[risingtide] CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 62, October 2006

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CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 62, October 2006

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1.) SHELL SHOWDOWN IN IRELAND: WHATEVER YOU DO - DO SOMETHING!
2.) CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION OPEN GATHERING, MANCHESTER,14/15.10.06
3.) SAY NO TO SHELL’S SPONSORSHIP OF WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER EXHIBITION
4.) OCTOBER’S COURSES AT LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE
5.) KENT EVENTS IN RUN-UP TO NOV 4 DAY OF ACTION
6.) CLIMATE JUSTICE PUBLIC MEETING, LONDON, 4.10.06
7.) CLIMATE MARCH AND GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION, 4.11.06
8.) FIRST NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST SHORT-HAUL FLIGHTS, 6.11.06
9.) NORTHERN ECO-ACTION GATHERING, LEEDS, 11/12.11.06
10.) ‘HEAT - HOW TO STOP THE PLANET BURNING’, OXFORD, 19.10.06
11.) TELL THE EBRD NOT TO FUND SHELL’S SAKHALIN MEGA-PROJECT
12.) GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTION VS. G8+5, 3/4.10.06
13.) PROTESTORS SHUT DOWN NOTTINGHAM EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT, 24.9.06
14.) TITNORE TREE-TOP PROTEST UPDATE
15.) TWO FROM RISING TIDE AUSTRALIA
16.) 28 CITIES MARK KATRINA ANNIVERSARY WITH CRITICAL MASS, 25.8.06
17.) ‘COAL MINE PROTEST SPREADS AFTER DEATHS’, BANGLADESH, 28.8.06
18.) OILWATCH BULLETIN 62 ON VICTIMS OF/RESISTANCE TO OIL, AUGUST 2006
19.) ‘SAVE PRIORY PARK’/CAMP BLING CAMPAIGN UPDATE
20.) SPEAKER TRAINING, LONDON, 24.10.06
21.) CLIMATE CHANGE SPEAKER NETWORK ESTABLISHED
22.) CLIMATE CHAOS HITS THE STREETS OF BRISTOL

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1.) SHELL SHOWDOWN IN IRELAND: WHATEVER YOU DO - DO SOMETHING!

Urgent message sent 3.10.06 as police move in to break picket: ‘The might
of the Irish political, police and media establishment have joined
multinationals Shell & Statoil in attempting to force through this highly
flawed gas project. They are relying on force (one woman hospitalised this
morning), restricting movement (protesters prevented from moving), media
lies (about IRA involvement) and PR spin (about a magical new pipeline
route). Should they succeed they will set a frightening precedent that
will leave Ireland much poorer in terms of economy, environment, culture
and democracy.  This is about what kind of country we live in. The Shell
to Sea campaign will continue and will win. Together we have been a
powerful and effective campaign to date. We have depended on the goodwill
and efforts of ordinary people from throughout Ireland and abroad joining
forces with a resolved, committed and courageous community.
This community is now under siege. They need your support now much than
ever. PLEASE ACT! http://www.ShelltoSea.com


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2.) CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION OPEN GATHERING, MANCHESTER,14/15.10.06

‘Climate change isn’t just going to disappear – and neither are we. The
Camp for Climate Action was a turning point, but it was never going to be
enough in itself. Come and take the next steps forward at the upcoming
UK-wide meeting in Manchester and be part of a newly-energised movement in
the fight against climate chaos. Everybody is welcome, whether you came to
the Camp or not. MERCi, Bridge-5 Mill, Ancoats, Manchester.
www.climatecamp.org.uk
Camp reports: www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/climatecamp
Rising Tide North America’s take:
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20060919181955274

See also: ‘Images from the Camp for Climate Action, The Basement, 24 Lever
Street, off Piccadilly, Manchester

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3.) SAY NO TO SHELL’S SPONSORSHIP OF THE WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
EXHIBITION

London Rising Tide (LRT) is campaigning to persuade the Natural History
Museum and its visitors that Shell should not sponsor the Wildlife
Photographer exhibition. A ‘Shell’s Wild Lie’ counter-exhibition will
accompany a Friends of the Earth-organised tour of speakers from
Shell-affected communities from October 16-21st, and be available to
borrow after that.
* please write to NHM boss Michael Dixon (and send a copy to
info at artnotoil.org,uk) to let him know what you think: m.dixon at nhm.ac.uk *
let us know if you would like postcards etc. on this issue;
* let us have photographs for the counter-exhibition
* and sign the statement of opposition, (available from LRT)
Art Not Oil/London Rising Tide, c/o 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES.
Tel: 07708 794665  info at artnotoil.org.uk
www.shelloiledwildlife.org.uk  www.artnotoil.org.uk
www.londonrisingtide.org.uk

