**Update**
Today's the day! There are actions taking place all over the country, including:
PRESS RELEASE: 'Climate refugees' locked up at the Oil Bank of Scotland, Bristol
A group of 'climate refugees' is blocking the vehicle entrance to the Royal
Bank of Scotland's Corporate Offices at Temple Quay to shine the spotlight
on climate criminals RBS, the self-proclaimed 'Oil and Gas' Bank.
“The future is unwritten, inaction is the tragedy.”
Bath Climate camp will be running from Thursday 19th of April until Sunday the 22nd. The camp will be running by late afternnon, but please get in touch if you want to help set up. There will be two actions plus a load of interactive workshops, a vegan kitchen and a kids activity zone run by experienced childcarers. The demos will be -
BP Portrait Gallery Vigil
April - May 2007
BP were sponsoring the BP National Portrait Competition. The winning entries were made into an exhibition, which toured the country. When it got to Bristol we decided to throw a spanner in the works of the PR machine.
There are good reasons why companies like BP choose to throw cash at cultural, arty events. Altruism and love of art and 'high' culture don't feature highly on the list. Oil companies have had a bit of an image problem over recent years, as one scandal after another has hit the front pages. Sponsoring events like this is part of their PR counterattack. Its a way of convincing the public that they are caring, responsible companies who support culture and the arts. And its very cheap too.
National Grid's gas-guzzling giant pipeline is badly behind schedule due to a combination of determined protests and rugged landscape. They will be penalised with hefty fines if they don't complete the project on time, so they are pulling out the stops - doubling the number of diggers they use from 200 to 400 and working in 4 places at the same time.
There might not be any pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for National Grid. Phase 1 of the project, from Milford Haven to Ffelindre, is 90% complete, but phase 2, from Ffelindre to Tirley in Gloucestershire, is far from.
Bike the Pipe
2007
I made it, 122 miles of pipe, quite a lot of hills and lots of leaflets distributed. In the next few days I will write something about the trip but for now, I';m safely back, rested and thank you to all those who supported me on this adventure - hope to return the favour one day soon - I have a good pair on paniers going!
Written before i set off....
When two guys turned up at the Brecon tree camp having cycled from Edinburgh I knew that I had to put my vague idea of cycling along the pipeline route in to action.
National Grid are building a huge new gas pipeline across South Wales. The project is dangerous and undemocratic. Come and join the growing wave of protests against it.
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The gas won’t be coming from the North Sea fields. It is coming all the way from Qatar in massive supertankers to Milford Haven Harbour. Then it will be pumped through the 120-mile long pipeline to Gloucestershire.
National Grid are building it. They used to be a public utility, but have become a private company. This £6 billion project is the single largest energy-project financing ever(1) and the terminal at Milford Haven will be the biggest LNG receiving terminal in the world (2).
All roads lead to Bristol
