Europe's largest car show being held now in Birmingham, was last week trageted by protests coinciding with the UN climate Change talks being held in New Delhi, India. While world leaders are trying to stitch-up an agreement about controls on greenhouse gases, it is business as usual for the global car industry which is marketing ever more and ever larger cars. Activists from Rising Tide (national network of grassroots groups against climate change) linked up with local Friends of the Earth'ers to demonstrate at the entrance of the NEC displaying banners and umbrellas to highlight climate chaos by motor cars at the largest motor show in UK.
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