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Earth First! Action Update

No 16 - May '95 Download PDF

No M65
Stanworth Valley (near Blackburn In Lancashire), in the route of the M65, faces eviction from May 1st.
Fresh Air Now
Manchester EF! are launching a 2 week campaign of direct actions to make air pollution one of the main issues in the up coming council elections.
More Quarries = More Lorries = More Roads...
In the Gwenlais valley near Ammanford in South Wales, McAlpine aim to open a 500 acre quarry.
M77
Actions are continuing at the Pollok Estate where Wimpey are trying to build the M77.
Berlin
581 environmental activists from all over Europe were in Berlin for the Climate is Right for Change Conference at the beginning of April.
Earth First! Gathering
Report from EF! gathering over Easter.
Solsbury Hill
As if it’s not enough to carve a dual carriageway through Solsbury Hill and Bathampton wafermeadows, Amey now want to dump their waste spoil in 2 old reservoirs on the side of the Hill, so far unaffected by the works.
A30
Actions are continuing down at the A30 with 6 tree houses now in place after a successful barricading weekend.
M11
The resistance to the M11 continues.
Hunt Sab Update
Latest figures for arrests under the Criminal Justice Act are encouraging: we have had 297 arrests this season (not massively up on average) of which 148 have been under section 68-69 of the Criminal Justice Act.
Climate Action Day
May 15th is Climate Action Day, with groups from Finland to Kenya highlighting the risk of global warming associated with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Cardiff Bay Barrage
Cardiff EF! took to the Seas with their first boat action against the construction of the Cardiff Bay Barrage in April.
Prisoner Support
Jim Chambers and Chris Cole are currently in prison for direct action.
Grass Routes Tour '95
Manchester Earth First! are taking a roadshow round Central and Eastern Europe this summer.
Wells Relief Road
Construction of the Wells "relief" road, bringing pollution to the children of England’s smallest city, is soon to begin.
A3 Tree Chopping
12 Protesters were arrested trying to stop the destruction of 330 trees planted as a memorial to Canadian servicemen killed in the two World Wars.
Reclaim The Land
In the first people’s protest, against the dwindling amount of common land, in 300 years more than 250 people reclaimed large tracts of Wisley aerodrome, 3 miles from St Georges Hill in Surrey for the last week in April.
Green Anarchist Raided
The Inner Bookshop, which provided Green Anarchist with a postal address, was raided by Police in early March.
Ramble Against Megaroad Madness!
A walk along the proposed route of the South Coast, Folkestone to Honiton Superhighway will be leaving Folkestone (Kent), Monday June 12 and finishing in Honiton (Devon), Sunday June 25.
Nuclear Alert
Easter Monday saw Greenpeace actions throughout the country to coincide with the Nuclear Weapons Non Proliferation Treaty Talks being held in New York.
Tarmac in Derbyshire
The A564 is been built across Derbyshire, destroying beautiful countryside at a cost of 110 million pounds.
Manchester - EF! & CJA
The first EF!
Diary Dates
Upcoming dates on the Direct Action calendar.
Editorial
All good but mostly still looking for distro help.