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The Martians in Wonderland at the Camp for Climate Action in Edinburgh

23-08-2010 07:37

Rehearsals for the live public performance of the pantomime reality show “The Martians Have Landed” to be performed on the streets of Edinburgh on the day of mass action by the climate campers at the Camp for Climate Action were very successful.
The White Rabbit visited the media tent to inform the media team about what the kids' bloc Children's Revolution was going to be all about to any journalists who might have been interested.

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Police threaten hundreds of climate campers with arrest

22-08-2010 17:19

Hundreds of protesters swarmed about outside the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters opposite the Camp for Climate Action in Edinburgh and were threatened with arrest by police.

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Police arrest climate camp protesters after RBS windows broken

22-08-2010 17:03

Two climate camp protesters have been arrested by police after windows were broken on the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters building in Edinburgh.
Local Scottish journalist Jono Warren has been reporting the protests at the Camp for Climate Action and tweeting on Twitter under the name “nmec”.

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The Martians Have Landed at the Camp for Climate Action in Edinburgh

22-08-2010 12:35

Auditions have begun for a live interactive show entitled “The Martians Have Landed” at the Camp for Climate Action in Edinburgh.
Produced and directed by the Children of the Eco-Warriors “The Martians Have Landed” will be the story of the kids' bloc Children's Revolution at the climate camp.

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Right Wing Extremist Spies on Climate Campers with British Army Equipment

21-08-2010 17:24

There appears to have been a deadly serious game of cat and mouse going on between environmental activists, a local Scottish journalist, and the right wing extremist who has been threatening violence against the Camp for Climate Action in Edinburgh.
Boasting that he is a professional soldier recently returned from fighting in Afghanistan where he says he killed Muslims for reading Islamic literature, and now posting his threats on Twitter under the name “wearethebritish” the extremist claims to have been using British Army military surveillance equipment to spy on the climate campers.

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Children's Revolution Proposed at the Camp for Climate Action in Edinburgh

20-08-2010 13:48

Some of the original road protesters from the 1990s are issuing a call-out to parents to bring their children to the Camp for Climate Action in Edinburgh to lend their support to a giant kids' march Children's Revolution on the day of mass action on Monday 23 August 2010.
It is being proposed that the climate campers should unite and join forces with the teenagers and students at the Edinburgh Festival to help create a new global youth movement to fight against global warming and climate change and to show the evil cowards who have threatened to burn down the climate camp that the eco-warriors will not tolerate this attempt to intimidate and terrorise them.

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Climate Camp location

20-08-2010 07:19

The site is on outskirts of Edinburgh towards the Airport.

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 http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/edinburgh-2010/directions

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Climate Camp parks its tanks on RBS's lawn!

19-08-2010 20:13

The camp is in an amazing site, literally an - ahem - stone's throw from RBS' global HQ near Edinburgh Airport: my tent is already closer to this year's target than I actually got to BAA on the 2007 day of action.

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Call out for resistance: Stop UK Coal wrecking the Wrekin

19-08-2010 14:03

View of The Wrekin across Site A - soon to be replaced by a big black hole.
Call out for people and equipment - the place is here and the time is now! It's been six months since the Huntington Lane site was occupied and time is ticking away before the eviction. Please read on to find out about the current situation on site and what you can do to help resist UK Coals.

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Three arrests as activists take site for Edinburgh Camp for Climate Action

19-08-2010 06:31

Three climate activists were arrested by Scottish police as they took the site for the Camp for Climate Action in Edinburgh which set up very close to the Royal Bank of Scotland Headquarters at Gogarburn Gardens off Gogar Station Road just after 9pm yesterday evening.
It is understood that the three who were arrested have all been released without charge.

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Growing Resistance - near Edinburgh - 21st Aug

17-08-2010 15:38

Growing Resistance is an event organised by Coal Action Scotland, in solidarity with Communities Against Airfield Open Cast, taking place during the Camp For Climate Action, which this year is in Edinburgh.

For two years the community surrounding Airfield Farm have been objecting to Scottish Coals plans to open cast the area in order to remove two million tons of coal. In an independent survey 95% of local residents object to the planned mine.

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Climate Campers invade Nant Helen Opencast Mine

17-08-2010 14:52

Activists from the relocated Climate Camp Cymru invaded the Nant Helen opencast coal mine in South Wales earlier today.

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CPC Convergence Direct Action Bloc - Website Launch!

17-08-2010 14:07

As most of you know, the Tories are holding their Conservative Party Conference in October to meet with various heads of industry to define the future of our communities.

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Climate Camp Cymru, a camper's view

16-08-2010 18:46

I have just got back from South Wales, and got internet access for the first time in four days, to check any news about the Climate Camp Cymru, and I find there is next to none. I suspect the camp facilitators may be too embarrassed to say much because it was their poor organisation that helped the camp get evicted in short order.

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Coallition abandons Pollution Measures - Kingsnorth back on

16-08-2010 08:58

"environmental performance standard" dropped from government manifesto on cost grounds

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Protest at Planning Inquiry for Biofuel Power Station

15-08-2010 17:59

10 -13th August, Bristol Council Chambers

Members of Bristol Friends of the Earth, Action for Sustainable Energy for Bristol (ACSEB), Campaign against Climate Change, Newport Against Biofuels (NAB), Food Not Fuel, Greenpeace and Biofuelwatch joined local residents to form a 40 strong banner protest against a proposed biofuel power station in Bristol

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Bath Bomb #32 Out Now

15-08-2010 11:02

The latest offering from the dark underbelly of proud, proud Bath

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Climate Camp Cymru eviction shows need for action

14-08-2010 23:30

Climate Camp Cymru near Selar and Nant-Helen opencast coal mines, Glyn-Neath in South Wales was brought to a premature end on Saturday afternoon with a massive police incursion to evict the camp. The camp was expected to last until Tuesday 17th August.

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Climate Camp Cymru - how to get here

14-08-2010 08:29

The night went well and there's plenty to be getting on with today. Structures continue to rise and people are arriving by the hour, why not come down and pitch in? We're surrounded by coal fields and proposed mine expansions, so after a cup of tea, stop by the action support tent for more details.
Detailed travel information follows...

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Coal Train Blockaders Get Their Day In Court

13-08-2010 20:07

We received conditional discharges and restraining orders away from the mine and the power station. Four people were ordered to pay compensation costs to Miller Argent, the company who owns the mine, The judge acknowledged that the action had been carried out carefully to ensure there would be no danger to anyone.