[risingtide] CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 63, November 2006
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CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 63, November 2006
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1.) CLIMATE EVENTS IN LONDON & WORLDWIDE, 4.11.06
2.) PEAT FIRES ACTION ALERT (ENDS 4.11.06)
3.) FIRST NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION VS. SHORT-HAUL FLIGHTS, 6.11.06
4.) GREEN DRAGON ENERGY RENEWABLES COURSES, NOV 06
5.) COIN NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
6.) SHELLS WILD LIE EXHIBITION LAUNCHED AT SHELL WILDLIFE CEREMONY,
LONDON, 18.10.06
7.) INDIGENOUS VICTORY OVER BIG OIL IN PERU
8.) SHELL SACKED ON SAKHALIN!
9.) GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTION VS. G8+5 MEXICO MEETING, 3/4.10.06
10.) CLIMATIC RESISTANCE IN AUSTRALIA
11.) PUBLIC STORMS 4X4 SHOWROOM, MANCHESTER, 16.10.06
12.) SHELL CARBON CREDITS ACTION, AMSTERDAM, 16.10.06
13.) 'DIE-IN' TO CHALLENGE CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTICS, 21.10.06
14.) PROTESTERS OCCUPY LEDGE ABOVE U.S. FEDERAL AGENCY, 23.10.06
15.) BRISTOLIANS OCCUPY SHELL GARAGE & POUR VEG OIL ON FORECOURT, 24.10.06
16.) SWANSEA CLIMATE ACTIVISTS TARGET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, 26.10.06
17.) NEW BOOK EXPOSES SCANDAL OF CARBON TRADING
18.) SPURT IS GOOD!
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1.) CLIMATE EVENTS IN LONDON & WORLDWIDE, 4.11.06
London events:
* 10am, cycle riders meet at south side of Lincoln's Inn Fields;
* 11.30am: Seize the Day gig etc. at US Embassy, Grosvenor Square,
followed by march to Trafalgar square; www.campaigncc.org
* Midday: Student Carnival of Climate Chaos, Malet Street;
www.peopleandplanet.org
* 1-3pm: "I"-Count Mass Gathering, Trafalgar Square; www.stopclimatechaos.org
* 5-7pm: Pause for the Planet Interfaith reflective gathering at St
Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, EC2 ;
www.christian-ecology.org.uk
Actions and events also in Nairobi & internationally: www.campaigncc.org
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2.) PEAT FIRES ACTION ALERT (ENDS 4.11.06)
Help save south-east Asias peatlands, where an average 1 bn tonnes of CO2
is emitted every year. One third of children in the area have respiratory
problems and growth retardation because of those fires, and local
communities often have little choice but to drain more peatswamps as
millions of hectares of land is handed over as concessions to timber and
oil palm plantations. Under the Kyoto Protocol, large sums of CDM money
are given to these two industries which are the main drivers of the
destruction. The action alert supports calls to stop countries, including
the EU, from claiming 'greenhouse gas reductions' by burning palm oil as
biodiesel or in power stations; www.biofuelwatch.org.uk
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3.) 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; www.planestupid.com
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4.) GREEN DRAGON ENERGY RENEWABLES COURSES
Introduction to Renewable Energy Courses, Wales, 17-19.11.06
Renewable Energy for Planners, England, 7-8.11.06
Wind & Solar Electricity Course, England, 10-12.11.06
Other courses have yet to be scheduled:
Solar Electricity Installation Course, South of France
Renewable Energy in the Urban Environment, Berlin
Frank Jackson, Green Dragon Energy: info at greendragonenergy.co.uk
www.greendragonenergy.co.uk
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5.) CLIMATE OUTREACH AND INFORMATION NETWORK (COIN) NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Includes
* 'Cutting the Carbs - achieving a low carbon lifestyle', speaker event,
16.11.06, 7-9 pm, Town Hall Assembly Rooms, Oxford.
* Fancy helping to deliver tomorrow's England? The Tomorrow's England
Project is a major initiative over 18 months to change public attitudes
towards climate change and the need to tackle it. The Project is now
looking for volunteers to help make this countrywide programme a success.
stephen.hounsham at beyondgreen.co.uk 020 7608 0484.
Tomorrow's World: www.green-engage.co.uk
www.COINet.org.uk
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6.) SHELLS WILD LIE EXHIBITION LAUNCHED AT SHELL WILDLIFE CEREMONY, 18.10.06
This exhibition, which reveals the darker side of Shell as well as
featuring powerful images of climatic collapse not to mention some
stunning wildife of its own, was launched on October 18th outside the
awards ceremony for the Natural History Museums Shell Wildlife
Photographer of the Year exhibition. It then accompanied the FOE-organised
speaker tour that visited London, Birmingham and Manchester. Let us know
if youd like to borrow this exhibition; see it at
www.artnotoil.org.uk/galleries/shell CHECK and see also
www.shelloiledwildife.org.uk
Let us know also if you might be up for helping out with either of these
websites. Oh, and write to NHM boss Michael Dixon: m.dixon at nhm.ac.uk,
ccing to info at artnotoil.org.uk
Northamptonites have until November 11th to see the main Art Not Oil
exhibition; www.northamptonarts.org
It opens in Aberdeens Belmont Cinema on December 21st and in Hackneys
Pogo Café
soon.
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7.) INDIGENOUS VICTORY OVER BIG OIL IN PERU
Achuar Nation wins landmark agreement to stop toxic contamination of
rainforest homelands after 14-day blockade; www.amazonwatch.org
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8.) SHELL SACKED ON SAKHALIN!
