Callout from Rising Tide North America for action on October 3-4
against G8 climate negotiations and for climate justice.
October 3-4, 2006, Mexico City
Oppose fraudulent G8 climate negotiations!
Stop carbon trading, stand up for climate justice!
A zero emissions world is possible! Make it real!
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In a Daring Challenge To The Power Of The Coal Industry,
Activists Blockade Power Plant
July 15, 2006 International Day of Direct Action for Climate Justice, against Climate Change and the G8!
A call to action from Rising Tide North America and Earth First! Climate Caucus
If you're in Montreal for the UN climate negotiations from Nov 27th to Dec 8th, you'll be able to hear the voices of those directly affected by climate change, the oil and coal industry and carbon trading.
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.
Filmed testimonies from people affected by climate change and the oil industry:
The next UN talks on climate change will take place in Canada at the end of November 2005. While the US administration remains resistant to signing the climate agreement and many countries are on course to fail to meet their Kyoto targets, the impacts of climate change intensify.
Meanwhile the oil industry is investing billions in discovering new sources of oil and creating environmental and social injustices in communities they operate in.
Activists from County Mayo will be touring the UK during November to increase awareness of the struggle to prevent a giant Shell Consortium from building a dangerous, raw gas pipeline and huge refinery on unstable bog land, raising serious public health and safety issues and devastating remote conservation areas on the north west coast of Ireland. www.corribsos.com
Here are the London dates: Thurs 17th ...
After more than 3 years running roughshod over local communities on the north west coast or Ireland, oil & gas giant Shell International (along with Statoil (Norway) & Marathon Oil (US)) are poised to transform a remote conservation area of outstanding natural beauty into an environmental disaster zone with serious public health and safety implications. A dangerous on-shore pipeline and massive refinery will be constructed, poisoning the area and further contributing to climate chaos.
Climate change is turning agricultural land to dust in China
If you want evidence that global warming is happening, you need only look to China.
Unseen by the rest of the world, much of the north of the country is turning into a
land of droughts, dust storms and deserted villages.
The Ecologist Climate Change special issue features in-depth analysis of the growing climate crisis...
For the past 3 years, oil & gas giant Shell International have been running roughshod over local communities on the north west coast of Ireland and are poised to transform a remote conservation area of outstanding natural beauty into an environmental disaster zone with serious public health & safety implications.
There has been, and still is, a long saga ongoing in the courts and planning appeal process. In April, Shell was granted a temporary injunction after local farmers stopped them from entering their lands.. The farmers were referred to as trespassers during the proceedings. The arguments of the defendants showed up the arrogance of a multinational in pursuit of its profits.
