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Copenhagen Climate Summit 2009
- 17.12.2009
Trafford Greens’ parliamentary and local candidate Margaret Westbrook has travelled to Copenhagen to participate in climate change protests and observe events, along with our Chair, Bridget Green. You can follow Margaret’s journey here on Twitter. A comprehensive guide to the background of the summit can be found here. |
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First Stage Victory for Climate Change Activist - 04.11.2009
Climate change Activist Tim Nicholson has achieved a legal ruling allowing him to take his former employer to an Industrial Tribunal. Judge Michael Burton decided that a belief in environmentalism amounted to a philosophical belief which enjoys the same protection under Employment Law as religious beliefs. Visit our blog for more details. |
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NoMegaTesco Campaign in the Media - 29.10.2009
Following a well attended demo at the Town Hall last week, the campaign has attracted a lot of attention in the local media. Tesco are expected to submit their planning application any day now so it's important to keep checking for updates. For a full round-up of media coverage, please visit our blog.
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No Mega Tesco Demo: Wednesday 21st October 2009 - 20.10.2009
Meeting outside Trafford Town Hall in Stretford (corner of Talbot and Warwick Road) from 5.30pm-6.30pm to talk to Trafford's councillors as they arrive for a full council meeting. We understand that Tesco's planning application is expected tomorrow.
Please bring your persuasive arguments, slogans and/ or placards if you have them as well as high visibility tops in case of darkness and bad weather! Pass the word around like minded people: this demo is not party political and is organised by the No Mega Tesco campaign group. A website for the campaign is now under construction here. |
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No Mega Tesco Working Group Meeting - 19.10.2009
The next meeting of the No Mega Tesco Working Group is tonight, Monday 19th October at 7.30pm at Gorse Hill United Church -entrance on Wesley Street just off A56/ Chester Road in Gorse Hill, postcode M32 0GL. It's open to everyone who wants to take part in the campaign against the Mega-Tesco in Gorse Hill. Please come along and contact us if you need more information. There is also a campaign website here.
It's important to keep checking the campaign website for updates: once the application for planning goes in we will have only three weeks to make our dissent known.
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The Great Climate Swoop: Did the Police Go Too Far? - 19.10.2009
The police controversially arrested 11 activists for conspiracy to commit various offences prior to the Great Climate Swoop. Read our blog on the matter here.
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Human waste isn't wasted in Cheshire! - 14.10.2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8306261.stm
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Carbon Dioxide at its highest level in 15 million years - 13.10.2009
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091008152242.htm |
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Greens dampen E.ON fires - 08.10.2009
Following a sustained campaign by various green groups, E.ON have shelved plans for a new coal-fired power station in Kingsnorth.
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No Mega-Tesco Update - 07.10.2009
We expect Tesco to submit their application for planning this Thursday. The No Mega Tesco Working Group met on Monday to plan the campaign. The group will meet again on Monday 19th October at 7.30pm in Gorse Hill, venue to be confirmed. Details will be posted here and on the campaign website. In the meantime, if you would like more details about how you can get involved, please contact us.
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No Mega-Tesco Working Group - 05.10.2009
The first meeting of the Working Group against the plans to 'tescopolise' Gorse Hill is tonight, 5th October at 7.30pm at Gorse Hill United Church -entrance on Wesley Street just off A56/ Chester Road in Gorse Hill, postcode M32 0GL. It's open to everyone who wants to take part in the campaign against the Mega-Tesco. Please come along; contact us if you need more information. There is also a campaign website here.
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Watch Your Waste - 02.10.2009
The Co-operative is running Watch Your Waste events at various venues across the North West this month. Their community chefs will be at Victoria Park Junior School on Monday 19th October. Please consult the flyer (550KB) for further details and bookings. It's estimated that we in the UK waste 1/3 of the food we buy. Find out more at lovefoodhatewaste.com.
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Stop the War coalition - 01.10.2009
Green Party members are mobilising for a major national demonstration, organised by the Stop the War coalition, on Saturday, October 24th calling for a withdrawal of UK troops from Afghanistan.
http://stopwar.org.uk/content/view/1488/186/
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| Not Drowning but Waving
- 30.09.2009
On Saturday 5 December 2009, ahead of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, thousands of people from all walks of life will flow through the streets of London to call for action on climate change. The Wave is organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition.
The Co-operative is laying on a special train to London for its members and for Oxfam supporters. They are also organising free transfer coaches from Euston to the start of the march in Grosvenor Square and returning to Euston from the end of the march on Victoria Embankment.
The subsidised fare is £15 return (free for children under 16) and you can book tickets online via The Co-operative website: http://www.co-operative.coop/ethicsinaction/takeaction/thewave/book-transport-for-The-Wave/.
The booking process requires a Co-operative Membership number or Oxfam supporter code. Joining the Co-operative is straightforward: all you have to do is invest £1 which will be collected from your first share of the profits.
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First Meeting Against the Mega Tesco in Old Trafford - 28.09.2009
Dozens of local residents, as well as several from further afield, crowded into Gorse Hill United Church this evening to attend a meeting chaired by Margaret Westbrook. The meeting was the start of what promises to be a dynamic campaign against the Mega Tesco proposed for Gorse Hill. A full report on the meeting can be found here on our blog. Everyone is welcome to our next meeting will take place on Monday, 5th October at 7.30pm at Gorse Hill United Church, entrance on Wesley Road. |
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Green' roofs could help put a lid on Global Warming - 28.09.2009
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090923133000.htm |
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No Mega Tesco: Public Meeting Monday, 28th September @ 7.30pm - 27.09.2009
The campaign against Tesco's plans to set up camp in a massive 140,000 sq foot in Lancashire County Cricket Ground is gaining momentum with a public meeting tomorrow at Gorse Hill United Church entrance on Wesley Street just off A56 / Chester Road in Gorse Hill, postcode M32 0GL - more |
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Public Consultation re. Tesco at Lancashire County Cricket Ground
- 20.07.2009
Campaign group Keep Chorlton Interesting has updated us on the first of the consultation events regarding the plans for a massive supermarket (Tesco) within the Lancashire Cricket County Club. Worryingly, they state that the information being provided to the public about the development is potentially grossly misleading - more |
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| Bowl a Bouncer to Tesco: Say No to Massive Store at LCCC
- 16.07.09 Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) is running a series of consultation events from today 15 July until Saturday 25 July about plans to redevelop 'the cricket ground and its environs'. These plans include a large Tesco.
The letter states that they are consulting prior to submitting the planning application: more
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