Posts Tagged ‘protest’

• Heavy anti-nuclear protests in Germany

  These past days there have been heavy protests and blockades in Germany against a train carrying nuclear waste from France. Der Spiegel writes: "A train loaded with radioactive waste ended its controversial journey through Germany on Monday. Its path had …

• Unknown People in Masks and Police Attack Environmentalists in Russia

  As seen on Global Voices: Russia: Unknown People in Masks and Police Attack Environmentalists From 20 to 40 young people in white masks attacked the camp of the defenders of the Khimki forest park [RUS], Igor Podgorny [RUS] and Novaya …

• Naomi Klein: We want a good deal. And that’s what tomorrows demonstration is going to be about.

  Tomorrow morning another large and important demonstration will be held in Copenhagen. This time the Climate Justice Action network is organizing a huge non-violent demonstration where the demonstrators are planning to march into the Bella Center, where the climate talks …

• Atomkraft? Nein danke! 50.000 people protest against nuclear energy in Germany

  This past weekend around 50 000 people from around Germany protested in Berlin against nuclear energy. The demonstrators protested against threats from the current right wing government to extend a deadline for the country’s 17 nuclear reactors. “In Berlin an …

• We are twittering about G8 and climate action today!

  So much is happening today in and around Italy as the G8 meeting is taking place. That is why we are trying out something new here on Green Blog. We will be reporting about all the climate-related news coming from …

• Watch: Greenpeace activist violently attacked by bluefin tuna fishermen

  John Hocevar, from Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior, writes about the assault on the Greenpeace staff blog: “We are in Valletta Harbor in Malta. We learned that there were two vessels here owned by Fuentes, the tuna tycoon who controls …

• Highway madness in Sweden faces protests from climate activists

  The banners says: “Stop detour Stockholm” And: “A climate catastrophe is being built here. Stop the sham. We want to bicycle.”. Photos by: Klimax If the third runway in the UK is the proof of the country’s climate hypocrisy then …

• Environmental activists violently attacked by timber workers

  Peaceful environmental activists who were protecting an old-growth forest in Tasmania, Australia, have been violently attacked by timber workers as they were blocking the road for them. The timber workers attacked the car that the protestors were using to block …

• Al Gore urges civil disobedience in the fight against climate change

  DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 30JAN05 – Al Gore at the Annual Meeting 2005 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 30, 2005. Photo by Severin Nowacki. Last week, during the Clinton Global Initiative, Al Gore encouraged young people to use civil …

• “5,000 Aussies make CLIMATE EMERGENCY!” Human Sign in Melbourne, Australia

  Panorama picture of the Climate rally, July 5 2008. Photo: Peter Campbell. On July 5, 2008 about 5,000 citizens of Melbourne gathered in the City Square to protest man-made Climate Change and then marched through the City Centre to make …