The most significant change from the last update is that English Nature has recommended that parts of the route in the Kennet and Lambourne Valleys should be designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC’s) in order to protect the habitat of the Desmoulin’s Whorl Snail.

The Itoiz dam project in Navarra, Spain, not only destroys a large area of the surrounding environment but the two main building contractors have been convicted and imprisoned for paying bribes to secure the contract for this, as well as many other, projects.

On Wednesday 15th May there was the Shell AGM in London.

In solidarity with the campaign in Europe against the TENS on 30th March, seventeen activists from Young Lions Earth First!

People returned to Selar for it’s anniversary and haven’t left, with two new sites having been set up there.

Bits and bobs from the Direct Action frontline.

The North-Western area of America, (in particular the states of Washington and Oregon) has been the scene of massive ongoing struggles against the forestry industry.

Construction of the A1(M) motorway is part of the long term strategy to transform the A1 trunk road into a motorway from the M25 to Newcastle.

“Excuse me Sir, or are you a Madam, do you have a share?

Leeds streets were reclaimed for the second time on Saturday 18th May.

Over the week of 25th May to 2nd June there was a series of events in Hackney in East London.

Go ahead for the first section of the new A5 dual carriageway across Anglesey has been given by the Welsh Office.

According to The Daily Telegraph (April 18th, 1996) a new group called the Environmental Rangers has been formed in the US.

In Beal Valley, near Oldham in Lancashire, the council and Casey’s Ltd.

On Monday 13th May there was a picket outside the US Embassy in London.

If the M66 is finished it will destroy not only the local ecology but also Audenshaw reservoir, several schools, small farms and some houses and flats.

If you publish a newsletter or magazine please would you update the contact address for the Action Update as looking through various publications there are a significant number that we have seen that are still using the address in Cardiff as the contact point, and some are still using Manchester and Bristol!

Upcoming dates in the Direct Action calendar.

The government has agreed another quarrying development in the east Mendip Hills - a Somerset County proposal to build a new road to run from the A361 at Nunnery through the minute settlement of Bulls Green to the cross roads at Mells Park Comer.

‘The Wilderness’ exists to promote the cause of wild nature, both ‘out there’ and within ourselves.

As part of the Hackney Anarchy Week in London there was a Reclaim The Streets action to draw attention to the fact that the Borough of Hackney has one of the lowest proportion of people owning cars in the country, yet still suffers from the ecological and social consequences of all the commuter traffic that passes through the area every morning.

There will be a National Rally to save Cardigan Bay from the filthy oil moguls.

At the A30 campaign, the situation described in last month’s issue has now changed, and the evictions are not thought to be imminent.

‘Pure Genius’ has more homes appearing all the time.

Music, children's area, info-stalls, art, magic, poetry, food, sunbathing, volleyball, clowns, acrobats, street theatre, trapeze artists, debates, instant beach & a prize for the best fancy dress.