July 15th was an 'International Day of Direct Action for Climate Justice, against Climate Change and the G8' called in part by Rising Tide North America. London Rising Tide (LRT) decided to take action the day before - a weekday, as well as being a more general day of action against the G8 and in solidarity with those on the streets of St. Petersburg and across Russia.
Climate change will transform life on Earth without action now. We are currently on course for a 3C degree rise in temperature, which is likely to mean the deaths of 400 million of the world's poorest people, and a social crisis that will engulf us all. And still the insane machine rumbles on: political clichés about sustainable growth, full steam ahead for nuclear power, the new Airbus, civil war in Iraq, the gridlocked motorways rumbling towards oil depletion…
called by Baku Ceyhan Campaign & London Rising Tide
BP’s oil pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey is due to come onstream
this May 27. Construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project has already
severely disrupted the environment and the lives of local people for the last 3
years. Now, affected communities face the constant threat of leaks and
intimidation from security forces. Meanwhile, BTC will accelerate climate
chaos, pumping 1 million barrels of crude oil EVERY day for the next forty years.
We introduce the new "Shell Hell" logo, which underlines the piracy behind Shell's business ventures. For more information on their swashbuckling exploitation visit www.corribsos.com and www.remembersarowiwa.com
On November 10th 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni colleagues were hung by the Nigerian state for campaigning against the devastation of the Niger Delta by oil companies, especially Shell and Chevron.
On the eve of the tenth anniversary of this execution, activists from London Rising Tide, Rhythms of Resistance, Rossport Solidarity Camp and London Earth First! came together to take action against Shell for its activities in Nigeria, in Ireland and worldwide.
Celebrate the cancellation of the aviation industry's airport expansion
plans, 6pm Tuesday Nov 29th, Tower Bridge
A coalition of local airport residents and grassroots eco-activists
requests the pleasure of your company to celebrate the forthcoming
cancellation of the aviation industry's airport expansion plans at: The
Institute of Economic Affairs' Gala Dinner at London's luxurious Tower
Bridge Walkways.
ART NOT OIL 2006
CALL FOR ENTRIES
First Prize: Justice
Second Prize: Survival
2006 looks like being another year when the gulf between what oil companies do and what they say grows even wider. Iraq is still in flames, with hungry oil executives eager for the insurgency to be locked down enough to give themselves easy access to the privatised prize of its oil. Hurricanes, droughts and freak heatwaves are all gathering speed. And more and more people are noticing the seasons turned on their heads or nursing quiet terrors about what sort of destabilised world we’re hurtling towards.
“The future is unwritten, inaction is the tragedy.”
On Saturday, the busiest shopping day of the year, activists from London Rising Tide dressed up as Santas and elves and invaded Oxford Street to make the point that excessive Christmas consumption is causing climate chaos.
