I hope this one really annoys George W, the recently departed President of the United States and his oil industry cronies. In what is a signal that Obama’s administration is changing direction in relation to energy poicy on public lands, the newly installed Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has cancelled 77 highly controversial oil and gas … Read More
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Buy an “Airplot” and Help Save the Climate..
Ok – Now might not be the best time to be looking to invest in property as the credit crunch takes hold, but how about a little investment in land near London? The upsides are that, if you like that kind of thing, you will have famous neighbours: the Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, British comedian … Read More
Utah’s Own “Shoe Thrower” Disrupts Bush Auction
Over the last eight years, millions of people have protested and marched against the injustices, excesses and ineptitude of the Bush Administration. The most recent and most famous is now the Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at Bush uttering the words, “That is a farewell kiss, you dog.” But he is not … Read More
Over 50 Arrested at London’s Third Airport….
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 … Read More
Gore: Its Time for Direct Action
Two weeks ago a jury in Britain ruled that it is acceptable to break the law if you are protesting against climate change. They acquitted six Greenpeace protestors who had been charged with $70,000 worth of criminal damage after painting the side of the controversial Kingsnorth coal-fired powered station. Now Al Gore, the former vice … Read More
On Hunger Strike Against Shell…
The Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa once wrote that “the writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its ills, its perils. He or she must be actively involved shaping its present and its future.” Ken was subsequently murdered by the Nigerian military for … Read More
Jury: Its OK to break the law to combat climate change
It’s not often that the world’s leading climate scientist, Professor James Hansen, turns up and gives evidence in your defence. But Hansen’s appearance at a court in Maidstone in the South East of England is being credited as one of the reasons why a jury decided yesterday that the threat of climate change justifies breaking … Read More
Chinese Residents “Stroll” Against Chemical Plant
More protests in China, but this time not about the Olympics or Tibet, but a petrochemical plant. Residents took to the streets of a provincial capital over the weekend to protest against the multibillion-dollar plant which is backed by China’s leading state-run oil company. The protest, against a $5.5 billion ethylene plant under construction by … Read More
Nigeria No Longer Top Africa Exporter?
Nigeria, which has been forced to shut in more than half of its oil output following rebel attacks and a workers’ strike, could lose its position as Africa’s top oil exporter to Angola. The cumulative oil production outage for Africa’s most populous nation now amounts to more than 1.3 million barrels per day from its … Read More
Spy was “More Austin Powers than 007”
Was it his Palestinian scarf, his Armani jeans, designer shirt or his permanent tan that gave him away? But a spy who infiltrated the direct action group Plane Stupid in the UK, has been exposed after making a series of elementary errors that aroused suspicions.