Don't be confused - 2009 is just another year of climate talks, in which governments and corporations will continue business as usual and tell us how a load of corrupt (but profitable) trading is in fact a real attempt to save the world.

To solve climate change we're going to have to get together and make a real noise. CO2 levels are rising 20,000 times faster than at any point in life's astonishing billion year history and coal is the biggest source of emissions. If we burn all the coal in the ground we're toast. No butter, no jam, just toast. So stopping the burning of coal in the rapidly warming world is a good place to start.

Call out to join the co-mutiny!

Bristol Co-Mutiny Convergence Space: LOCATION REVEALED!
If you haven’t heard through the grapevine already Bristol Co-Mutineers have taken an old cathedral (of the holy apostles) near the Triangle in the
Clifton/Hotwells area. The address is: Bristol Pro Cathedral, Park Place, BS8 1JW
The phone number in the building for anyone is: 07805756159 (this is also the number for the media to call).
See http://comutiny.wordpress.com/ for stuff going on till 20th September.

London Rising Tide will be having their annual new people's film night on September 24th 2009 from 7.30pm at the London Action Resource Centre (LARC), 62 Fieldgate Street, London, E1 1ES Nearest tube - Whitechapel. The night will feature a couple of upbeat films to give an insight into the climate justice movement, followed by a short discussion and the chance to ask questions. Where we go next is up to all of us, so if this sounds like your cup of tea, do come along and get involved, there might even be cake! If you can't make it, LRT meet on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month at LARC, so do come along or get in touch.

The Art Not Oil Diary 2010: Abandon Despair All Ye Who Enter Here

The Art Not Oil Diary 2010 is a beautiful, stirring 365 day reminder of the extraordinary art that is
being made in the struggle for a safer, more just future, and the crucial
role that our creativity will need to play if we’re to have a chance of
reaching that place.

Solidarity with Vestas workers
4 August 2009

On Tuesday 4th August, protesters (including Bristol Rising Tide) descended on the Bristol Headquarters of the Environment Agency in Aztec West carrying windmills and banners to support the action of Vestas workers who have occupied the St Cross wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight for the last two weeks because of plans to close the site with the immediate loss of 600 jobs. A further two solidarity demos took place on Friday 7th August. A couple of Bristol RT'ers also visted the Isle of Wight.

New band Green Kite Midnight spent the early part of Tuesday evening serenading those
attending the BP Portrait ceremony with a series of tunes inspired in part
by visions of BP decommissioned. NPG employees were very helpful, (though
they were outnumbered by BP and BP-funded security men), and we set up our
banner and instruments just beneath one of the 'supported by BP'
statements on one of the huge posters on either side of the door. (It
seems that some people thought we might have been invited by BP. Ah
well...)

Rossport Solidarity Camp
May - June 2009

Rising Tide-Ecuador (Marea Creciente) is opening its way as the newest member of our International Network by joining forces with other grassroots groups, which includes the Ecuadorian indigenous movement.

"Mining industry out!"

First, to resist the big fossil fuel national battle against mining on a large scale, which is an aggressive project that the ecuadorian assembly and government are trying to put forward.

London Rising Tide and the Greenwash Guerillas cordially invite you to a morning of greenwash detecting at the Guardian Climate Summit, sponsored by E-On, Monday 15th June 2009. Following on from the success of last years detecting, a team of Greenwash Guerillas are said to be meeting at 8am at the Hotel Russell, 1-8 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 5BE

Protective attire can be easily obtained by contacting Rising Tide on 07708 794665 / london@risingtide.org.uk or attending the next Rising Tide meeting at 7.30pm on 28/5/09. The more the merrier, and what better way to start the week than by highlighting the hypocrisy of E-On's sponsorship of this event?