We certainly live in troubling times. Hardly a day goes by without us hearing about terrible news, cataclysmic predictions concerning the future of our environment, and our very species’ survival. But that’s hardly surprising: we know bad news sells. Australian director Damon Gameau’s second feature documentary is trying to tell the same story, but in […]
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Athony Gormley at the Royal Academy was packed when ANM visited on Friday. But takings have got to cover, not just the visible, but the years’ long preparation for the massive scale exhibits.The structural work has been accomplished bit by bit, over the preceding two years, fitting the work in between other exhibitions at the gallery.
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Well over 500 people comprising children, Unions, and environmental and community groups, met in Castle Square Swansea on Friday for Youth Strike for Climate, beginning a week of global climate strike action. In the run up to the event, there was some tension between groups as the organisers tried to define their own event, risking […]
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The Future Generations Act Commissioner, Sophie Howe has written to Vaughn Gethin, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, about safety concerns with the 5G roll out. Concerned Bridgend parent Dan Ellis received a copy of this letter on Thursday from the Commissioner in response to his original enquiries. Mr Ellis became concerned about electro […]
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The Swansea Planning Committee decided against Biffa’s planning proposal of a new waste incinerator in Llansamlet today. The plans were rejected unanimously by the Council, who now have the task of finding alternative disposal for the 21,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste, currently going to landfill in Merhyr Tydfil, that the incinerator was going to burn. […]
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15th April marks the beginning of two weeks of International Climate Emergency Activism. A large and fast-growing number of people are now prepared to take part in climate activism, to go on school strikes, to directly confront authority that isn’t on message. Cities and Towns across the UK have been making the demand […]
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A sizeable crowd turned out in the rain today to attend Global School Strike – Swansea, supporting a global day of action following the example of Swedish student Greta Thunberg. .
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The first meeting of the Swansea Branch of Extinction Rebellion (XR) was held at the Environment Centre SA1 on Saturday 1st December. Thirty eight motivated people attended the meeting, which pleased the organisers. After the organised activities there was a lively discussion about what actions to take. One attendee stated she had left her community duties […]
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A private prosecution will be opened today against several Public Authorities at Lincoln Magistrates Court. The prosecution will be opened by citizen petitioner Alan Dransfield, a vociferous 67 year old Freedom of Information (FOI) campaigner from Boston Lincolnshire. Dransfield will “lay an information” in the court to prosecute alleged foreseeable harms caused by knowing fraud in […]
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As you’d expect Swansea city council regularly cleans its beaches, but the recent storms have washed up more waste than usual and a special volunteer’s day was organised to give the main beach a good once over. Over 100 people took part and collected an impressive 1,020kg of rubbish.