[risingtide] CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 61, July 2006

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CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 61, July 2006

Greetings from the Person in Sheet 61.
Compiled and sent out by Rising Tide UK: info at risingtide.org.uk
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1.) COAL POWER STATION BLOCKADED, VIRGINIA, USA, 10.7.06
2.) CHRONICLE OF GLOBAL RESISTANCE VS. THE G8 & FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE, 15.7.06
3.) CLIMATE ACTIVISTS OCCUPY DIDCOT COAL POWER STATION, 18.7.06
4.) SUMMER BULLETIN FROM THE PERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION
5.) PICKET AT ROMFORD HIGH STREET ESSO STATION, 15.9.06
6.) FLYING IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE? 28.9.06
7.) COUNTY MEATH, IRELAND ANTI-MOTORWAY CAMP SET UP
8.) SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CRITICAL MASS
9.) NEW CLIMATE DENIAL WEBSITE
10.) BP SECRETLY SETTLES COLOMBIA CASE
11.) RADICAL-ECOLOGICAL ACTION AGAINST ECOCIDE BY LUKOIL, RUSSIA, 5.7.06
12.) AN ANTIPODEAN CORRECTION

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1.) COAL POWER STATION BLOCKADED, VIRGINIA, USA, 10.7.06

On 10th July activists in the USA blockaded a coal power station in Clinch
River, Carbo, Virginia.
http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/news/news_detail.cfm?id=121
http://www.katuahearthfirst.org/

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2.) CLIMATE ACTIVISTS OCCUPY DIDCOT COAL POWER STATION IN UK, 18.7.06

‘Early this morning activists from climate change pressure group Reclaim
Power occupied a lighting tower at Didcot power station in Oxfordshire.
Three climbers scaled the tower and unfurled a 50-foot orange and black
banner with the words 'Climate Crime'. They plan to remain there for
several hours in a peaceful but visually dramatic action to highlight the
role of coal-fired power stations in climate change.’

The action was taken in the build-up to the Camp for Climate Action; next
Camp planning meeting Leeds, August 12/13.
Order colour posters while you can! - networking at climatecamp.org.uk
www.climatecamp.org.uk

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3.) CHRONICLE OF GLOBAL RESISTANCE AGAINST THE G8 & FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE,
15.7.06

July 15th 2006 was an International Day of Action for Climate Justice, and
against Climate Change and the G8. Actions and events took place in
Venezuela, across the US, New Zealand, Australia, and The Netherlands. And
in the UK:

* "G ATE MY PLANET" protest party outside the Embassy of the country most
responsible for setting a policy direction that can only lead to planetary
catastrophe: the United States. Organised by the Campaign Against Climate
Change in London; http://www.campaigncc.org
* Banner unfurled featuring the digits 'C' 'O' and '2' belching from Drax’
chimney, and leaflets distributed outside the office of Tulchan
Communications, after an unsuccessful attempt to occupy the building.
(Tulchan is a public relations firm which counts Drax Group plc, which
owns and runs the UK's dirtiest coal-fired power plant plant, amongst its
clients. A spoof news report announcing that Drax had sacked Tulchan for
failing to make it look good was reported by the Financial Times.)
Organised by London Rising Tide.
* Manchester - Bicycle carnival in solidarity with anti-G8 protesters in
Russia. This was a celebration of the bicycle as a mode of transport that
doesn't pollute or cause climate change. Cyclists took to the road
cheering, blowing whistles and playing musical instruments as they rode.
Organized by Manchester Camp for Climate Action.
pictures:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/07/345162.html
* Some 25 or more people protested at the main gate of Staverton Airport
in Gloucestershire with placards and engaged in conversations with an
ex-Director of the airport, police and several pilots who appeared to talk
to protesters; http://www.glosgreenparty.org.uk

Thanks to Rising Tide North America for calling and collating the day:
www.risingtidenorthamerica.org

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	4.) SUMMER BULLETIN FROM THE PERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION


including info about the PAB Convergence 2006 1-3 September:
www.permaculture.org.uk

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5.) PICKET AT ROMFORD HIGH STREET ESSO STATION, 15.9.06

Contact Steve if you can be a tiger (for the day): 01708 767226
ExxposeExxon.com

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6.) FLYING IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE? 28.9.06

Methodist Church House, 25 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JR; 4.30pm
Speakers: Colin Beesley, Rolls-Royce Plc; Chris Goater, Airport Operators
Association; Peter Lockley, Aviation Environment Federation; Jason
Torrance, Transport 2000.
RSVP: miles.litvinoff at eccr.org.uk
Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility: www.eccr.org.uk

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7.) COUNTY MEATH, IRELAND ANTI-MOTORWAY CAMP SET UP

‘A protest camp has been established at the Hill of Tara, County Meath,
Ireland, to oppose the monstrous M3 Motorway project due to begin this
year
We are calling for volunteers to help establish an International Tara
Solidarity Camp, to maintain a permanent presence on the Hill of Tara, and
to monitor the situation on an ongoing basis.
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77281

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8.) SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CRITICAL MASS

All charges against the two arrested at the June Mass have been dropped.
Come and help make Southend’s Critical Mass bigger and better.
Meet every second Friday of the month @ 6pm. outside WHSmith's
WE LIVE TO RIDE ANOTHER DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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9.) NEW CLIMATE DENIAL WEBSITE

Check out www.climatedenial.org, brought to us by George Marshall of the
Climate Outreach Information Network: http://www.COINet.org.uk

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10.) BP SECRETLY SETTLES COLOMBIA CASE

‘BP has secretly settled the case being brought by more than 50 destitute
Colombian farmers rendered homeless by construction of a major oil
pipeline through their land.’ See ‘The cheque's in the pipeline’, Private
Eye’ 18th July 2006.
http://www.colombiasolidarity.co.uk

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11.) RADICAL-ECOLOGICAL ACTION AGAINST ECOCIDE BY LUKOIL, RUSSIA, 5.7.06

‘Health of the inhabitants of the village is decaying catastrophically.
Especially children are suffering. For years inhabitants have appeal to
Lukoil-Perm and local authorities in order to be relocated, but in vain.
Such an approach to people and environment is typical for most of the
major corporations, which in a race to the bottom are completely ignoring
ecological norms. The summit of G8 in St. Petersburg is following the
current environmental politics of the power, opening new perspectives for
predatory exploitation of natural resources by corporations and
propagating indifferent attitude towards health of the people and the
environment. But people are fighting back!’
Apparently the ‘action was fine and nobody got arrested.’
Details: ecorevolution at hotmail.ru

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12.) AN ANTIPODEAN CORRECTION

Lastly, a correction – in News Sheet 60 we reported on a ‘PEOPLE'S
OCCUPATION OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COAL PORT, NZ, 5.6.06’, to which our
eagle-eyed correspondent retorted thus: ‘Cool.. and nice to see RT
Newcastle in the Newsheet.. however we are in Australia, not NZ! (I left
NZ 5 months ago!)’ Apologies in Antipodean proportions have been shipped
emission-free to our good friend in Australia






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