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TIDE UK CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 31st October 2001 THIS ISSUE: Hottest October on Record Urgent- Oil pipeline protest tomorrow Reminder- Day of Action 6th November Publications- Corner House Briefing, Ecologist Special Issue 500 Subscribers A note for newcomers- These news sheets are short (2 ish pages) and we won't "flood" you (ho ho)- we will issue them only when we have something to say and even then no more than one update per week (and maybe even less often). YOUR DETAILS WILL NEVER BE GIVEN TO ANYONE. ****************************************************************************** HOTTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD Although it's hardly surprising, it is still extremely worrying to report that it has just been confirmed that this has been the warmest October in the UK since records began in 1659. There have been no cold snaps or frost, which is extremely rare. The average temperature for October in the UK is 10.4C (50.7F) whilst this year the temperatures averaged 14.1C (57.4F). This is warmer than the previous record of 13C (55.4F) in 1969. TIME FOR ACTION....! ****************************************************************************** URGENT- LONDON OIL PIPELINE PROTEST TOMORROW There is a protest tomorrow November 1st (apologies for the late posting) from 5 to 7pm outside the Westdeutsches Landesbank, No.25, Basing Hall St. London. The WestLB is funding the ghastly OCP oil pipeline in Ecuador which it will devastate eleven protected areas and invade indigenous territory.The pipeline is strongly opposed by local environmental and indigenous rights groups. In August nine protesters were beaten up by security guards whilst occupying the offices of the OCP. For more info on the pipeline http://forests.org/emailaction/ecuador.htm http;//www.amazonwatch.org/megaprojects/ocp_ecuad.htm ****************************************************************************** REMEMBER, REMEMBER, THE SIXTH OF NOVEMBER As mentioned in the last news sheet, there is an international climate day of action on Tuesday the 6th November (sorry for any confusion over dates in the last news sheet). The day will coincide with the ministerial session of the 7th Conference of Parties (COP7) climate negotiations in Marrakech. Our friends in Rising Tide Netherlands write: On our website (www.risingtide.nl <http://www.risingtide.nl> ) there are materials for doing actions against carbon trading and privatisation of the atmosphere. They include flyers and zipped jpeg files for labels. The idea of the labels is that you glue them to empty jars, put them on a table in a busy place and try to 'sell' them to passersby. This will hopefully get the complicated message of carbon trading across to people. Or you could always be more sneaky and put the jars in supermarkets among other foods for the more subtle approach! If you do an action on Nov 6th, please send your news to the climate.indymedia.org <http://www.climate.indymedia.org> website. ****************************************************************************** NEW PUBLICATIONS Corner House Briefing: Democracy or Carbocracy This report by Larry Lohmann will, we believe, become a key text for the movement against climate change. It is a thorough, smart, very well argued and devastatingly vitriolic attack on the Kyoto process, carbon trading, and the bogus science of sequestration. If you never read anything else on Kyoto, you should read this. Request a free electronic copy by writing to cornerhouse@gn.apc.org or visit www.cornerhouse.icaap.org <http://www.cornerhouse.icaap.org> Ecologist Climate Change Special Issue The latest issue of The Ecologist includes a large Climate Change special supplement which contains a range of informative articles including science, solutions, ending the oil industry and ecological debt. Some of these articles already appeared as a 16 page supplement in The Observer last Sunday, 27th October. If you actually bought The Observer you may well have binned it by accident- the supplement received no mention on the front page and was hidden within the "Cash" section! What does this say about editorial priorities? ****************************************************************************** 500 SUBSCRIBERS The first issue of this news sheet came out in June. Two days ago the number of subscribers rose above five hundred for the first time. Hurrah! It's your news sheet The news sheet is a bulletin board for news and contacts of everyone working at a local level campaigning against climate change. So, please keep sending us <weathersave@netscapeonline.co.uk> : News of local events, campaigns and actions (and photos) Details of new resources (including leaflets, reports, videos etc) Appeals for help, especially is you want to start a campaign or form a group Comments, criticisms and ideas on the news sheet and web site ****************************************************************************** Please send us anything you’d like put up or anything for inclusion in this update to George at weathersave@netscapeonline.co.uk. The news sheet is a tight short format so if your info is too long we might put it up on the web page and just refer to it in the newsheet. More information on anything! Email: info@risingtide.org.uk <info@risingtide.org.uk> Phone: 01865 241097 Address: 16b Cherwell St, Oxford OX1 1BG. 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