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E.ON withdraws from careers fairs due to persistent protests

imcista | 12.11.2008 18:53 | Anti-militarism | Climate Chaos | Education | Cambridge

E.ON has withdrawn from University Careers Fairs run by AIESEC following a string of protests around the country. E.ON did not show up at Birmingham today (12th Nov). The protesters object to E.ON wanting to develop new coal fired power stations, such as at Kingsnorth - the target of this summers Climate Camp.

Students have visited careers fairs to protest about the presence of parts of the arms and fossil fuel industries. Climate chaos related companies targeted include RBS (the oil and gas bank), BP and Shell. The arms industry representatives include the Army, B.Ae, Qinetiq and Rolls Royce. Careers fairs have been targeted in Aston, Birmingham (2), Bristol, Cambridge (2), Durham, Glasgow, Imperial College London, Kings College London, Leeds, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester (2 | 3), Nottingham (2 3), Oxford (2), Sheffield, Southampton and York. More reports are available from People and Planet.


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