UK Indymedia - UK Ecology Newswire Archive

Audio Voices from Mainstream Media TV Coverage of Climate Camp

07-08-2008 15:24

Short almost 10 minute splice of different voices extracted from mainstream TV coverage of the Climate Camp 08 over the last few days.

There's been so much coverage, with some of it quite well balanced... obviously there's been some rubbish, but i'm pretty impressed overall.

There's been ups and downs what with the police raids and the so called weapons cache and the police feeding out lies, but there's been pretty good coverage of rebuttals from camp, tons of good interviews with campers, and of course the politics and science has also come to the fore, with news stations scrambling to get to grips with the issues. This is just a small sample of the voices that have been heard.

Maybe someone wants to play it on cc radio if people are interested to hear some of the voices?

The audio ends with a short piece from a camper who talks about what it's like at camp, which is the only bit which hasn't been broadcast on TV.

(nb this is just voices, no analysis or anything like the cc radio piece posted a few newswire items earlier)

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Pics from Today's Vopak Agrofuel Action

07-08-2008 14:49

Pics from this morning's blockade and lockon actions at Vopak Agrofuel Depot at Thurrock, which is the largest in the south.

Action press release here:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/405633.html

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Wed: PM Brown and Hilary Benn Visit Camp - Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway Pics

07-08-2008 12:48

On Wednesday 6 Aug campaigners from local group Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway (KCAM) held a publicity stunt featuring big papier mache heads of Gorgon Brown and Hilary Benn (Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) as well as a huge model of Kingsnorth power plant.

A faceless corporate stooge from E.ON was also seen embracing Gordon Brown, and smothering Hilary Benn as the Giant caricatures toured the camp.

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Resisting Climate Camp Stop and Search (pics) and Police Lies (wed)

07-08-2008 11:28

Yesterday (wednesday 6th August) there were more examples of resistance to the blanket stop and search imposed by police around the Climate Camp.

Following the previous days mass 'walk-in', where a large group of people simply walked through the police search area after complaining that 2 hour waits to be searched were not acceptable, on wednesday a group of around 30 people left the camp as a protest and refused to be searched.

It's interesting to note that the Police later lied about this to the media in their latest press release saying:

"More than 30 people leaving the camp on Wednesday morning with their belongings approached police and told officers they do not want to be associated with any criminal activity. ACC Beautridge commented: 'It is unfortunate for all concerned that there appears to be a hardcore minority, intent on criminal activity or unlawful protest, who are diverting attention away from the issues that most people have come here to raise."
(see

http://www.kent.police.uk/News/Latest_News/Climate%20Camp%20talks.html)

This outright lie was refuted by the Climate Camp media team and on the CC website, but of course it hasn't stopped mainstream media publications from running with the story, with The Herald printing the headline "Coal-power protesters shun criminal activity".

The Climate Camp website hit back saying: "This press release is totally consistent with the police's ongoing campaign to disrupt, deligitimise and smear our campaign against building a new coal-fired power-station at Kingsnorth. Climate camper Terry Graves said, "Another day, another totally unsubstantiated claim from top cop Gary Beautridge. None of this is stopping us from having the conversations we need to have to tackle climate change. We won't be distracted."

There were also several other incidents throughout the day with police being heavy handed over the imposition of searches. The pictures below are video captures from Medway Messenger video filmed by Steve Bodycombe as police move against a group objecting to the searches and the long waits to get into the camp in what their reporters described as distressing scenes. Several arrests were made.

Despite the behaviour of the police, people are still arriving at the camp, although several people are complaining that the police action is designed to put off local people visiting the camp.

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Climate Camp thanks everyone participating

07-08-2008 11:23

A Big Thank You to everyone making the Climate Camp a success even before the main action - this from the CC website :

http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/home

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Another climate camp action - Students Killed at Royal Bank of Scotland's HQ.

07-08-2008 10:37

Fifteen dead bodies are currently lying in a pool of oil blocking the
entrance to RBS London HQ at Liverpool Street [1]. Students are staging a
'die-in' blockade to highlight the devastating effects of climate change.
The protesters are demanding RBS stop funding destructive fossil fuel
projects which will create climate catastrophe. The action is taking
place as part of the climate camp and is co-ordinated by the student
action network PANDA [1].

