Thirty climate activists shut down an ESSO petrol station Feb 9th on Upper Brook Street in Manchester for two hours, using bits of fencing and traffic cones. The action aimed to highlight the link between the oil industry and global warming. As a symbol against car culture, three people locked themselves with D-locks to bicycles. Two others were locked to concrete based signs. Two large banners were displayed reading “no.1 supplier, no.1 denier, no.1 profiteer” and “closed for denying climate change”.
Climate change has become very topical of late. A week earlier and coinciding with the latest IPCC report on climate change, an illustration of a carbon footprint was found decorated on pavements in Manchester outside flight centres, petrol stations, supermarkets and a humvee garage. Remaining on a climate theme, there is to be a celebration in Manchester of the perfect antedote to global warming, the bicycle. From 30th March to 20th April the I Bike MCR festival takes place - a grassroots festival organised by cyclists for cyclists with diverse events that will entice any cyclist.
Carbon Footprints: What Do They Mean? | I Bike MCR festival | Esso garage Shut Down
closed for denying climate change
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14.02.2007 20:34
but the irony of a Co Op garage selling biodeisel closing down whilst $hell make obscene amounts each day by ravaging and raping the earth sickens me.
I know that at work people will buy into recycling will reduce, re use & recycle; are willing to buy organic and listen to arguements about food miles and getting people to oppose shell as a company is pretty easy especially when you talk about abuse and deaths of workers.
But as soon as I suggest that people use public transport and move away from the car culture they look at me like Ive just shat on the best rug
And that is the real arguement - to get people to realise that they can be independant of the car.
croltbopper