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• EU: Energy, nuclear

  Preparing a public pathway

  1 November 2017, by SWEENEY Sean, TREAT John

  The current chaotic and crisis-prone electricity markets should give trade unions and their allies confidence to advocate for a publicly owned and democratically controlled energy system. Private investors are not going to give us the energy transition necessary to stop climate change. We need (...)

• EU: Energy, nuclear

  German police clear protesters trying to stop nuclear waste train

  27 November 2011, by Correspondent(s)

  There were clashes between protesters and riot police
  Police have removed hundreds of anti-nuclear protesters from rail tracks in northern Germany where activists are holding demonstrations to try to disrupt a train carrying nuclear waste from France.
  Police have moved to clear hundreds of (...)

• EU: Energy, nuclear

  Germany. Anti Nuclear Movement: Stronger than ever - weaker than before?

  5 June 2011, by PATO Thadeus

  The movement against the nuclear plants has been one of the biggest mass movements of the 1970s and 80s in Germany. After a slowdown in the last 20 years, it has reappeared now like a phoenix from the ashes. Whilst in other European countries unemployment and social cuts are provoking protests (...)

• EU: Energy, nuclear

  Germany: Mobilisations against Nuclear Power Plants

  14 March 2011, by PATO Thadeus

  It was a sad coincidence: The German anti-nuclear movement had long being planning a huge mobilisation against the decision of the German government to extend considerably the life of the country’s nuclear plants thus to cancel the law, introduced by the former Labour/Green government that they (...)

• EU: Energy, nuclear

  Germany: After longest delay in history, nuclear waste arrives at storage site

  9 November 2010, by BOWEN Andrew

  After nearly two days of blocking a nuclear waste storage site, thousands of protestors have been cleared from the area by police and the transport of 11 containers of nuclear waste has arrived at its destination.
  Police cleared thousands of anti-nuclear activists from roads leading to the (...)

• EU: Energy, nuclear

  Anti-nuclear rally protests against ’Chernobyl on wheels’

  5 November 2010, by CONNOLLY Kate, WILLSHER Kim

  Protesters confront Areva shipment of 123 tonnes of radioactive waste on 900-mile run from France to Germany
  About 30,000 anti-nuclear protesters are expected to demonstrate tomorrow against a shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste, nicknamed “Chernobyl on wheels”, that is being moved (...)

• EU: Energy, nuclear

  Oppose new nuclear power plants in Wales

  8 October 2007, by Collective

  Please oppose new nuclear power plants in Wales with this PAWB petition – and forward to your friends. Many thanks!
  Opposez s’il vous plaît des centrales nucléaires nouvelles au Pays de Galles avec cette pétition – et l’envoyez a vos amis. Merci bien!
  Gwrthwynebwch os gwelwch yn dda pwerdai niwclear (...)

• EU: Energy, nuclear

  European Petition Against Nuclear Energy

  3 January 2007, by Movements (anti-nuke), Petition

  MORE THAN HALF A MILLION EUROPEANS HAVE SIGNED ALREADY!
  In order to fight the comeback of nuclear power, we have already collected half a million signatures against nuclear power in Europe. Support the campaign: by signing the petition below, by spreading the word and by collecting signatures (...)