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Plane Stupid leaves Camp for Climate Action for protest at Gatwick

07-08-2008 09:04

Nine protestors from the anti-aviation group ‘Plane Stupid’ have left the Kingsnorth Climate Camp to mount a protest against short-haul flights from the nearby Gatwick Airport. The nine climate activists had been planning to protest against the government’s plans to expand Kingsnorth coal fire power station. However continual police intimidation and violence forced them to leave the camp, choosing instead to protest against the popularity of short-haul flights, especially during the Edinburgh Festival, from Gatwick airport.

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Riot Police Continue to Attack Women and Children at the Camp for Climate Action

06-08-2008 15:22

The relentless campaign of intimidation by the police against the Camp for Climate Action continued during the night.
Around 2 am the police switched off the floodlights at the front gate and rushed in four riot vans blasting out Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries which was the theme music of the film Apocalypse Now and also Adolph Hitler's favourite music.

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Reburials At Tara and Update on Ongoing Campaigns

06-08-2008 11:40

Numerous independent cultural and artistic groups are now carrying a
petition for the reburials of bones dug up in the Collierstown and Ardsallagh
sites during the ongoing routing of the Gabhra Valley in order to build
a road: The M3 .
and increased Petrol Dependency : A Green Coalition Government.

http://www.savetara.com

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West Midlands at Camp for Climate Action

06-08-2008 10:56

Come and join the West Mids neighbourhood at the camp.
The week of actions, debate and workshops around climate change and grassroots sustainability is now up and running. The camp has been set up near Kingsnorth power station, in response to the new generation of coal fired power stations that will create further environmental chaos.

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Children's Revolution at the Camp for Climate Action Plans Peace Campaign

05-08-2008 19:23

Under constant siege by police at both gates of the Kingsnorth protest site, the Camp for Climate Action campaigners are busy planning ahead for the Day of Mass Action on Saturday when there will be two major events taking place.

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Agrofuels Tug-of-War

05-08-2008 15:07

Campaigners staged a tug-of-war representing the conflict between the agrofuel industry and starving people over the world's limited food resources.

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Bardon Aggregates hit again!

05-08-2008 13:27

Bardon Aggregates Plant takes heavy damage in response to Glensanda Quarry

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Scargill at Climate Camp

05-08-2008 11:19

Arthur Scargill, former General Secretary of the National Union of Miners, spoke at Climate Camp on Monday outlining a proposed energy policy consisting of 'clean coal', and development of renewable sources of energy.

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Leave it in the ground banner dropped above roadway

04-08-2008 22:33

Campaigners battling plans for an open cast mine on the edge of Telford today unfurled banners across one of Shropshire’s busiest roads. Members of Wrekin Stop War and Wrekin Anarchist Group are bidding to catch the attention of motorists travelling on the M54 past Telford and are calling for them to join their protests.

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Climate Camp Radio ready to go

04-08-2008 11:01

The studio's set up, we've got guests coming in, and an action packed schedule of programs coming up over the duration of the camp

We'll be doing two shows a day during lunch and dinner. The early show starts at 1pm and goes til 2-2:30, the late show starts at 7pm and finishes at 9pm.

Shows are available online (streaming or as podcasts) from

http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/radio

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The 300-350 Show: Al Gore's Energy Challenge

03-08-2008 16:59

Al Gore's historic "Challenge to Repower America" speech in full. Gore calls for the US to be powered by renewable energy and "clean power" in ten years.

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Operation Stop The Monkey Business -- Campaign Update

03-08-2008 12:39

OPERATION STOP THE MONKEY BUSINESS -- CAMPAIGN UPDATE

This is an update on the current state of the campaign following on from the successful week of action, (14th-21st of July), against the Nepalese monkey exports to American research laboratories. There were 9 protests in 6 countries and well over 100,000 emails were sent to influential targets in Nepal.

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Support the Eco-Prisoners - August 2008

03-08-2008 00:02

Welcome to the August 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As people will soon see, ELP's prisoner lists have grown yet again. If we exclude the Geek anarchist, Vaggelis Botzatzis, and the two Americans Richard Sills and Michael Sykes (all of whom are listed by ELP as 'Other Prisoners'), there are now 40 listed animal & earth liberation prisoners in Europe & America.

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Letters from Austrian Prisoners: Sabine & Leo

02-08-2008 18:12

Previous letters Sabine:

July

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/07/403482.html
June

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/07/404257.html

More info

http://www.austriasolidarity.com