[Cc-webedit] Climate 9 blog details

[website at climatecamp.org.uk]

Hi Robbie,
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In peace Neil

> Hi website,
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> Would you be okay to run this on the Climate Camp front page for a few
> days?
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> ......it's in Scotland and we're going to Scotland - so it would be good
> to
> support Scottish activists.
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> What do you reckon?
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> cheers,
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> Robbie
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> *Climate 9 Trial begins in Aberdeen*
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> The first major climate trial since the failure of the Copenhagen talks
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> begun in Aberdeen Sheriff's court this morning.
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> Nine defendants from Plane Stupid Scotland will face charges charges of
> Breach of the Peace and Vandalism after *closing down Aberdeen Airport in
> March 2009* (hyper link:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7924952.stm ). The group
> were
> highlighting the climate impacts of expanding the airport which they argue
> is mainly to support wealthy golfers at a proposed near by course owned by
> business tycoon Donald Trump.
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> Interest has been building around the case since Climate 9 public
> campaigns
> were launched in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London, which have drawn global
> and
> local support for the group and helped forge alliances with social justice
> campaigners and racial justice movements.
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> The defendants are pleading not guilty on the grounds that their actions
> were to prevent the larger crime of runaway climate change and have
> assembled a witness list of world-renowned experts in climate related
> fields
> including public health consultant Jenny Griffiths and Geoff Meaden, who
> contributed to the successful Kingsnorth6 defence as a flooding and
> mapping
> expert.
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> The defendants were joined outside court by around 50 friends, families
> and
> supporters.
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> For more information, statements of support and how you can help the
> Climate
> 9 see:
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> http://www.climate9.com/
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> or contact info at climate9.com or ring 077655 01687
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> http://www.stopmanchesterairport.org.uk
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