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Greenwash Guerrillas Embarrass E.ON
Action:Greenwash
Climate Campers and friends, including Rising Tiders, put a fresh dent in E.ON’s tarnished reputation with a Greenwash Guerrillas demo outside the 16th July Guardian Climate Change Summit, which E.ON are sponsoring.
Protected by toxic waste hazard suits and brandishing a top-of-the-line range of greenwash detecting devices, the 40 intrepid Greenwash Guerrillas swarmed around the building (the Business Design Centre in Islington, whose marketing managers were not best pleased at their presence and who might think twice about working with a climate criminal like E.ON in future), making sure that every delegate who entered knew about E.ON’s attempt to build the first new coal fired power station in the UK for thirty years at Kingsnorth, in Kent (site of this year’s Camp for Climate Action, which has other plans – like leaving fossil fuels in the ground!).
The Carbon Cycle at Ffos-y-Fran
Action:Confronting the fossil fuel economy
On Saturday 21st June, twenty cyclists and a toddler in a child-seat from Mid-Wales Climate Action, the Welsh Youth Forum on Sustainable Development and Gwerin Y Coed (Woodcraft Folk) completed the 157 miles from Machynlleth to Cardiff to publicise the need for cycle-lanes and provision for bikes on public transport. At the Senedd, where ‘the Carbon Cycle’ delivered a petition, cyclists were welcomed by Leanne Wood AM and Gordon James of FoE Cymru. The ride was part of Bike Week and raised money for Oxfam’s work with people worst affected by climate change. Although cyclists endured some hostile motorists and dangerous driving along the way, they thoroughly enjoyed the experience. ‘Every day was an achievement’, said Ailish, 'moving slower is so much nicer!'
Camp for Climate Action - Day of Action Plans Revealed.
Action:Days of actionJOIN WITH THOUSANDS IN MASS ACTION TO SHUT DOWN KINGSNORTH POWER STATION
CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE – LAND, SEA OR AIR
This summer the Camp for Climate Action will be located in Kent near Kingsnorth coal-fired power station, where 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide are pumped into the atmosphere every year. On Saturday August 9th, the camp will culminate in a spectacular mass action to shut down the power station. Why Kingsnorth? While the power station is scheduled for demolition, its owners E.ON are planning to build a brand new coal-fired plant in the same place – a ludicrous response to the climate crisis threatening hundreds of millions of lives around the world. The Camp for Climate Action has other ideas. Beginning on August 9th, we intend to shut down Kingsnorth – permanently!
Mayday Climate Action Reports
Climate Change | Action:False solutions | Action:Days of actionMayday Mayday! Activists target climate snatchers around the country.
Coventry
Leamington Rising Tide and People and Planet visited the E.on headquarters at Westwood Business Park in Coventry to expose the truth behind E.on's greenwash and show that carbon capture is a false solution to the problem of climate change. People arrived at 8am to hand fliers to the workers. One protester occupied the roof of the building. Banners were erected reading "POLLUTE.ON NO MORE GREEN WASH". There was juggling and a picnic outside the doors of the building as the protestors waited for a march of students from Warwick University People and Planet to arrive at 1.30. The marchers came with a replica model of the coal power station and a game of 'catch the carbon' with balloons and nets. The protesters gathered outside the building and then the sign outside was painted green to symbolise the e.ons greenwash.
May and June - Days of Climate Action
Climate Change | Action:Days of action
Fossil Fools Day was such a great sucess - Now is not the time to pause for breath, now is the time to continue building out networks, continue skill sharing and continue taking action! And here are the dates of the next two Days of Action on Climate Change, called by the Network for Climate Action in co-operation with the Rising Tide Network and the Camp for Climate Action. 1st May - Mayday Mayday: Invasion of the Climate Snatchers & 3rd June - The Climate Action Day that bites.
Fantastic Fossil Foolery! UK Action Round-up
Action:Confronting the fossil fuel economy | Action:Days of actionWhat a day! UK actions by the numbers:
35 actions
20 cities
44 arrests
Check out the Fossil Fools Day page for all the amazing actions in other countries, including the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Australia; as well as media coverage from around the world. And read on for the scoop on all the UK actions.
Camp for Climate Action 2008 Location Announced
August 3-11 at Kingsnorth Power Station
Low-impact living // education // high-impact direct action
Day of Mass Action at Kingsnorth: Saturday August 9th, 2008
Day of Action against Agrofuels : Wednesday August 6th, 2008
This summer the Camp for Climate Action will pitch its tents outside Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent for a week of education, sustainable living and direct action. Everyone is invited to the camp, which is now part of an international movement, with eight climate camps on four continents planned for this summer. Together, we will show that the blind pursuit of economic growth at any cost is simply insane, and is to blame for the CO² emissions and ecosystem destruction that are causing catastrophic climate change.
SHELL DITCHED AS WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER EXHIBITION SPONSOR IN FACE OF WIDESPREAD PROTEST
Action:Greenwash
PRESS RELEASE, January 26th 2008
Shell’s two year tenure as sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ exhibition has come to an end. A determined, creative two year national campaign, coordinated in part by the direct action group Rising Tide and its Art Not Oil (1) campaign, helped to force the NHM to ditch Shell.