The Russian government finally took note and took action on Shell's
egregious environmental violations on Sakhalin Island. With the press
awash with sob stories for Shell, our Executive Director made his opinion
known on the topic. Surprisingly, we don't feel bad that Shell got called
out on destroying rivers, forests and seas. www.pacificenvironment.org
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9.) GLOBAL DAYS OF ACTION VS. G8+5 MEXICO MEETING, 3/4.10.06
A protest organised by Rising Tide Scotland involving around 30 people
took place outside the US consulate in Edinburgh. We were there to protest
against the war and environmental destruction perpetrated by Washington in
the name of maintaining the oil addicted "American way of life." Our
action was in response to the call by Rising Tide North America for an
international day of climate action which coincided with the end of the G8
climate talks in Mexico city. There were banners saying "Stop climate
change, Start social change", "No war for oil", "George W Bush is a
Climate Terrorist", etc. Keep up the good fight, no compromises, no
regrets! Peace out children of the tide. Other reports:
http://publish.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/847682.shtml
http://rtc.revolt.org/node/337
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10.) CLIMATIC RESISTANCE IN AUSTRALIA
A very successful five day camp of training, action and skill-sharing for
people taking action against climate change held to the backdrop of the
threatened Anvil Hill, New South Wales, this October. It brought together
a diverse group of people from the local area (New South Wales), five
states & abroad. Camp participants also delivered a pledge to the office
of Centennial Coal that they would take whatever action necessary to
stop the proposed Anvil Coal Mine.
www.climateimc.org/?q=node/659, http://anvilhillactioncamp.blogspot.com
Also, 30 people descended upon Peabodys office in Newcastle, Australia,
on October 9th in protest at Peabodys practice of cultural and
eco-genocide on the homelands of the Navajo and Hopi peoples in America
and their interest in doing the same on Australian lands.
http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/51018.php
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12.) PUBLIC STORMS 4X4 SHOWROOM, MANCHESTER, 16.10.06
30 members of the public today occupied Manchesters Hummer showroom.
Several people occupied the roof of the showroom holding banners reading
4x4s: 0 to Climate Change in 11 mpg and 4x4s fuel climate change,
while others handed out certificates to showroom customers congratulating
them on being champion contributors to climate change. The protesters were
inspired by Augusts Camp for Climate Action near Drax power station,
which is set to take place again in 2007;
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/hummer.htm
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13.) SHELL CARBON CREDITS ACTION, AMSTERDAM, 16.10.06
"Save our climate not their profits" - so said group of 50 citizens and
civil society organizations expressed their disillusion with the "Make
Markets Work for Climate" conference organizing a public event in the
heart of Amsterdam. Sponsored by the World Bank, ABN-AMRO, Shell and the
World Business Council for Sustainable Development and hosted by the Dutch
government, the conference promoted carbon trading and other
business-friendly "solutions" to climate change. The action was joined by
suited businessmen from the Clown Army, who were busy trading with
pollution, exchanging bucks and marketing "carbon credits" to passers by
and conference delegates. The whole story:
http://indymedia.nl/nl/2006/10/39664.shtml, http://www.aseed.net
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14.) 'DIE-IN' TO CHALLENGE CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTICS, 21.10.06
Campaigners held a "die-in" outside the offices of the deeply sceptical
and deeply dodgy International Policy Network. (About 85 per cent of IPN's
income is from corporate donors, including Exxon.)
http://www.campaigncc.org/#DIE
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15.) PROTESTERS OCCUPY LEDGE ABOVE FEDERAL AGENCY TO DEMAND CLIMATE ACTION,
MARYLAND, USA, 23.10.06
As you read this, citizen activists have dramatically occupied the
entrance to the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) in an act of civil disobedience meant to parallel
the great urgency of global warming. Two protesters peacefully occupied a
ledge above the buildings front entrance and unfurled a huge banner
reading: Bush: Let NOAA Tell the Truth. A half dozen more protesters on
the ground blocked and occupied the buildings main entrance.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Environmental-Protest.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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14.) BRISTOLIANS OCCUPY SHELL GARAGE & POUR VEG OIL ON FORECOURT, 24.10.06
This was one of at least 5 UK actions in solidarity with the Rossport
anti-Shell resistance. The action was intended to cause Shell to realise
that its actions in Rossport will affect its profits in other areas.
http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/?q=node/1876
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11.) SWANSEA CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVISTS TARGET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, 26.10.06
A new action group the Swansea SA1 Snorkellers has used graffiti to
highlight the fact that part of Swanseas prestigious SA1 development on
Trawler Road is being built on land that will flood unless Climate Change
can be averted. http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/?q=node/1880
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16.) BANNER PROTEST AT MOTORWAY WIDENING, 30.10.06
Protestors from Luton, Nottingham, Luton, Derby and Sheffield today
dropped banners with slogans such as "Stop Climate Change" and "More Cars
= More CO2" from bridges over the M1 motorway today in protest at the
governments plans to widen 115 miles of the road to 4 lanes in both
direction.
http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports
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17.) NEW BOOK EXPOSES SCANDAL OF CARBON TRADING
Carbon trading is "Bad for the South, bad for the North, and bad for the
climate" argues Carbon Trading: A Critical Conversation on Climate
Change, Privatisation and Power, co-published by Dag Hammarskjöld
Foundation, the Durban Group for Climate Justice, and The Corner House.
Download at www.thecornerhouse.org.uk
For printed copies: enquiries at thecornerhouse.org.uk
The Durban Network for Climate Justice will be providing up to the minute
news and analysis of the COP 12 Climate Conference as it happens from the
Climate Justice Now! blog. You can check it at
http://climatejustice.blogspot.com/
See also: www.carbontradewatch.org/durban
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18.) SPURT IS GOOD!
The people at SPURT would like to reassure you that unlimited expansion of
airports in the UK is good for business, and good for the environment.
http://www.unlimited-spurt.org/
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