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17th December 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Bulldozes Homes and Human Rights
OK, strange subject line, but true; people are being forcibly removed from their homes for the continental festival of schalger music, Eurovision. In order to beautify the city of Baku and construct facilities for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, people are being evicted to clear sites for construction of contest facilities.

21st November 2011
Jam Tomorrow: Unconventional Gas and Britain's Energy Future
A new presentation/discussion on shale gas/coalbed methane, gas "fracking", and the future of Britain's energy economy, developed by Paul Mobbs and the Free Range Network

11th October 2011
Energy Beyond Oil Project:
New Sheet E11. Fracking and Coalbed Methane
When gas fracking and other "unconventional" energy resources are discussed in the media the focus is usually on the technology used to produced the energy, or the impact this might have on the environment. In fact, the significant feature of the exploitation of unconventional energy resources is that our present energy situation has become so precarious that companies and government consider these valid energy sources!

5th October 2011
North Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire Fracking Campaign
The Government is carrying out another round of onshore oil and gas licensing, and many of these sites will be using gas fracking techniques. In advance of this, Ideas for a Change are launching a campaign of possible fracking in North Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

10th June 2011
FRAW Site Design Statement
After a bit of delay whilst we found time to carry out the necessary research to compare different site design strategies, we've finally completed the 'FRAW Design Statement' page. For the full analysis see Ecolonomics No.12: Promulgating the Web's calorie controlled diet.

19th April 2011
The political acceptance of peak oil, and what it means for 'economic normality', has begun
Paul Mobbs has released an update last months 'ecolonomics' newsletter on the energy situation and nuclear power. He broadens his view to look at the areas where Monbiot's pro-nuclear stance falls down when we factor-in the implications of peak oil.







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FRNAN-20111217: 'free speech' iconEurovision Song Contest 2012 Bulldozes Homes and Human Rights – European Broadcasting Union organises whitewash of Azerbaijan's human rights abuses in the guise of 'culture'
OK, strange subject line, but true; people are being forcibly removed from their homes for the continental festival of schalger music, Eurovision. In order to beautify the city of Baku and construct facilities for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, people are being evicted to clear sites for construction of contest facilities.
FRNAN-20111121: 'speak to the world' iconJam Tomorrow: Unconventional Gas and Britain's Energy Future    
A new presentation/discussion on shale gas/coalbed methane, gas "fracking", and the future of Britain's energy economy, developed by Paul Mobbs and the Free Range Network
FRNAN-20110419: radioactive iconThe political acceptance of peak oil, and what it means for 'economic normality', has begun    
In a follow-up to last months piece on the debate over energy and George Monbiot's support for nuclear power, writer and researcher Paul Mobbs mulls over the wider implications that the French Prime Minister now "gets" peak oil
FRNAN-20110331: radioactive iconNew report picks apart George Monbiot's support for nuclear power and finds significant factual and analytical errors in his claims    
Today, environmental consultant and author Paul Mobbs has released a detailed analysis of George Monbiot's claims regarding nuclear power. Published as part of his 'ecolonomics' newsletter series, it takes, point by point, Monbiot's claims regarding the environment movements position on nuclear power, radiation and health, and the significance (above over kinds of human activity) of coal burning on carbon emissions.
FRNAN-20110107: speak to the world icon Is it better to have spoken the truth and lost than never spoken the truth at all?
At the end of last year we came across a rather strange "silly season" story in The Guardian. Here's what followed. This post raises an important debate within environmentalism and how it address the issue of 'ecological catastrophe'; what's more important, fitting into the media debate or speaking truth to power?
FRNAN-20101201: network icon 1 New GISWatch report asks, How sustainable are ICTs really?
Paul Mobbs has made a contribution to the APC and Havos annual report, Global Information Society Watch (5.5MB PDF) – find out more about this year's report, and its focus on the ecological sustainability of information and communications technologies (ICTs).






About the News and Alerts Network

The Free Range Network has, since it began in the mid-90s, put a lot of effort into information sharing. The news network is an extension of that – a digest of "the best bits" that we put together and circulate as an irregular (both chronoogically and thematically) bulletin. Our interests are anything that might be of interest to environmental, social and technological grassroots activists; that might be news reports, but we also send regular commentaries and links to news and current events that often fail to make the mainstream media.

As well as general news, the news network will also carry updates from the Free Range Network itself – announcements about new publications, events and training workshops, etc. We're also interested in your news if it's valuable and unique to a wide audience! If you have anything that you might think is appropriate for our list then send it (marked "For FRNAN" in the subject line) to the Free Range Network's main email address – info☮fraw.org.uk.





The FRNAN email list

In parallel to this section of the FRAW site we're running an "announce-only" email list (that is, it's not a discussion list, and will only carry news network posts) to send alerts direct via email. At most this will be only two or three posts per week, but in all likelihood less. Note also that our emails are, by default, digitally signed. If you want to verify that we really sent our news article/alert you can download the FRNAN public PGP key here.

If you'd like to be added to the email list and receive the bulletins via email then send your email address to frnan☮fraw.org.uk and ask to be put on the list. We don't need a name, affiliation or any other details (we're not bothered who we send information to) – we just need an email address to add to our distribution list. The list will only be used for the news and alerts posts and no other purpose, and it will not be passed to anyone else. If you should ever want to leave the list just send another email asking to be removed.


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