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Airplot: Help Greenpeace swing the vote on Heathrow
On Wednesday there will be a vote in parliament on a third runway at Heathrow. Ahead of this vote we urgently need your help to put pressure on Labour MPs to vote with their
Read More »Activists threaten to close Heathrow
Activists behind an annual climate change camp today threatened to close down Heathrow in an early sign of direct action aimed at stopping a controversial third runway being built. Leaders of the annual event
Read More »Get Land For Free And Help Greenpeace Stop Airport Expansion
Greenpeace are giving away plots of land to make it more difficult for the government to expand Heathrow airport. To help them sign up here http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/climate/airplot You’ll be joining beneficial owners who’ve already signed-up including
Read More »Climate Camp – ’70 injuries’ being reported by the police do not exist
Climate Change Action When the Camp for Climate Action rolled into Kingsnorth this year even veterans where suprised by the over the top policing. Being searched–often illigally-two or three times before getting onto
Read More »Police charge 49 after Stansted protest
Nearly 50 people have been charged following yesterday’s climate change protests at Stansted airport. Essex police said in a brief statement that 49 people had been charged with aggravated trespass. They, along with several
Read More »‘Historic’ UK climate laws ushered in
Three laws aimed at fighting climate change come into force in Britain today. by JOEL TAYLOR The legislation provides the world’s first legally binding targets for a country to reduce carbon emissions. Its aim
Read More »Climate change demo cost police £6m
The estimated cost of policing a week-long protest against climate change stands at just under £6 million, it has been disclosed. Around £5.9 million has been spent policing the Camp for Climate Action event
Read More »VIDEO: Climate Camp 2008
Undercurrents in association with VisionOnTV reported the people who are making a differenece by working together collectively. When large numbers of determined and well-organised people get together they can turn things around, making a
Read More »Identity Politics in Climate Change Hell
By George Monbiot | If you want a glimpse of how the movement against climate change could crumble faster than a summer snowflake, read Ewa Jasiewicz’s article, published yesterday on the Guardian’s Comment is
Read More »Britain: Policing of climate camp a major attack on democratic rights
By Paul Bond | A week-long climate protest camp in north Kent has ended, amidst widespread claims of disproportionate and aggressive policing. Around 100 people were arrested over the course of the protest, 46
Read More »Climate activists vow to stay at camp
guardian.co.uk | Climate change campaigners pledged today to set up a permanent protest camp at Kingsnorth, near Rochester in Kent, if the government allows a large new coal-fired power station to be built there. Their
Read More »Climate protesters arrested after gluing themselves to bank
guardian.co.uk | Two environmental activists who glued themselves to the front doors of a bank in London today have been arrested for a breach of the peace, police said. A group of four protesters calling
Read More »Police Extend Stop & Search Powers at Climate Camp
Police powers to stop and search people at Climate Camp have been extended. Officers can now stop and search anyone without needing to have reasonable grounds to do so. Police powers to stop and
Read More »Police bullying at Camp Kingsnorth
By Lenin’s Tomb | I’ve just returned from a 2-3 day sojourn at the Climate Camp at Kingsnorth — site of a proposed new coal-fired power station – which is now gearing up towards its
Read More »Climate change protesters deny they are armed
guardian.co.uk | Climate change protesters today accused police of conducting a smear campaign after officers said they had recovered knives and makeshift weapons during searches of the protest camp at Kingsnorth power station in Kent.
Read More »Union slams EPA chief for ignoring staff on global warming
By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson stunned his staff last month when he publicly opposed their proposals for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, four union officials representing EPA
Read More »Climate camp raided for a second time
Six people have been arrested at Medway’s climate camp. The first arrest was at 12.30am today, when a 40-year-old man was quizzed on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon The other five were
Read More »Caroline Lucas at Climate Camp
South East MEP and Green activist Dr Caroline Lucas will be joining protesters at Climate Camp 2008 this weekend at Kingsnorth in Kent to rally against the Government’s continued commitment to unsustainable fossil fuels
Read More »Climate Camp Is Back!
By Joss Garman | It provoked an absolute storm. CNN’s ticker screamed that Britain was ‘under siege’ from environmental activists. Sky News dubbed it ‘the world’s most organised protest’ and the New Statesman ‘the
Read More »Trading away the Planet for Profits
By Joseph Zacune | During the climate talks in Bali last December, NASA scientist James Hansen presented new data showing that serious climate change impacts are already happening more rapidly and at lower global
Read More »World’s top scientists say G8 must lead way on carbon capture
G8 governments must lead the way in developing technology to catch carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations as part of immediate action on climate change, scientists urged today. The national science academies in the
Read More »NZ becomes first country for Earth Hour lights out
WELLINGTON (Xinhua) — New Zealand and Fiji on Saturday became the first countries to take part in Earth Hour, an event aimed at reducing emissions that contribute to climate change. A total of 24 cities
Read More »Tabloid Fabricated Heathrow Plot
Evening Standard condemned by press watchdog for coverage of the Camp for Climate Action’s Heathrow protest. Claim of fabrication upheld. In a much awaited ruling the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) issued a stinging rebuke
Read More »US to set ‘binding’ climate goals, finally
By Richard Black The US is ready to accept “binding international obligations” on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, officials say, if other nations do the same. The comments came in a news conference in Paris
Read More »First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions by Next Summer
By Matt Sullivan India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as
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