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Tell BP to Stay Out of the Tar Sands

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posted by admin | Monday, February 7, 2011
Canada’s Tar Sands have been described as “the most destructive project on earth”. The world's least favourite oil company – BP – is currently poised to make a move into extracting this filthy source of oil. But it's not too late to more...
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No Leith Biomass Power Station

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posted by admin | Monday, February 7, 2011
Forth Energy propose to build a giant biomass incinerator in Leith, Edinburgh (a World Heritage site) close to housing and businesses.  At 200MW it will be one of the biggest in the world. It will blight the area for miles around with more...
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Meat Free Monday

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posted by admin | Friday, October 1, 2010
A growing number of people are waking up to the impact of meat and dairy production. For a start it is responsible for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The meat supply chain causes problems, both to produce the feed for animals – more...
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Keep Europe Out of the Tar Sands

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posted by admin | Monday, February 28, 2011
Few people realise that the UK government, in partnership with the EU, is in the midst of negotiating an ambitious trade deal that could boost Europe’s involvement in the world’s most destructive project, the Canadian Tar Sands. The deal, more...
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Halt Large Scale Biomass In Scotland

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posted by admin | Thursday, November 12, 2009
[photo kindly provided by Shawnie Wheelan - all rights reserved] PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLOSED Forth Energy, a joint venture between Scottish and Southern Energy and Forth Ports PLC, plan to build four giant biomass plants more...
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Palm Oil and Kit Kats

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posted by admin | Sunday, March 7, 2010
NOTE THAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLOSED. NESTLE HAVE NOW UPDATED THEIR PROCUREMENT POLICY. “Crunchy, chocolatey, forest destruction - brought to you by Nestlé” - Greenpeace have just launched a spoof of a Kit Kat ad highlighting problems more...
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Biofuel in our Petrol

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posted by admin | Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), current legislation in the UK,  dictates that 3.25% of the fuel we use at the pump consists of biofuel. Biofuel is energy derived from biomass, usually vegetable oils such as palm oil. This is more...
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Help protect Bristol Bay, Alaska

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posted by admin | Sunday, March 27, 2011
Mining giant Anglo American is headquartered in London. 4,500 miles away lies Alaska’s Bristol Bay: a place of pristine waters, which support a thriving commercial – and sustainable – salmon fishery. Yet this renewable resource is under more...
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Gas Flaring in Nigeria

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posted by admin | Sunday, March 7, 2010
Oil production in the Niger Delta in Nigeria is big business. “Royal Dutch Shell has been the major oil producer in the Niger Delta for the past 50 years” (“It’s hell in the Niger Delta”, Amnesty International). The problem is that more...
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Biofuel Power Station (Southall)

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Southall Biofuel Protest
posted by admin | Thursday, February 25, 2010
NOTE THAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLOSED. THE PLANNING APPLICATION HAS BEEN REJECTED. PLEASE SEE CALL4 BLOG HERE FOR FURTHER DETAILS: more...
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