called by Baku Ceyhan Campaign & London Rising Tide

BP’s oil pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey is due to come onstream
this May 27. Construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project has already
severely disrupted the environment and the lives of local people for the last 3
years. Now, affected communities face the constant threat of leaks and
intimidation from security forces. Meanwhile, BTC will accelerate climate
chaos, pumping 1 million barrels of crude oil EVERY day for the next forty years.

We introduce the new "Shell Hell" logo, which underlines the piracy behind Shell's business ventures. For more information on their swashbuckling exploitation visit www.corribsos.com and www.remembersarowiwa.com

On November 10th 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni colleagues were hung by the Nigerian state for campaigning against the devastation of the Niger Delta by oil companies, especially Shell and Chevron.

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of this execution, activists from London Rising Tide, Rhythms of Resistance, Rossport Solidarity Camp and London Earth First! came together to take action against Shell for its activities in Nigeria, in Ireland and worldwide.

Celebrate the cancellation of the aviation industry's airport expansion
plans, 6pm Tuesday Nov 29th, Tower Bridge

A coalition of local airport residents and grassroots eco-activists
requests the pleasure of your company to celebrate the forthcoming
cancellation of the aviation industry's airport expansion plans at: The
Institute of Economic Affairs' Gala Dinner at London's luxurious Tower
Bridge Walkways.

This is the statement written jointly by members of London Rising Tide, and read out at the December 3rd 2005 rally outside the US Bombassy in London:

This day of action is undoubtedly the best supported and most international day of action on climate ever planned, which is an amazing achievement. Today’s a day to tell the world that we have had enough of being told that ‘the end could be nigh’ by scientists, only to see our leaders jamming their foot on the accelerator of a car that is already hurtling towards the cliff edge - whilst they shout ‘Trust me – I have your best interests at heart!’

And whilst today is a great achievement, maybe we should be asking ourselves some difficult questions, and re-examining our arguments and our tactics.

ART NOT OIL 2006
CALL FOR ENTRIES

First Prize: Justice
Second Prize: Survival

2006 looks like being another year when the gulf between what oil companies do and what they say grows even wider. Iraq is still in flames, with hungry oil executives eager for the insurgency to be locked down enough to give themselves easy access to the privatised prize of its oil. Hurricanes, droughts and freak heatwaves are all gathering speed. And more and more people are noticing the seasons turned on their heads or nursing quiet terrors about what sort of destabilised world we’re hurtling towards.

“The future is unwritten, inaction is the tragedy.”

On Saturday, the busiest shopping day of the year, activists from London Rising Tide dressed up as Santas and elves and invaded Oxford Street to make the point that excessive Christmas consumption is causing climate chaos.

Spotted in Eco Soundings –

Seen those BP ads on TV and in the Press? Impressed that the oil giant is getting the message on climate change? Think Again. BP is also running a big advertising campaign in the US to coincide with the Montreal climate talks. Both versions have the same graphics, the same nifty tune, the same style. But where as we Brits are told to “work out your carbon footprint – it’s a start”, the American consumer is told: “We’re investing $15bn in finding new oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico – it’s a start.”