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After a break of 69 years the isolated Scottish islands of St Kilda have a new parliament

Posted by admin - 18 August 1999 at 8:00am - Comments

 

The remote volcanic islands had an active parliament, called the M&Otilded, for hundreds of years until its population was evacuated in 1931. Every morning the men of the island would gather in the cobbled street of the main island to decide on their work for the day and to exchange gossip about the latest visitors to the island. Work would have to be postponed until the following day if, as frequently happened, discussions continued into the afternoon without resolution.

 

 

Stop the lot

Posted by bex - 10 August 1999 at 8:00am - Comments
No new oil - Greenpeace fights to stop climate change

No new oil - Greenpeace fights to stop climate change

Article tagged as: atlantic frontier, climate change, direct actions, oil, st kilda

An end to new oil explorations

Posted by admin - 10 August 1999 at 8:00am - Comments

Climate change dictates that we cannot meet our energy needs by tapping new supplies of fossil fuels. We need to phase out the use of oil, coal and gas and make a switch to clean renewable energy.

If we are to prevent dangerous levels of climate change we cannot afford to burn more than one-quarter of the global oil reserves. The search for new oil reserves is not just illogical, it is insane. Any new oil found would simply add to the stockpile of oil we can never safely use.

Stop the lot

Posted by admin - 10 August 1999 at 8:00am - Comments

No New Oil

1999-08-10

The UK is the fastest growing market for wood products

Posted by admin - 10 August 1999 at 8:00am - Comments


Major DIY stores, supermarkets, and trade retailers are committed to the FSC standard which is supported by Greenpeace, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and other environmental groups.

As an active consumer you should:

Crops uprooted in GM protest

Posted by admin - 27 July 1999 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace activists removing GM crop

At 5.15am, at Lyng, Norfolk, Greenpeace volunteers participated in a peaceful direct action, decontaminating a six acre field of GM maize due to flower within the week.

With the help of a farm mower, the crop was cut off at the roots, and the maize placed in bags in order to contain the contamination. Twenty-eight people have been arrested and charged with theft and criminal damage.

BNFL launches legal blitz against protesters in France and UK

Posted by bex - 16 July 1999 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace - Stop PlutoniumBritish Nuclear Fuels Ltd is attempting to stifle public debate by seeking injunctions today in the United Kingdom and France to prevent Greenpeace protesting against a secret shipment of nuclear weapons-usable plutonium fuel from Europe to Japan, the environment group reported today.Two British freighters, the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal, are due to leave the port of Barrow in northern England imminently to underta
Article tagged as: BNFL, nuclear power

Norway seizes Greenpeace ship over whaling protest

Posted by admin - 15 July 1999 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace - direct action to protect whales

The municipal court in Stavanger today allowed police to seize the Greenpeace vessel MV Sirius. The court charged Greenpeace with interfering with Norwegian whaling and disobeying coast-guard orders. The Sirius was arrested and towed into Stavanger on Tuesday morning after having peacefully protested against Norwegian whaling.

Greenpeace reveals French state-owned plutonium factory is illegal

Posted by admin - 13 July 1999 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace - Stop Plutonium

Whalers open fire at Greenpeace boat as Norwegian Coast Guard watches

Posted by admin - 12 July 1999 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace - direct action to protect whales

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