Anti-nuclear protesters declared the mass blockade at Hinkley Point on 3rd October as a victory over EDF Energy. The nine-hour blockade in Somerset attracted supporters from all over the UK including Rising Tiders from London, Bristol & Plymouth. Several people came from as far afield as France, Ireland, Germany and Belgium as numbers topped 250.
Once a year, the board of directors of the world’s largest mining company meet in London.
Be there to... *CONFRONT BHP BILLITON*
*WHAT: *The Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton
*WHERE: *Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster
*WHEN: *Thursday Oct. 20, 10am
*Plus, on Wednesday Oct. 19, there will be a public event with special guests to talk about BHPB’s operations around the world.*
What is fracking?: The process - called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking - involves pumping a mixture of water, sand and drilling fluids at high pressure into the rock, to split it apart and release the natural gas it contains. This process has already, in its relatively short history, caused a great deal of controversy, due to environmental problems and risks posed to human health, including water contamination and higher rates of air pollution than that of coal production. And now fracking has recently begun in the UK starting with several sites near Blackpool.
UPDATE - Letter from prison: Tim DeChristopher speaks - http://www.peacefuluprising.org/?post_type=coverage&p=1256.
Previous message from Rising Tide North America ...
Dear Friends
Our movement is strong. We take risks and push envelopes. We take action when the places and communities we hold dear are threatened. And we won’t be intimidated by government or corporate efforts to break our resolve.
We have no choice. Big Oil and Big Coal want to poison our water, cloud the air we breathe with pollution and wreak havoc on the climate.
Two sets of NVDA training to prepare for the Stop New Nuclear blockade of Hinkley Point on 3 October.
LONDON - 18 September 2011
Place and Time: tbc
Please contact london [at] stopnewnuclear.org.uk if you are interested in this training.
BRISTOL - Sunday, 21 August 2011 - Place and time will be announced closer to the time, so please check back.
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Stop the next generation of nuclear power stations with a blockade at Hinkley Point - 3 October 2011
Hinkley Point is the first of eight proposed sites for nuclear new build to go ahead. We stopped them here before, and we can do it again. If they fail at Hinkley, it is unlikely the “nuclear renaissance” will have the momentum to continue.
On 14 June, guests and judges arriving for the BP Portrait Award ceremony came face to face with portraits of people affected by BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon caused the deaths of 11 oil workers and untold, ongoing damage to the people and the environment of the Gulf Coast. Lining the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery, London Rising Tiders were joined by folk from Climate Rush and Platform to mount our Living Exhibition of portraits from the Facing the Gulf project.
Saturday 18 June 12 noon outside the Canadian High Commission, Grosvenor Square, London On 18 June the biggest ever international demonstration against the Tar Sands will take place, with people holding events outside Canadian Embassies around the world. Join us in London and help: - Raise awareness of the world's most destructive project - Let Canada know that the whole world considers tar sands a step too far in dirty development - Demand a moratorium on further exploitation of tar sands
