charles Koven of Berkeley Lab.

Fossil Darkness Flourishes

The BP Gulf oil spill coverup continues. Josh Tickell Director of new film "The Big Fix". Protests at giant Tata Mundra coal plant construction in NW India. S. Dutta reports. Plus more propaganda in the toxic legacy of the Canadian Tar Sands - scientist David Schindler.

Why Are Forests Dying?

Alex Smith | 13-05-2012 05:17 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Whole forests around the world are dying from insects, fungus, drought, heat. Drivers are climate change & ozone pollution. New Jersey activist Gail Zawacki on ozone damage to trees, crops & our lungs. University of Illinois scientist Lisa Ainsworth on FACE CO2 impacts study.

Badger Protection Fundraiser - Sheffield

Please come to this gig and help raise some funds for the South Yorkshire Badger Group (see link below), starting with folk, ending hardcore punk!

@ Nelson Rockbar, Furnival Gate, Sheffield, S1 4QR

Seitanic Feast Fundraiser for Sheff & Donny Hunt Sabs

A vegan meal of seitan ribs, chips, mushy peas & chocolate pudd for £5.

Is It Too Late for Environmentalism?

Alternative energy expert Robert Rapier explains the oil crisis, & why climate will hit us like a hurricane. Seth Moser-Katz and Justin Ritchie interview law Professor & Greenpeace icon Professor Michael M'Gonigle on "exit environmentalism". Are we leaving Green, or leaving the system?

It's Wrong to Wreck the World

Alex Smith | 02-05-2012 16:41 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

From the University of Oregon, Kathleen Dean Moore delivers an artful talk about our attack on Nature, and hope of reviving love instead. Recorded in Vancouver. With readings from her work & original songs by Libby Roderick and Australia's Tempting Eve. Radio Ecoshock 120502 1 hour.

Trouble, but NOT end of the world

Economic collapse will come before peak oil or climate disruption, says investment guru Chris Martenson, author of "Crash Course". Matthew Stein, author of "When Technology Fails" - how a solar flare could cripple society & set off 400 Chernobyls, and how to fix it. Alex rants against 2012 mythology.

Fire! In A Crowded World

Landscape fires appear to be increasing and more fierce. New wave of fires across N.E. North America in early April! Could UK drought bring more fire? Speech excepts from 3 fire experts recorded at 2012 American Academy for the Advancement of Science special session.

For FOX Sake! Hunt Sabs Benefit Night At South Sea, Sheffield

Benefit night at @ South Sea, Spooner Road, Broomhill, Sheffield

Scandal of the Tar Sands

A top Canadian scientist exposes a scandalous government cover-up of poisons moving from the Tar Sands to dying aboriginal people. David Schindler speech excerpts. Radio Ecoshock 31 min

Energy Relapse and Recovery

In a UN tour of Japan, green city expert Warren Karlenzig reports on recovery attempts after tsunami & nuclear melt-down. Anti-nuke activist Helen Caldicott at Occupy EPA rally (with Gerri Williams). Susanne Moser on "Getting Real About It" (a troubled future, including a damaged climate).

End Of Sabbing Season Report - March 2012

A round of news from Sheffield, West Yorkshire & Doncaster Sabs

A Night Of Whalepunk In Sheff - Sea Shepherd Benefit!

A night of whalepunk to raise much needed funds for Sea Shepherd -

http://www.seashepherd.org/

Summer in March

Alex Smith | 28-03-2012 18:37 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Alex investigates a heat wave in North America and Britain - in March! Guests Joe Romm of "Climate Progress" & Jeff Masters of "the Weather Underground". Plus University of Michigan Professor Raymond De Young on relocalization and mental survival. Includes a naughty song by climate scientists.

International petition to ban cruel blood sport

Please sign this petition to ban the cruel practise of live hare coursing in Ireland

Go with Green Media

Alex Smith | 25-03-2012 05:46 | Ecology | Other Press | Sheffield

How can we be optimistic, facing global challenges? Publisher of The Mother Earth News & Utne Reader, Bryan Welch explains. Ecoshock's Gerri Williams takes us to the D.C. Environmental Film Festival. Harry Lynch, Director of "Switch" on the search for energy replacements. Alexandra Cousteau on National Geographic film "Blue Planet North America Expedition".

Ocean acidity increasing at unprecedented rate not seen in last 300 million years

In a new study marine scientists have warn that the rate of ocean acidification presently occurring is unprecedented in the last 300 million years. This is due to dissolving carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, much of which human activity has contributed over the last 200 years through the use of fossil fuels. The extent and rate of acidification enhances the prospect for a mass marine extinction event this century. Research in paleoclimatology and oceanography has revealed that anthropogenic climate change is driving Ocean Acidification threatening marine ecosystems.

Ocean acidification has been called the 'evil twin' of climate change with marine scientists warning climate negotiators in Durban of the necessity for climate mitigation action in December 2011, along with a statement on the IUCN website urging action to cut carbon emissions. New research in November 2011 from Australia's Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre showed the Southern ocean is warming and freshening.

Marine scientists warn ocean acidification is already impacting marine food webs which will lead to substantial changes in commercial fish stocks, threatening protein supply and food security for millions of people. The Northwest Oyster Die-off from 2006-2008 in the USA highlights the growing impact on commercial fisheries. The United Nations Environment Program estimates that 3 billion people use fish protein in their diet, with one billion people dependent on subsistence fishing as a primary food source.

Related: International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) | The Ocean in a high CO2 world | Takver: Ocean acidification articles | UNEP report - Environmental Consequences of Ocean Acidification: a threat to Food Security (PDF)

Sheffield Ecology Newswire Archive

Current Opposition to Opencast Mine Applications in England

Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist

What If the Permafrost Thaws?

Fossil Darkness Flourishes

Why Are Forests Dying?

Badger Protection Fundraiser - Sheffield

Seitanic Feast Fundraiser for Sheff & Donny Hunt Sabs

Is It Too Late for Environmentalism?

It's Wrong to Wreck the World

Trouble, but NOT end of the world

Fire! In A Crowded World

For FOX Sake! Hunt Sabs Benefit Night At South Sea, Sheffield

Scandal of the Tar Sands

Energy Relapse and Recovery

End Of Sabbing Season Report - March 2012

A Night Of Whalepunk In Sheff - Sea Shepherd Benefit!

Summer in March

International petition to ban cruel blood sport

Go with Green Media

Ocean acidity increasing at unprecedented rate not seen in last 300 million years

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