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Upcoming actions and events:
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1.) INT’L DAY OF DIRECT ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE & G8, 8.6.07
2.) ROAMING COOKIE JOINS RISING TIDE NORTH AMERICA ROADSHOW
3.) EXPOSE EXXON DAY, LEATHERHEAD, 5-6.4.07
4.) MANOR GARDENS ALLOTMENTS THREATENED BY OLYMPICS
5.) EVENTS AT THE CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY
6.) UPCOMING GREEN DRAGON ENERGY COURSES
7.) LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE COURSES, April - May 2007
8.) CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION 2: UPDATE
9.) BATH CLIMATE CAMP, 19-22.4.07
10.) LONDON ISLAMIC NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (LINE) UPDATE
11.) WYTHENSHAWE FOREVER, APRIL - JUNE 2007
12.) RESISTANCE AGAINST THE PRIVATISATION OF IRAQI OIL
13.) DEFEND ECUADOR’S YASUNI NATIONAL PARK

Recent happenings:
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1.) WELSH ANTI-PIPELINE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES ON FULL FLOW
2.) BRADFORD CLIMATE CRIMINALS REPROACHED, 21.2.07
3.) LONDON RISING TIDE OCCUPIES CARBON NEUTRAL CO, 21.2.07
4.) CHEAT NEUTRAL
5.) SAVE PRIORY PARK CAMPAIGN UPDATE, 22.2.07
6.) ‘WE WANT FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, NOT BIOFUELS!’
7.) GENEVA MOTOR SHOW: ALL ARRESTED BEFORE DEMO, 19.3.07
8.) DEMO AT NORWEGIAN EMBASSY RE. ROSSPORT, 22.03.2007
9.) RISING TIDE SCOTLAND CLIMATE ACTION GATHERING REPORT
11.) CONSTRUCTION OF OIL PIPELINES THREATENS BLACK SEA, 22.3.07
12.) WOMEN PROTESTERS SHUT OIL FACILITY, NIGER DELTA, 23.3.07

Upcoming actions and events:
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1.) INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DIRECT ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE & THE G8,
8.6.07
Direct action and civil disobedience are the rational response in this
time of crisis…We have a ten-year window to act. As the megalomaniac G8
leaders meet in Germany, masked behind a barrier of fences and soldiers,
intent on leading us further towards catastrophic and irreversible climate
chaos, we must shout, scream and roar ‘no more’. Now is the time to take
direct action and shut them down, them and their climate criminal industry
friends! We already know of actions planned across the UK, North America,
Germany, Canada and Australia and that’s just the start. What will yours
be?’…called by the international Rising Tide Network.
www.risingtide.org.uk;  http://risingtidenorthamerica.org.
 info@risingtide.org.uk and  contact@risingtidenorthamerica.org

2.) ROAMING COOKIE JOINS RISING TIDE NORTH AMERICA ROADSHOW
Check out the blog of travelling UK Rising Tide activist Cookie's
adventures working with people & communities resisting climate-destroying
projects around the world, including now as part of the Rising Tide North
America roadshow:  http://cookielovescake.blogspot.com

3.) EXPOSE EXXON DAY, LEATHERHEAD, 5-6.4.07
"Climate Disinformation is Genocide": Come and target the ultimate global
warming villain - 24 hours of protest at Exxon (Esso) HQ, 5.00 pm Thursday
5th April to 5.00 pm Good Friday, April 6th. Mass Action, 2.00 pm Friday:
FAT CATS PARTY - Climate Victims Vigil
Music, Street Theatre, Workshops, Climate impacts displays.
Protest bike ride Gathers under Waterloo Bridge on South Bank at 10.00am
Friday, to go to Exxon HQ. For map showing location and full schedule go
to  http://www.campaigncc.org/

4.) MANOR GARDENS ALLOTMENTS THREATENED BY OLYMPICS
‘Please sign the petition to the Prime Minister regarding Manor Garden
allotments under threat from the Olympics development. The petition can be
accessed from the link displayed in the forwarded email below. It states
that: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Incorporate
rather than demolish Manor Garden Allotments within the 2012 Olympic
site."
Please do this soon - the eviction date is 2nd April, & there is a
CELEBRATION [not eviction, pls note!] party at the allotments from 1pm on
Sunday 1st April.
 http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/manorgardens/,  http://lifeisland.org

