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beautiful camp life, from the GRRR pirates to the fence breachers to the
bail breakers, and the flurry of affinity group actions before, during and
after the camp, the 2008 Camp for Climate Action was a roaring success. We
outsmarted 26 police forces to run the biggest climate camp ever. We
covered the river in boats, filled the streets with people, covered the
power station gates with banners and hit at least eight other targets with
autonomous actions. We flooded the national, local and independent media
with our stories and messages. E.ON and the Government threw everything
they could at us, and they still couldn’t hold us back.

Actions, in no particular order, included: an office invasion of mining
company BHP Bilton, taking over an incinerator site in Newhaven, a
blockade of Cargill over its rainforest destruction and land-grabbing, a
pro-vegan roof occupation and banner drop at Smithfield Meat Market, a
protest at US air base Mildenhall to highlight military CO2 emissions, a
banner drop from an electricity pylon, a naked protest at DBERR, the
world’s smallest protesters climbing E.ON’s smokestack (at Legoland),
actions at Royal Bank of Scotland (not once but twice – students do a
die-in and Rising Tiders bust out the superglue), a demo at Longannet
power station in Fife, a multi-pronged attack on Gatwick by Plane Stupid,
the shutting down of the South’s biggest biofuel storage facility, and in
a single day of mayhem in the City, the Climate Caravan targeted RBS and
the PR firms for Shell, BAA & E.ON.

www.climatecamp.org.uk
Photo slide show: http://blip.tv/file/1167973
Video: http://www.undercurrents.org/visionon/

2) DERBYSHIRE COAL MINE EVICTED, 14.08.08
The squat in Derbyshire, a protest on the site of a proposed new open-cast
coal mine, came to end with the eviction of the remaining two protesters,
who had resolutely resisted attempts to clear the site by
furiously digging for victory. Come to the national Leave it in the Ground
meeting in October to help with the next steps.
www.leaveitintheground.org.uk

3) US CLIMATE CAMPS, JULY/AUGUST
All three US Climate Camps have now wound down, with action highlights
including the Southeast Climate Convergence occupying a nuclear facility
in Virginia, the Billionaires for Coal striking Bank of America 4 times in
3 days and a protest at NW Natural Gas following the West Coast
Convergence. And check out http://www.uncampement.net/?q=en/node/775 for
the ongoing (8-24 August) camp in Quebec, Canada.

4) SAVING ICELAND CAMP, JULY/AUGUST
Saving Iceland’s fourth action camp is now over but the fight goes on. The
three-week camp was at Hellisheiði, where Reykjavík Energy is expanding
their geothermal power plant, first of all to supply energy to aluminium
smelters. Actions included: work on the Century Aluminum’s existing
smelter as well as a steel factory were blockaded, holding up a shift
change for several hours. A Reykjavik Energy geothermal drill site at
Hellisheidi, being built for Century, was completely shut down for a day
as activists locked to machines, climbed the drill and occupied the power
control room. The national power company Landsvirkjun had it's office
invaded, and it's CEO Fridrik Sophusson had his home visited. Saving
Iceland nailed an eviction notice to his door. www.savingiceland.org

5) AIRPORT OCCUPATION, GERMANY, ONGOING
In Germany climate activists have been squatting a woodland since the
beginning of June to stop the construction of yet another new runway for
the already massive Frankfurt airport. The camp continues to grow with
over 30 people living on site and has the support of the community. Demos
and actions are being organised together with local residents' groups
against airport expansion. Amazing treehouses, walkways and funky ground
shelters have been constructed to make life pleasant in the woods and to
resist eviction as long as possible. People are welcome to join in.
www.waldbesetzung.blogsport.de

6) STICKING IT TO THE PM, LONDON, 22.07.08
On 22nd July a Plane Stupid campaigner superglued himself to Prime
Minister Gordon Brown in 10 Downing Street. He'd been invited to receive
an award for protesting, so promptly decided to carry on in that vain!
Whilst asking Gordon about refusing to meet West London
residents opposed to the construction of a third runway at Heathrow, the
intrepid protester put his superglue covered hand onto Brown’s polyester
suit. When Brown went to turn away he found he was stuck and for once had
no option but to listen. www.planestupid.com

7) 32 4x4s DISARMED, OXFORD, 18.07.08
32 SUV owners woke up in Oxford on 18th July to discover that their
environmentally destructive vehicles had been disabled using the 'mung
bean trick' to let down their
tires.

8) NEW RISING TIDE LEAFLET
At long last, Rising Tide has a new leaflet – who we are, what we do and
why we do it, wrapped up in an inspiring photo collage package. Sneak a
peak at , or email info at risingtide.org.uk to get a bunch posted to you for
distribution in your local area.

9) NEW REPORT: CASHING IN ON COAL
High street banks are making millions by providing the financial fuel that
drives the expansion of coal extraction and combustion. This report
examines the role in the last two years of the Royal Bank of Scotland
(RBS), HSBC and Barclays in providing and arranging the financial means to
the coal industry to extract and burn vast quantities of coal. The report
reveals that RBS has helped lend more money to the coal industry, in more
deals, than any other major UK bank. www.carbonweb.org



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See also the Camp for Climate Action (www.climatecamp.org.uk), Network for
Climate Action (www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk) and Climate Indymedia
(www.climateimc.org)