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UK Climate Camp 2008 Newswire Archive

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West Midlands Climate Camp Neighbourhood

08-08-2008 15:09

Greetings from West Midlands neighbourhood at Climate Camp, Kingsnorth!

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Preparation meeting for COP15 international mobilization against climate change

08-08-2008 14:54

We invite you to join the 1st international planning meeting in Copenhagen
from the 13-14th of September 2008.

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Climate Camp - Arrests and charges list

08-08-2008 12:12

A list of all those so far pulled at Climate Camp courtesy of Kent Online. Not sure how biased or accurate this list is.

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Kingsnorth E.ON Senior Press Officer blog - Interesting!

08-08-2008 12:02

Some interesting comments from Emily Highmore, the senior press officer for Kingsnorth regarding Camp, Power Station and Security issues.

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Biofuels Blockaded - Photos from Vopak Action

08-08-2008 10:06

Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk

Some photos of the blockade at Vopak fuel depot in Thurrock. Credits: © Jess Hurd / reportdigital.co.uk

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Climate Camp Media Review For 7th August

08-08-2008 08:55

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As part of Climate Camp Radio's daily broadcasts, we look at the way in which the media has been reporting on the Climate Camp and its related actions. This is the media review for 7th August.

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Biofuels Action Explained - Audio from Vopak Blockade

08-08-2008 08:37

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Here is an audio piece in which Dean explains about how the occupation at Vopak fuel depot in Thurrock went and goes into the underlying issues of why the action was taken.

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Climate Camp activists superglue themselves to RBS

08-08-2008 08:33

This morning at 8.30 AM, activists from the Camp for Climate Action
superglued themselves to
the front doors of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Oil and Gas Division in Bishopsgate,
Central London wielding a banner reading “RBS: Cashing In On Coal”.

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Short audio - Bodge House eviction

08-08-2008 01:11

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Hot on the wire. Taking advantage of the climate camp, scum in London and Derbyshire have moved in for eviction.... hear one (slightly incoherent report).....

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Tons more beautiful images of Climate Camp Life published

07-08-2008 22:24

Amy: Daily life continues at the Camp for Climate Action, Kingsnorth.
Two more sets of beautiful inspiring pictures from life around the Climate Camp this year have been published by the camp photo pool.

Over 75 images from Amy Scaif, Guy Smallman, Kristian Buus, Mike Langridge etc

See:
 http://www.minimouse.me.uk/cca2008/campLife2/
 http://www.minimouse.me.uk/cca2008/campLife3/

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Police bullying at Camp Kingsnorth

07-08-2008 22:06

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 climax. As usual the headlines focus upon policing and the inevitable ‘discovery’ of a weapons cache, more on which below. But once you make the effort – a word I use advisedly — to get through police lines and into the camp itself the overwhelming impression is of a D.I.Y. heaven: solar panels and a wind turbine being erected, water pipes connected, sanitation systems constructed, media and cinema tents put up, impromptu kitchens, cleaning zones … an al fresco and non-commercial soukh catering to the pleasures and necessities of daily life.

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The Wednesday Climate Camp breakout.

07-08-2008 22:04

An exodus at the main gate.
On Tuesday people approaching the Climate Camp successfully challenged the Police who were stopping and searching people. They refused to be searched saying it was unlawful and when they proceeded the Police backed down. On Wednesday it was noted that the Police were searching people leaving the camp. So a load of people left at once to again challenge the legality of searching….

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Food vans stopped a mile from Climate Camp by cops.

07-08-2008 21:30

Those ever helpful cops...
Vans delivering food are being stopped by the Police and forced to unload a mile from the site.

The cops are constantly saying the words "health and Safety" to justify every bit of harrassment they dish out. Yet here they are forcing dozens of people to cross a fast and busy main road carrying heavy boxes??!

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Climate Camp Wednesday pictures.

07-08-2008 21:01

Horizon.
Some pictures from around Climate Camp on Wednesday.

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Cops are full of shit

07-08-2008 20:49

Apparently the police are 'welcoming' all new arrivals to the camp with the delightful news that the camp supposedly has an outbreak of dysentry. Surprise, surprise - the cops are full of shit.

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Climate camp - talking to locals

07-08-2008 20:47

I talked at length to locals near the camp today. Interesting stuff. main point is, they are almost as pissed off with the police as us!

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Eviction Of Coal Mine Protest Site (Bodge House) - pictures

07-08-2008 20:42

Here are some pictures of the eviction of the Bodge House squat, on the proposed site of an open cast coal mine in Shipley, Derbyshire.

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Climate Camp: Police Extend Stop & Search Powers

07-08-2008 20:13

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.

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Climate camp hi-jacked

07-08-2008 18:24

review of this evening radio show until it stopped

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Climate Camp - R4 - Simon Lewis debates Kingsnorth with a Chemical Engineer

07-08-2008 17:56

Excellent summary of the (non-)debate over the proposed Kingsnorth power plant.