5.) EVENTS AT THE CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Holiday Activities, 31st March - 15th April inclusive: special holiday
activities where kids learn how to reduce their impact on the earth.
Activities take place in the Strawbale Theatre from 10.30am to 4.30pm and
vary from day to day.
Hemp and Lime Conference, 28.3.07
Compost Doctor, 12.5.07
Be Nice To Nettles (tbc): 12/13.5.07
Biomass Conference: 14/15.5.07
Holiday Activities, 26.5-3.6.07 inclusive
The Big Recycle, 2.6.07
Bike and Green Transport Week, 16/17.6.07
Environmental Architecture Tour, 15.6.07 (tbc)
Organic Gardening Tour, 30.6.07
Sustainable Science Symposium, 6/7.7.07
CAT: 0845 330 8355, email  info@cat.org.uk

6.) UPCOMING GREEN DRAGON ENERGY COURSES
1- INTRO TO RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSES, ABERYSTWYTH, 20-22.4.07 & 26-28.10.07
2- RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR PLANNERS, Hampshire, 17/18.4.07, 23/24.10.07;
 info@earthworks-trust.com
3- WIND & SOLAR ELECTRICITY COURSE, nr. Milton Keynes: Low Impact Living
Initiative, 13-15 April, 19-21 October 2007.
Tel: 01296 714184. email:  lili@lowimpact.org
Overall details: Frank Jackson, Green Dragon Energy:
Tel: + 49 (0) 30 486 249 98 (Berlin), Mobile: + 49 (0) 176 281 37 691
 info@greendragonenergy.co.uk, www.greendragonenergy.co.uk

7.) LOW-IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE COURSES, April - May 2007
wind and solar electricity: April 13-15 2007
sustainable water & sewage: May 11-13 2007
cob building: May 25-27 2007
(01296) 714184;  http://www.lowimpact.org/

8.) CAMP FOR CLIMATE ACTION 2: UPDATE
Plans for the August 2007 Camp are well underway and everyone’s welcome to
get involved. The next planning meeting is in Liverpool on April 20/21.
This year the camp goes international, with regional camps taking place
across North America in August. And an inspiring one-hour documentary
about the UK 2006 camp is now available. See
 http://www.cinerebelde.org/site.php3?id_article=356 to watch the trailer
and email  networking@climatecamp.org.uk to get yourself a copy!

* Spring Into Action, April 5-11
A week of workshops, events, music and action on climate change happening
at different venues across Nottingham. www.eastsideclimateaction.org.uk

* The “Wakey Wakey!” Spring Tour, April 28-29.
Life Beyond Oil: Building future solutions in Leeds. A weekend of
practical workshops, debates and films tackling peak energy & climate
change.

* ‘M1 Activists Go Down To The Yard’, 26.3.07:
www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/366214.html?c=on#commentswww.climatecamp.org.uk

9.) BATH CLIMATE CAMP
A Bath Climate Camp will take place from April 19th-22nd, inc. 2 big actions:
* ‘Shut down Land and Marine, Friday 20th April. Land and Marine are
building a 125 mile long gas pipeline through Wales, destroying numerous
green spaces and wildlife habitats including the Brecon Beacons, and we
have their head offices here in Bath.’
www.risingtide.org.uk/bristol/pipeline
*Party against petrol - Saturday 20th of April - meet at 11 at Bath
Climate Camp or 12 at Bath Abbey. A colourful carnival/protest against
fossil fuels and car culture. The party will include music, street theatre
and a kids bloc. The party will take creative action against some of the
worst polluters of the planet!’
 bathclimatecamp@yahoo.co.uk, www.myspace.com/bathclimatecamp

10.) LONDON ISLAMIC NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (LINE)
The next LINE forum will be on Sunday 15th April. The planned talk is
‘Peak Oil: "It's the future, but not as we know it"’. Copies of the paper
'Islam and Climate Change: Perspectives & Engagement', are available
here: www.lineonweb.org.uk/Resources/reading.htm

