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Posted by jossc — 4 February 2008 at 4:07pm
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Anti-Heathrow expansion activists were out and about at the weekend keeping up the pressure on the government to think again about plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. This time they took to the streets - literally - to get the message across, using a new method called 'clean grafitti'.
Taking a cue from the "wash me" messages scrawled on the back of delivery trucks, clean (or reverse) graffiti uses high-pressure steam to imprint images on dirty walls and pavements.
Posted by jamie — 25 January 2008 at 12:36pm
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Posted by jamie — 25 January 2008 at 12:07pm
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The government's consultation on Heathrow is fixed.
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There is evidence of extraordinary collusion between the government and
BAA working together to influence the outcome of the consultation. [1]
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The prime minister and government
ministers have made repeated comments that they want the expansion to go ahead,
pre-empting the outcome of the consultation. [2]
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The evidence put forward
within the consultation is confusing and incomplete, making it impossible for
people to make an informed response to the consultation. [3]
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The consultation document is
heavily biased, presenting leading commentary on the economic benefits of
Heathrow expansion, and down-playing the effects of the proposed expansion on
the climate and on Londoners. [4]
Posted by jossc — 25 January 2008 at 11:36am
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Greenpeace volunteers attended the final Heathrow consultation exhibition today to let the public know that the whole process is a sham - ignoring the threat of climate change in favour of the quick profits to be made from airport expansion.
Posted by jossc — 18 January 2008 at 5:45pm
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Earlier this week the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) released a report identifying things the public should be doing to limit climate change. Third on the list is to "avoid unnecessary short-haul flights". Apparently we find this hard to do because of "divided consumer attitudes" - ie, we want to have our cake and eat it.
Posted by jossc — 16 January 2008 at 4:44pm
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All four leading candidates for the forthcoming London mayoral election have joined forces
to fight Gordon Brown's push for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Ken Livingstone,
Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick and Sian Berry
have all agreed to feature in a new anti-expansion advertising campaign
launched today. The ad features in the Times, Guardian, Independent and Evening Standard newspapers.
Posted by jamie — 8 January 2008 at 3:14pm
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Al Gore's The Inconvenient Truth has been hailed as a revolution in the climate change debate, but it looks like he was way behind the times. Thanks to Martin at Making Waves for posting about an excerpt from The Unchained Goddess, an educational film made in 1958 (that's 50 years ago, fact fans) about the dangers of carbon dioxide emissions. The performances are a little ropey but it's prescient stuff, and involved the talents of no less than Frank Capra and Mel Blanc.
Posted by jossc — 2 January 2008 at 12:53pm
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The Heathrow expansion
consultation is a complete sham and a blatant stitch up from start to finish -
it excludes any consideration of the most important issue - climate change - and
is essentially a cosmetic exercise to allow the government to implement a
decision they have already made with a pretence of having consulted with
stakeholders. There are other ways of trying to influence this issue which we
feel are far more likely to be effective, and you can find them by visiting our Stop Heathrow Expansion homepage.
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Posted by jossc — 6 December 2007 at 4:39pm
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Good
news on the energy conservation front - Ireland will be the first EU
country to ban energy-wasting incandescent lightbulbs.
The
Irish government announced today that, as part of its national Carbon budget, the
old-style power hungry bulbs will be banned from 2009. Greenpeace congratulates
the Ireland
on its decision to lead the world in this simple but essential step in tackling
climate change.