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Welcome to London Rising Tide

London Rising Tide (LRT) takes creative action on the root causes of climate chaos, and promotes socially just, ecological alternatives to the fossil fuel madness that we're living through. It's part of the wider Rising Tide UK and international networks, and seeks to be part of a growing European and worldwide movement of groups working to dismantle the oil industry and live the future we want to see right now. Find out more about what we stand for.

Shell campaign

Submitted by b on Fri, 21/09/2012 - 10:31

Shell-out Sponsorship = buying us off

By sponsoring our cultural institutions, Shell tries to protect its reputation, distract our attention from its environmental and human rights crimes around the world and buy our acceptance. When we challenge this, we strike a blow at Shell’s brand, chip away at its power and move  towards the day when Big Oil – like Big Tobacco – is no longer seen as socially acceptable. As we once kicked the tobacco companies out of our cultural institutions we must now do the same to the oil industry.

Activists attend Shell London Lecture Series at Burlington House

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 16/11/2012 - 21:17

Activists attend Shell London Lecture Series at Burlington HouseThree Rising Tide activists attended the Shell London
Lecture Series at Burlington House, Piccadilly, 2012.  Bruce Levell, the
Vice President of Emerging Technologies, delivered a lecture on the
Geological Aspects of Renewable Energy.

Site of proposed Hinkley Point "C" Nuclear Plant reclaimed by Mass Trespass.

Submitted by lrt2 on Thu, 25/10/2012 - 18:49
Activists from Bristol, Plymouth and London Rising Tide joined others from the Stop New Nuclear Alliance in a mass trespass at Somerset's Hinkley Point nuclear power station on 8th October. 6 people were arrested.

Trespass at Hinkley Point

Submitted by rt1 on Tue, 09/10/2012 - 20:50

 More than 200 actvitists squatted a field next to Hinkley Point nuclear power station for three days of protests. On Monday 8th October, 50 people stormed the site earmarked for two new mega nuclear reactors. The protest aimed to highlight the huge environmental and financial costs of the government's bid to build 8 new nuclear power stations in the UK. More information and photos (thanks to Gary Austin) to follow.

Video - Mass Tresspass

 

TUC Demo - Climate Bloc

Submitted by rt1 on Sun, 30/09/2012 - 14:05

London Rising Tide will be joining the Climate Bloc at the TUC March on Saturday 20 October. This is the statement we will be marching under...

We are people from many different environmental campaigns. We are joining the TUC march on 20 October to be part of a huge popular challenge to austerity and the misery and hopelessness it is creating. We will march together on the 20th to raise the crucial question of tackling climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions as part of a future that works. Dealing with these issues together is possible, necessary and desirable. The climate is changing dramatically, and we are already seeing huge impacts on food prices and energy costs.

Transport to Mass Action at Hinkley Point Nuclear Power

Submitted by rt1 on Sun, 30/09/2012 - 14:00

Just to let you know that transport from London has been arranged for a Weekend of Mass Action at Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station 5-8th October.

Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela concert at RFH reaps what Shell sows

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 30/06/2012 - 14:49

23.6.12 - Saturday, 30 June 2012, 15:05.

Hot on the heels of their appearance at the Shell vs. Bodo case at the High Court (http://bit.ly/LgLiw0) activists from London Rising Tide, along with friends from Shell to Sea and Art Not Oil, staged a protest inside and outside the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 23rd June, highlighting the greenwashing of Shell's tarnished image through cultural sponsorship in their 'Shell Classic International' festival at the Southbank Centre.

Classic International concert REAPS what Shell sponsorship sows.

Shell in the dock over major oil spills in Nigeria

Submitted by rt1 on Mon, 18/06/2012 - 18:45

PRESS RELEASE

Shell will appear in the High Court in London today to be held accountable for its oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Over 11,000 Nigerians from Bodo town in the Ogoni region of the Delta are suing Shell over the environmental damage caused by two devastating oil spills in 2008 and 2009. Shell has admitted liability but refuses to provide adequate compensation to the many thousands of victims of the spills. The court hearing will deal with matters of civil procedure.

Spectre of Shell Reapers hangs over AGM

Submitted by rt1 on Sun, 10/06/2012 - 00:35

At today's Shell AGM link at the Barbican the suits on the Shell board were given a 3 hour grilling, with questioners focussing attention on its environmental and human rights crimes around the world. Spread throughout the auditorium, hooded London Rising Tide & friends' grim Shell reapers stood silently awaiting direction from the board toward their next appointment with Shell induced death and environmental destruction.

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