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On January 17th 2009 six people broke into EDO MBM/ITT in Brighton and caused £189 000 worth of damage to computers, servers, lathes and other equipment. The activists, calling themselves the ‘decommissioners’, took their action in response to the Israeli assault on Gaza which had claimed 1400 lives by the 17th. EDO MBM/ITT manufactures the arming unit for the Israeli F16 bombrack.
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On 13th July the European commission (EC) approved changes to genetic modification (GM) cultivation regulations by allowing national governments to decide whether to permit GM cultivation within their borders. For the last 12 years, there has been a virtual freeze on GM farming throughout the EU. The changes are being justified by the argument that it will make it easier for states to ban GM crops on their own soil, even if this will happen in exchange for having less say over what other states decide to do, meaning easier authorisation for GM at the EU level. GM crops can now in theory be banned in individual states on the grounds of prevention of contamination, but it may take up to two years for prevention on non-scientific grounds to be implemented due to legislative processes. |
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As Corporate Watch hyperlink has previously reported, Veolia run the Tovlan landfill site in the occupied Jordan Valley as well as provide rubbish collection services to numerous settlements in the area. Whilst the company’s involvement in the East Jerusalem tram line project hyperlink has gained world wide infamy, their operations in the Jordan Valley have as yet not got them into as much trouble. However, their very direct support of the settlement infrastructure in one of the most vulnerable areas of Palestine prove that they are more than willing to profit from Israel’s brutal occupation as long as they can get away with it. In recent correspondence with critics of their conduct Veolia have downplayed their business in the Jordan Valley, claiming that their site there is no longer operating. On a recent trip there Corporate Watch decided to pay them another visit to see if we could prove them wrong… |
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We are only half way through 2010, but, as in previous years, the list of carbon trading and offsetting frauds, scandals and injustices are already racking up. As was previously reported by Corporate Watch earlier this year the 'recycled credits' scandal further damaged the legitimacy of offsetting, and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism in particular.
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-UN set to become largest global provider of funds to new coal
-ID cards scrapped, but not for migrants
-New nuclear power boosted by government climate watchdog
-Persecution of Iraqi union leaders over oil sector dissent
-Barclays Bank, British Gas and RBS slammed for carbon trading activities
-SpinProfiles censored following right-wing think-tank complaint
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-Saving Iceland Callout
-Pluspetrol Oil spill in Peru's Marañón River
-Anti-Olympics campaigners grill police on HQ plans
-Peat activists in Manchester found not guilty
-First 'Beat the Boreholes' action in Mayo
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Wednesday 4th August – Monday 9th August: Earth First Summer Gathering
'Ecological Direct Action without Compromise'. Five days of workshops, skill-sharing and planning action, plus low-impact living without leaders. Location: Derbyshire.
www.earthfirstgathering.org.uk |
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