11.) WYTHENSHAWE FOREVER, APRIL - JUNE 2007.
‘Wythenshawe Forever! will feature a series of projects leading up to a
‘Party Without Pollution’ event. The party will be a free outdoor
entertainment event run by local residents and community groups. It will
be a unique event in that its development will be low carbon.
www.uhc-collective.org.uk,  http://www.opencity.org.uk,  w4e@uhc.org.uk

12.) RESISTANCE AGAINST THE PRIVATISATION OF IRAQI OIL
www.handsoffiraqioil.org is the website of a coalition of groups
resisting the privatisation of Iraqi oil. Take a look…

13.) DEFEND ECUADOR’S YASUNI NATIONAL PARK
Two petroleum projects are threatening the survival of Yasuni National
Park, the most important protected area of continental Ecuador. Both oil
projects are found in the heart of this National Park, which has been
certified as the zone with the highest biodiversity of the planet. In just
one hectare of Yasuni National Park, 644 species of trees have been found.
Sign the petition:
www.oilwatch.org/index.php?option=com_mailit_yasuni〈=en

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Recent happenings:
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1.) WELSH ANTI-PIPELINE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES ON FULL FLOW
As the corporations & authorities press on with their ridiculous &
outrageous pipeline project, activists from both South Wales & further
afield continue the campaign to stop it. On 14.2.07 activists blockaded
the main entrance road to the South Hook LNG terminal construction site.
5 people locked onto heavy arm tubes in a circle, blocking the road,
which is owned by Esso…The blockade resulted in a tailback of over 50
lorries unable to enter & many vehicles unable to leave the construction
site. This resulted in an estimated loss of £700,000 for Esso/South Hook
LNG.
For reports of more direct action, a carnival and the tree camp, see
www.fightthepipe.co.uk www.safehavenpembs.co.uk,
risingtide.org.uk/bristol/pipeline

* BIKE THE PIPE: Rising Tide's Claire Hall, 25, is cycling the length of
phase two
of the pipe, dubbed 'the pipeline to disaster' by local protest groups,
starting on Sunday 25th March in Felinder near Swansea, and finishing 122
miles later in Corse near Gloucester. Claire, who was inspired by last
years Climate Camp for Action Against Drax power station in North
Yorkshire, hopes her efforts will help to convince people that there
really are viable alternatives to burning fossil fuels. Bristol Rising
Tide: 07917 383517 or 07790 418023;  bristol@risingtide.org.uk

2.) BRADFORD CLIMATE CRIMINALS REPROACHED, 21/02/2007
Concerned Leeds and Bradford residents decided to draw attention to the
activities of a number of climate criminals in Bradford city centre. Ads
for damaging air flights were modified to tell the truth: that flying is
the fastest growing cause of climate change. Several travel agents had
their misleading window displays obscured by stickers which made plain the
true cost of flying. The stickers used are available at a cost of 50p
each to anyone who wants them: just email  trees@riseup.net with your
order.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/363737.html

3.) LONDON RISING TIDE OCCUPIES CARBON NEUTRAL CO, 21.2.07
London Rising Tide occupied the head office of the Carbon Neutral Company
(CNC, formerly Future Forests) on the day it had been invited to appear
before the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Climate Change, chaired
by…the CNC. More at://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362941.html

4.) CHEAT NEUTRAL
‘Why not become one of our offset projects? Is loyalty part of your
nature? Or maybe you're just happy being single. You can help those who
can't help themselves - and get paid for not getting laid. Offset your
cheating now @ www.cheatneutral.com’

5.) SAVE PRIORY PARK CAMPAIGN UPDATE, 22.2.07
‘Hundreds of local people converged upon Southend Civic Centre this
evening for the Parkrally, to oppose controversial plans to widen the
A127/A1159 Priory Crescent. A decision to fund the road widening has been
awaited from the DfT since a local Public Inquiry took place in March
2004. Information from the East of England Regional Partnership Group
shows that costs have now risen to an estimated £25m for the 870 metre
length of carriageway, making it potentially ‘the most expensive stretch
of road in the world.’
www.savepriorypark.org