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4.) OCTOBER’S COURSES AT LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE

DIY for beginners, October 13-15
Sustainable energy for the home, October 27-29
01296 714184   lili at lowimpact.org    www.lowimpact.org

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5.) KENT EVENTS IN RUN-UP TO NOV 4 DAY OF ACTION

19.10.06: Caroline Lucas speaks on climate change; meeting organised by
Kent Campaign Against Climate Change, 7.45pm, Angel Centre, Tonbridge. All
welcome.
31.10.06:  Energy & climate change  public meeting: 8.00pm Meopham Village
Hall, Meopham, Kent. Organised on behalf of North West Kent Green Party.

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6.) CLIMATE JUSTICE PUBLIC MEETING, LONDON, 4.10.06

Speakers include George Monbiot & someone from the Camp for Climate
Action, 7pm, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square.

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7.) CLIMATE MARCH, 4.11.06

‘Thousands of people will march through London on November 4th as part of
international demonstrations during the UN climate talks. Meet At US
Embassy, Grosvenor Square, 12 noon. Join us from there to march to the
Stop Climate Chaos event in Trafalgar Square!’
Or join the Climate Change Bike Ride: assemble 10am Lincoln's Inn Fields;
07986 904748
www.campaigncc.org

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8.) FIRST NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST SHORT-HAUL FLIGHTS, 6.11.06

Plane Stupid is calling for a national day of action against short haul
flights on November 6th during the UN international climate talks in
Nairobi, (and two days after the mass event in London organised by CaCC
and Stop Climate Chaos.) During Plane Stupid’s seminar at the Camp for
Climate Action, aviation campaigners from around the country decided to
organise this event. www.planestupid.com info at planestupid.com 07979205373
www.planestupid.com

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9.) NORTHERN ECO-ACTION GATHERING, LEEDS, 11/12.11.06


at the Common Place, 23-25 Wharf St, Leeds, 11.00am-6.00pm (both days)
northern at eco-action.org
http://www.eco-action.org/northern/index.html

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10.) ‘HEAT - HOW TO STOP THE PLANET BURNING’, OXFORD, 19.10.06

George Monbiot launches his new book ‘Heat’, 7-9pm, The Sheldonian
Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford; www.turnuptheheat.org, www.coinet.org

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11.) TELL THE EBRD NOT TO FUND SHELL’S SAKHALIN MEGA-PROJECT

Tell the EBRD to do the right thing! Despite hundreds of environmental
violations and billions of dollars in cost overruns, the European Bank of
Reconstruction and Development is still considering funding the Sakhalin
II pipeline. And its not just NGOs that are against the project...even the
Russia government is taking a stand and ordered Shell to halt
construction! Send a letter today to the EBRD asking them to refuse to
fund a project that irreparably damages the environment and blatantly
violates host country laws.
http://www.pacificenvironment.org/

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12.) GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTION VS. G8+5, 3/4.10.06

On Tuesday, October 3 in Mexico City, the Energy and Environment Ministers
from the "Group of Eight" (G8) industrialised countries are scheduled to
begin negotiating a deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in
2012. They will be joined by Ministers from the five "emerging" countries
of Brazil, India, China, South Africa and Mexico. Yet rather than plan how
to radically reduce their contribution to global warming, the substance of
these G8 + 5 talks in Mexico City is set to be about how the Earth's
largest economies can “maintain”, “encourage” and “expand” their status
quo of massive dependence on fossil fuels, while presenting a fraudulent
face of "energy conservation", "sustainable development" and "market-based
solutions" to citizens, climate activists and environmental refugees
horrified by growing global evidence and personal experience of climate
catastrophe.
Reclaim our fate - resist the G8! Join the mobilisation for climate
justice! g8 at risingtidenorthamerica.org, http://rtc.revolt.org/node/337

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13.) PROTESTORS SHUT DOWN NOTTINGHAM EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT, 24.9.06

‘Sermon on the runway’: ‘Baptist Minister leads airport shutdown protest
against climate change: protestors have this morning breached security at
Nottingham East Midlands Airport and established a second camp for climate
action - this time on an airport taxiway. Their aim is to stop carbon
emissions from what they are describing as a “climate change factory”’;
www.planestupid.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/5375250.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6101872,00.html

