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Over 50 Arrested at London’s Third Airport….
Andy Rowell
Dec08
The world’s leaders maybe pontificating over what to do over climate change in Poznan, but this morning over fifty young protesters from the protest group Plane Stupid put action into words by shutting down London’s third airport, Stansted. The protest began in the cold early hours of this morning whilst the runway was temporarily closed…
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Gov Panel Says Give Delta 25% of Oil Revenue
Andy Rowell
Dec02
When Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni launched their campaign against the oil companies in the Niger Delta in the early nineties, one of their key demands was that they should receive a greater share of the oil wealth from the oil drilled from under their land. Its seems a no-brainer really that the locals should…
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A “Critical Month” for Climate Change
Andy Rowell
Dec01
Welcome to December. It is being dubbed a “critical month” for action on climate change. Firstly, there is the latest round of UN Climate talks, this time taking place in Poznan in Poland. An estimated 9,000 delegates from 185 nations will meet for the next two weeks to try and work at a Post-Kyoto deal…
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