6.) ‘WE WANT FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, NOT BIOFUELS!’
An open letter was sent in January to the European Parliament, The
European Commission, The Governments and Citizens of The European Union,
in which several networks from Latin American countries expressed their
deep concern over the policies that are probably to be adopted to favour
the use and importation of biofuel as an alternative to fossil fuels.
Some European organisations supporting the Latin American Network position
also sent their own message to the Commission, which is urged to act to
prevent further deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and evictions of
local communities by placing a moratorium on EU biofuel targets and
obligations until the sustainable sourcing of biofuels can be guaranteed.
 http://www.wrm.org.uy/subjects/biofuels/EU_declaration.html

7.) GENEVA MOTOR SHOW: ALL ARRESTED BEFORE DEMO, 19.3.07
For the closing day of the Geneva Motor Show, 10 activists were planning
to do a small demo at the inside of the Geneva motor show, deploying a
banner to point out the hypocritical discourse of the car manufacturers.
Police Detectives of the Genevan police took them all and their camera
crews in their presence in custody, and kept them for more than 8 hours
for questioning. The activists were charged with being “the alleged
authors of threats alarming the public”. One said “Apparently pointing out
the risks of climate change is equal to alarming the public and as such a
criminal act under Swiss law”.
 http://www.4x4network.org,  http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/2401

8.) DEMO AT NORWEGIAN EMBASSY RE. ROSSPORT GAS PIPELINE, LONDON, 22.03.2007
Statoil, Norway's state owned oil company has interests in a gas pipeline
being constructed in Rossport, Ireland. Many locals oppose its
construction. The protest outside the Norwegian embassy started at around
midday and continued for more than an hour. Police were called but no
arrests made. A samba band played and one policeman complained that the
band really needed a string section. The demonstrators issued a demand to
Norway and Statoil to stop its part in this development or face a call for
a tourist boycott of Norway and disruption of Norwegian trade and commerce
to the UK.
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/2462

9.) RISING TIDE SCOTLAND’S CLIMATE ACTION GATHERING REPORT
‘The Climate Action Gathering organised by Rising Tide Scotland in
Edinburgh (17.3.07) was a huge success, with people from as far as Leeds,
Newcastle, Nottingham, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Inverness taking part in
discussions aimed at looking for solutions to our climate crisis. The day
started with brief presentations about climate change followed by
discussions on what our best form of action could be. There will be a
Rising Tide Scotland meeting on the 31st of March in Glasgow;
 scotland@risingtide.org.uk
Subscribe to the news list:  risingtidescotland@lists.riseup.net

10.) CONSTRUCTION OF OIL PIPELINES THREATENS THE BLACK SEA, 22.3.07
On 15.3.07, the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline construction
agreement was signed by the governments of Russia, Bulgaria and Greece.
Prior to this, on February 1, 2007, the governments of Bulgaria, Macedonia
and Albania signed in Skopje the agreement on the construction of
the Burgas-Vlora oil pipeline. In 2007, Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline
construction through Turkey will begin. ‘The realization of these
pipeline projects is intrinsically linked with other ecologically
dangerous projects in the Black Sea region.’
For NGO statement of opposition, email:  EWNC@seu.ru

11.) WOMEN PROTESTERS SHUT OIL FACILITY, NIGER DELTA, 23.3.07
‘Women of the Idheze community in the Niger Delta have again shut down oil
facilities of the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) alleging failure to pay
compensation for damages caused by chemical waste fluid of the firm
flushed into the community. Recently, chemical waste from the rig site was
discharged into the swamp of Idheze leading to the death and destruction
of aquatic life. Many dead aquatic animals were still afloat in the ponds
yesterday. The women had early in December 2006 seized oil facilities
belonging to Agip, owing to the failure of the company to implement an
earlier agreement signed with the community on their entrance into their
land. They revealed that a spill led to the death of seven adults and
three children and also destroyed economic trees and crops in 1982. The
women carried placards, barricaded the main entrance of the company's
facilities and turned back all workers.’
Report via Environmental Rights Action: www.eraction.org
See also  http://www.blacklooks.org/category/niger_delta