Some photos of the blockade at Vopak fuel depot in Thurrock. Credits: © Jess Hurd / reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
Credit: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
The campaigners, who say that agrofuels will cause runaway climate change if left unchecked, have dropped a 35 foot banner from the top of one of the site's biggest oil containers and are blocking fuel lorries from leaving or entering the base.
Dean Rivers, who is currently chained to the roof of the oil depot said: "companies like Greenergy and Tescos who use Thurrock are profiteering out of the rush to biofuels causing food price rises, hunger for millions, ecosystem destruction and accelerated Climate Change. These are crimes against humanity and the earth from which we may never recover."
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well done
11.08.2008 21:38
i hope everyone is ok...
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15.08.2008 18:13
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