[Cja] Fwd: [climatecamp-london] risingtide target Avonmouth for international day of climate action

[Chris Kitchen]

Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:08 PM
Subject: [toads] [Fwd: [risingtideworldwide] Avonmouth (UK) targeted for
international day of climate action]


> Brilliant! Nice one to the B&B crew!
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> Subject: [risingtideworldwide] Avonmouth (UK) targeted for international
> day of climate action
> From:    "Rising Tide" <info at risingtide.org.uk>
> Date:    Tue, October 12, 2010 10:30 am
> To:      info at risingtide.org.uk
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> [For immediate release]
>
> [12/10/2010]
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> Avonmouth (UK) targeted for international day of climate action
>
> This morning activists from Bristol and Bath Rising Tide (1) dropped a
> banner reading 'IMPORT CO2AL: EXPORT POVERTY' from Avonmouth bridge near
> the docks, as part of a global week of action for climate and
> environmental justice.
>
> The Royal Portbury Docks contains one of the largest coal import terminals
> in the UK. There are currently plans to build several new coal power
> stations in the UK, and 71% of coal used in Britain is imported, from as
> far as Colombia and Australia. (2)
>
> Tracy Jones from Rising Tide said "Fossil fuel extraction devastates
> communities, from villages destroyed by floods in Pakistan to land grabs
> in Colombia, and is being resisted around the world. The failure of the
> Copenhagen climate summit shows that governments have their hands in the
> pockets of corporations and cannot be trusted. It's up to ordinary people
> to take direct action to stop climate chaos."
>
> October 12 - 16 is the Global Minga (3) in Defence of Mother Earth, an
> international week of action for climate and environmental justice called
> by indigenous peoples from the Americas, social movements and allies
> around the world. Further actions are happening in London this
> Saturday(4), which people from Bristol will be attending.
>
> Notes for editors
>
> (1)In April activists from Bristol and Bath Rising Tide chained themselves
> to the railway at Ffos y Fran, the largest opencast mine in the UK, to
> stop a train carrying coal to Aberthaw power station. In August they
> received conditional discharges. For a full report see:
> http://risingtide.org.uk/node/353
> (2)http://www.coalimp.org.uk/9.html
> (3)In the Quechua language of Ecuador, minga means the coming together of
> a community for the betterment of all.
>
http://intercontinentalcry.org/global-minga-in-defense-of-mother-earth-october-12-2010/
> http://www.beyondtalk.net/action/atlas-of-resistance/
> (4)16 October in London - 'A Crude Awakening' mass action against the oil
> industry.
> http://www.crudeawakening.org.uk/
>
> For further information, see:
> http://www.risingtide.org.uk
> or contact:
> bristol at risingtide.org.uk


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