[risingtide] CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 56, February 2006

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CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 56, February 2006

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1.) CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION, AUGUST 24TH-SEPTEMBER 4TH:
2.) ART NOT OIL IN GLASGOW; 2006 CALL FOR ENTRIES LAUNCHED
3.) ROADS AND AIRPORTS DIRECT ACTION GATHERING, NOTTINGHAM, FEB 18TH
4.) ROSSPORT SOLIDARITY CAMP AND ACTIONS
5.) ‘TELL SHELL TO OBEY THE LAW RE. GAS FLARING IN NIGERIA’
6.) CLIMATE CHANGE, ADS & THE INDEPENDENT: MEDIA LENS REPORT
7.) TAKE ACTION TO SAVE LAKE BAIKAL!
8.) CARBON WEB NEWSLETTER 3: SELECTIONS
9.) MARCH COURSES AT LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE
10.) NEWS FROM THE CENTRE FOR ALT. TECHNOLOGY
11.) NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY GREEN FESTIVAL, 29/30.4.06
12.) MANCHESTER 4X4 ACTION, 4.2.06

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1.) CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION, AUGUST 24TH-SEPTEMBER 4TH: see next News
Sheet devoted to this crucial project; www.climatecamp.org.uk

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2.) ART NOT OIL IN GLASGOW, AND 2006 CALL FOR ENTRIES LAUNCHED

Once it's done at Glasgow's Mono Club during February, the exhibition will
open in London on June 10th 2006, partly to coincide with the opening of
the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibition
will end the year in Aberdeen, where the BP Portrait Award exhibition
opens in November. Look out also in early 2006 for 'Art Not Oil - the
[short] Film'!
Leaflets, postcards, images & info available from:
info at artnotoil.org.uk
Tel: 07708 794665
www.artnotoil.org.uk

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3.) ROADS AND AIRPORTS DIRECT ACTION GATHERING, NOTTINGHAM, FEB 18TH

The next Roads and Airports direct action gathering will be held in
Nottingham on Saturday 18th February.  Please book in advance by
telephoning 07944 874393 (places can't be guaranteed without advance
booking).  Accommodation may be available on the Friday night.  Organised
by Road Alert!  www.roadalert.org.uk

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4.) ROSSPORT SOLIDARITY CAMP AND ACTIONS

All indications are that Shell, Statoil and their supporters in Government
are preparing for a full scale re-invasion of North Mayo.
The Rossport Solidarity Camp opens on Feb 25th, and is busy recruiting
volunteers to resist the unwanted pipeline and refinery project. Legal,
fundraising and awareness work continues throughout the country and abroad
and spirits are high.
galwaygrassroots at yahoo.com; www.ShelltoSea.com
Days of action have been called for February 17th and 18th:
shellhelluk at yahoo.ie

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5.) ‘TELL SHELL TO OBEY THE LAW RE. GAS FLARING’

In November 2005 Shell was ordered by the Nigerian High Court to stop gas
flaring in Iwherekan, in the Niger Delta. As yet, it hasn't.
Email Shell and demand it stops flaring gas now:
www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/corporates/press_for_change/email_shell/index.html
See also www.eraction.org

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6.) CLIMATE CHANGE, ADVERTISING, AND THE INDEPENDENT:
MEDIA LENS REPORT

Go to www.medialens.org to read it and to let The Independent know your
views.

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7.) TAKE ACTION TO SAVE LAKE BAIKAL!

Learn more about threats from the Siberia-Pacific Pipeline, and take
action today to protect the world's oldest and deepest lake, Lake Baikal,
from oil spills.
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/pacificenvironment/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2074

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8.) PLATFORM’S ‘CARBON WEB’ NEWSLETTER 3: SELECTIONS

* Signing away Iraq's democracy? PLATFORM's new report exposes the true
cost to Iraq of the oil majors' agenda

* Safety failures delay the opening of BP's BTC pipeline by a year.

* Trade-unionists targeted: The family of Samuel Morales of the Colombian
trade union federation have received death threats from a rightwing
paramilitary group. Mr. Morales has been key in highlighting human rights
problems with Oxy and Repsol and BP oil developments in Colombia. Please
send letters of support to Samuel Morales and co-defendant Raquel Castro.
www.carbonweb.org/newsletter03/samuel_morales.htm

* Take Action - Release BTC campaigner from Turkish prison: Ferhat Kaya,
has campaigned tirelessly and advocated for those whose lives have been
disrupted by BP's BTC pipeline. Ferhat has been sentenced to six months
imprisonment on politically motivated grounds. Please urge the Turkish
government for his release.
www.baku.org.uk/action/ferhat.htm

* Arctic wildlife saved: Oil companies' hopes of gaining access to oil
beneath Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge were again dashed in
December. Attempts to include the legislation in a future bill are
expected.

info at platformlondon.org  www.platformlondon.org

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9.) NEWS FROM THE CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY

Loads of events and new activities have just been announced, including:
Hemp Conference, 11.3.06, ’exploring the environmental and economic
possibilities of growing hemp in the UK.’
0845 330 8355, info at cat.org.uk, www.cat.org.uk

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10.) MARCH COURSES AT LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE


Low-impact smallholding, March 17-19 2006
Living in Communities, March 24-26 2006
lili at lowimpact.org
www.lowimpact.org

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11.) NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY GREEN FESTIVAL, 29.30.4.06

This years’ festival is trying to go 100% renewable this year and takes
place on 29th-30th April (May Bank Holiday).
admin at newcastlegreenfestival.org.uk
www.newcastlegreenfestival.org.uk
0191 2321750

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12.) MANCHESTER 4X4 ACTION, 4.2.06

On February 4th, a group of Manchester cyclists pissed off with the
ever-increasing amount of dirty, dangerous and downright ridiculous 4x4s
which are accelerating climate Armageddon took to their bikes and donned
skeleton outfits to shame 4x4 drivers.
dosummat at shortcutz.org.uk
www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/333231.html





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