The climate camp will move this weekend from its location at Heathrow Airport to a new location - Kingsnorth power station in Medway, Kent. This conference aimed to examine the ongoing situation at Heathrow and bring different groups such as Camp for Climate Action, local campaign groups HACAN and NoTRAG), and Greenpeace to discuss a broad strategy against expansion.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference, Harlington Baptist church.
UK, Greater London. Climate camp press conference. Activist Dan Glass.
There was a large turnout - one or two hundred people by my estimation, packed into a small church. These were mainly local residents who are concerned about the impact expanding Heathrow will have on the surrounding areas, and activists / environmentalists who see the airport as an environmental disaster area.
Speakers included members of Greenpeace, the wife of the Vicar who had kindly lent the Church for the day and who publicly lends his support to the activists, people involved in 'Flashmobs' at Heathrow in the past, local MPs, and also an environmental scientist who gave a detailed account of what scientists believe the effect of pumping vast amount of CO2 into the air is doing to our planet.
Also present were several people who have recently taken direct action against the Government to raise awareness about Heathrow, including one of the activists who climbed onto the houses of Parliament, a Greenpeace activist involved in a recent high-profile action, and activist Dan Glass, who managed to superglue himself to Gordon Brown a few days ago, urging the PM to 'Stick to his promises about Heathrow.' (This really happened!)
The atmosphere was cheerful, determined, and informative. The crowd was a mix of young and old. From what was said, it was difficult not to come away with the feeling that Climate Camp has genuinely affected public opinion on the matter, having gained a vast amount of positive media coverage over the past year.
Links:
CLIMATE CAMP WEBSITE:
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/ STOP KINGSNORTH POWER STAION WEBSITE:
http://www.wdm.org.uk/kingsnorth/index.htm SUPERGLUE INCIDENT:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/07/stuck_on_you.html - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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your being ripped off
27.07.2008 10:07
oi yoi
The New Consensus
27.07.2008 10:19
The programme was a lone voice. Whether or not you agree with its conclusions, the documentary was a little bit of free speech, arguing against a consensus. Surely free speech means that even people who are wrong are allowed to have their say.
One documentary that stands against a tide of opposing opinion leads to Channel 4 being taken to court. Surely this only reinforces the contents of the offending documentary. We are not allowed to question the new consensus on global warming.
When it comes to global warming, people are divided into two groups: believers and deniers!
Belief and denial have very little to do with science, and far more to do with religion. Looks like we got a new religion on our hands: Global Warming.
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Self censorship?
27.07.2008 12:36
Title: It is our policy to jump on every bandwagon and exploit it. — UK Indymedia collective
Can anyone from the UK Indymedia collective clarify this previous comment as being authentic or as not under general consensus of the UK Indymedia collective?
I smell trouble.
BTW, are you both participating, organising and reporting on protest, cause that doesn't read like news to me, it's more like propaganda.
oi yoi
More Censorship
27.07.2008 13:40
Comment title: Pudding
Well done UK Indymedia collective, you have just proven the point i have been highlighting all along, you can find it here..
Only click this link if you wish to visit the 'view all' page for this article..
oi yoi
Participating etc
27.07.2008 13:48
Billy
Billy Macrae
your innocent, don't worry
27.07.2008 14:15
oi yoi
keyboard warrior
27.07.2008 18:10
klaus
Bistow Boy
27.07.2008 19:31
Maybe, if we ceased the oppertunity, we could use the global warming agenda to push in a global carbon bassed tax system, yes, that's it!
oi yoi