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14.) TITNORE TREE-TOP PROTEST UPDATE

Tree-top protesters camping in a Sussex Ancient Woodland will try to
launch an appeal against an earlier ruling that they must leave. On 27th
July 2006 an order was given
for possession, saying the protesters posed a risk of "serious harm to
persons and property". Campaigners vowed to appeal and resist efforts to
move them. They want to
save 210 trees on the site near Worthing. Developers have planned 875 new
homes and a new Tesco Superstore. The wood is designated as important for
nature conservation, with oak, ash, birch and willow trees growing there.
http://www.freewebs.com/titnore/

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15.) TWO FROM RISING TIDE AUSTRALIA

Planning Dept Blockade, 10.8.06: The Sydney headquarters of the NSW
Planning Department were blockaded in response to the release of the
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed new Coal Export Terminal in
Newcastle Harbour which does not include the enormous greenhouse impacts
of the 30-66 million tonnes of coal the new terminal will export every
year. The blockaders demanded that the department reject the EA.

Climate Disaster Zone – Newcastle Harbour, 16.8.06: The road into part of
the world's biggest coal port was obstructed and the area formally
declared a Climate Disaster Zone. Rising Tide Newcastle set up traffic
cones and road barricades and stopped all vehicles heading towards the
Carrington coal terminal, to warn them of the dangers ahead.
www.risingtide.org.au

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16) 28 CITIES MARK HURRICANE KATRINA ANNIVERSARY WITH "CLIMATE JUSTICE"
BIKE RIDE, 25.8.06

On Friday, August 25th, cyclists in 28 cities in the US and Canada marked
the anniversary of hurricane Katrina. From Los Angeles to Toronto, an
estimated 2,500 riders hit the streets to remind the public about the
plight of Katrina survivors. The ride drew attention to the links between
fossil fuels, climate change, and destructive hurricanes.
    "Katrina was a stark example of how the impacts of our society's
lifestyle fall hardest upon people of colour and the poor," said Emily
Hornback from Rising Tide North America.  "Exxon-Mobil topped $10
billion dollars in profit in 2005 while people in New Orleans and in the
surrounding areas still struggle to clean out toxic, oily mud from their
homes. The oil elite profits from our reliance on fossil fuels while the
vulnerable in our society suffer the consequences."
www.risingtidenorthamerica.org, www.critical-mass.org

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17.) ‘COAL MINE PROTEST SPREADS AFTER DEATHS’, BANGLADESH, 28.8.06

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.aspx?cu_no=2&item_no=104788&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24

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18.) RESISTANCE Number 62 - OILWATCH NETWORK BULLETIN AUGUST 2006

This bulletin focuses on ‘Resistance and the victims of the refineries and
petrochemical industry’: www.oilwatch.org.ec

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19.) SAVE PRIORY PARK’/CAMP BLING CAMPAIGN UPDATE

‘Parklife is a single issue residents campaign group formed in June 2001,
to protect Priory Park, Southend on Sea, Essex. We oppose any current or
future road schemes, which would have a detrimental impact upon the park
and its immediate surroundings.’
Just gone: ‘Camp Bling marks 1st anniversary at king’s burial’, 23.9.06
Just coming: 'Bling Tea Party' Sunday 1st October, from 2.00pm till late
at Camp Bling, 1 King's Burial, Priory Crescent, Prittlewell, SS2 6JZ.
Camp Bling site number: 07866 967601; answerphone: 01702 340099
priory_parklife at yahoo.co.uk    www.savepriorypark.org

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20.) SPEAKER TRAINING, LONDON, 24.10.06

The Climate Outreach Information Network is organising a training for
people to speak on climate change on Tuesday 24th October from 10-4pm. The
event is designed to give people who feel passionate about climate change
the tools and experience necessary to begin to give talks on the subject.
Details: Jonathan Elliot at jelliott at talkaction.org

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21.) CLIMATE CHANGE SPEAKER NETWORK ESTABLISHED

A national Climate Change Speaker Network is now up and running, set up by
Climate Concern UK. Over sixty speakers are currently available to give
talks and invite discussion on this highly topical subject to any local
audiences; schools, community groups, societies, political parties, faith
groups, businesses, councils, etc.
www.climate-speakers.org.uk Climate Concern UK:  01325 378452

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22.) CLIMATE CHAOS HITS THE STREETS OF BRISTOL

For a nice piece of road sense, see the image at http://risingtide.org.uk




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