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Over a barrel

Publication date: 
5 April, 2007
This report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy studies scenarios in which practical and realistic steps are taken to curtail oil use in transport. A range of scenarios is examined on a 20-30 year timescale. The authors calculate that with simple transport efficiency measures Britain's dependence on foreign oil can be restricted from an eight-fold increase to a two-fold increase. Oil use could be reduced by developing:
  • Vehicles that are more fuel-efficient
  • The use of alternative transport fuels
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Article tagged as: alternative fuels, congestion charge, fuel efficiency, oil, peace, public transport, reports, transport, VED

Oil and Peace don't mix

Publication date: 
7 December, 2006

Summary

Oil and Peace don't mix argues that a dangerous contradiction exists in UK policy, in which energy security is seen mainly in terms of global control over natural resources, 'above all oil' according to the government's 1998 Strategic Defence Review.

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Article tagged as: climate change, oil, peace, reports

What we are doing for nuclear disarmament

Posted by admin - 7 December 2006 at 1:00am - Comments

Trident Sub at sea

Article tagged as: CTBT, disarmament, NPT, nuclear testing, nuclear weapons, oil, peace

Tony wants to go out with a bomb

Posted by tracy - 4 December 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

Modelling the bomb - a supercomputer like the one planned for AWE Aldermaston simulates a nuclear explosion

Modelling the bomb - a supercomputer like the one planned for AWE Aldermaston simulates a nuclear explosion

Tony Blair revealed that he intends to build new nuclear weapons to replace the current Trident nuclear weapons system. He plans to spend £20bn on a new generation of submarines for Trident missiles while joining the US programme to extend the life of the current Trident missile system.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, nuclear weapons, tony blair, trident, WMDs

Artists on Aldermaston

Posted by bex - 2 December 2006 at 1:48am - Comments

One of the hundreds of citizens inspecting Aldermaston earlier this week was the artist Kurt Jackson. He’s best known for his paintings of the Cornish landscape, but it turns out he’s also a dab hand at sketching nuclear weapons facilities. In the rain. Under the scrutiny of nosy police officers.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, art, artist, britain, england, kurt jackson, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, sketch, steve bell, UK, weapons inspectors

Citizens inspection of nuclear bomb making factory at Aldermaston

Posted by bex - 27 November 2006 at 6:47pm - Comments

Anita Roddick at Aldermaston

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Hundreds of citizen weapons inspectors have just spent this morning patrolling through the muddy fields of England. They came from all over the UK, converging on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) facility at Aldermaston. They arrived from all directions, by bus, train, bicycle and on foot.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, britain, england, hans blix, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, orion laser, tony blair, UK, war on terror, weapons inspectors, WMDs

Hundreds converge on nuclear bomb facility at Aldermaston

Posted by darren - 27 November 2006 at 11:10am - Comments

Weapons Inspector at Aldermaston

It was a mucky, wet morning in Berkshire - but that didn't stopped hundreds of people from all over the country converging on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) facility at Aldermaston. They arrived from all directions, by bus, train, bicycle and on foot. Their mission? To carry out the world's largest ever inspection of a nuclear weapons factory, following reports that Tony Blair is building a new nuclear weapon.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, direct actions, disarmament, nuclear weapons, peace, protests, trident, WMDs

The United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent

Publication date: 
5 April, 2007
An independent, authoritative legal opinion from top international law expert Philippe Sands QC, showing that the renewal, replacement, upgrading and sub-strategic use of the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent may breach Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the UN Charter and international humanitarian law. The opinion draws on the 1996 decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of nuclear weapons, the NPT and public statements by the UK government on the use and justification of its nuclear weapons.
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Article tagged as: disarmament, legal, nuclear weapons, peace, philippe sands, reports, trident, WMDs

Trident replacement may be illegal under international law

Posted by darren - 23 November 2006 at 11:45am - Comments

We have obtained an independent, authoritative legal opinion from a top international lawyer indicating that replacing or renewing Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system is inconsistent with international law, putting Tony Blair at risk of breaking the same international disarmament treaty that he says Iran must respect.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, disarmament, legal, nuclear weapons, peace, philippe sands, trident, WMDs

Sign the petition against Trident on Tony Blair's website

Posted by jamie - 17 November 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

Who'd have thunk it? The latest wheeze to help the PM get closer to his people is to have online petitions on the Number 10 website. Anyone can create a petition and encourage people to sign, and with the people from the excellent theyworkforyou.com and writetothem.com behind it, it could actually be worthwhile.

Article tagged as: disarmament, number 10, petition, tony blair, trident
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