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Closing BP Stations Across London

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 27 Jul
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The moment has come for BP to move beyond oil. Under Tony Hayward the company went backwards, squeezing the last drops of oil from places like the Gulf of Mexico, the tar sands of Canada and even the fragile Arctic wilderness. Greenpeace is urging new head Bob Dudley to demonstrate early leadership by announcing that BP will pull out of a trio of planned tar sands projects in Alberta which are due to be developed next year, and massively scale up the company's investment in alternative energy. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk

European Climate Exchange Website hacked by Climate Justice activists

from Climate Collective News
on 25 Jul

In a protest against carbon trading as a method for acting on climate change, on Friday, July 23 at just before midnight, the public website of the European Climate Exchange (ECX), the leading marketplace for trading CO2 emissions in Europe, was targetted by hacktivists of the autonomous tech collective decocidio (#?).

How to Clean Up an Oil Spill - Scamwow!

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 19 Jul
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Scamwow! Whether you're in Louisiana, Alaska, Nigeria, or Ecuador, Scamwow will meet all your oil spill cleanup needs. Learn more at www.greenpeace.org/stopdrillin http://visionon.tv

'Die-in' against nuclear transport at Olympic Park

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 18 Jul

What if... "Dozens died and thousands more were exposed to dangerous levels of cancer-causing radiation after a train carrying high level nuclear waste exploded as it passed through the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London this afternoon. The public is being warned to steer well clear of the area as the radioactive plume makes its way across the capital and the southern half of England."

Oil Spill at the British Museum

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 14 Jul

Three members of the art activist group Culture Beyond Oil poured non-toxic black oil around the British Museum’s world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP’s sponsorship of the museum. Emily James, Director of Just Do It, happened to be there and captured the action.

Culture Beyond Oil at the British Museum

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 13 Jul
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Five members of the art activist group Culture Beyond Oil poured non-toxic black oil around the British Museum's world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP's sponsorship of the museum.

BP Exploiting Workers in the Gulf

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 11 Jul
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Hundreds of workers in the Gulf Coast cleaning up BP's oil disaster have reported symptoms of nausea, vomiting, nose bleeds and headaches.Michael Whitney for FireDogLake discuss their ongoing struggle. http://visionon.tv http://grittv.org/

Ecotopia Bike Tour 2010 begins

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 06 Jul

Audio interview with one of the 2010 Ecotopia Bike Tour participants, at the start of the London Critical Mass and the beginning of their ten week ride through Europe.   

Southall Biofuel Power Station Plans Rejected

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 02 Jul

Planning permission has now been refused at appeal for the vegetable oil burning power station Blue NG wanted to build in Southall.
The power station would have used 20,000 tonnes of fuel a year, and required a land area greater than the whole of Ealing to grow the energy crops to supply it.

Direct action in the Basque Country

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 01 Jul

Direct action against the High-Speed Railway in the Basque Country

Bloody Oil- Drum Em Out

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 01 Jul
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On Monday the 21st June 2010 In protest over The World National Oil Companies Congress protester marched from London's Tate Modern to the Grange St Paul's Hotel where a people's court was held. http://youandifilms.com http://visionon.tv

Licence to Spill

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 30 Jun
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It is art and it was us! The Liberate Tate spectacular direct action at Tate Britain's 28 June summer party to celebrate 20 years of BP sponsorship. Liberate Tate is a network dedicated to taking creative disobedience against the Tate until it drops its oil company funding. http://youandifilms.com http://twitter.com/liberatetate

CALL OUT TO STOP SHELL IN MAYO

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 26 Jun

Shell are due to start drilling the boreholes in the estuary (Special Area of Conservation) from Monday 28th June until September 2010. Please come over and support the community in their fight to stop Shell destroying this incredible place!

BP Portrait Awards - Oil on Canvas

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 25 Jun
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Don't Panic crashed the BP Portrait Awards at the National Portrait Gallery to serve some Krude de Gulf and to cast our critical eye across the oil on canvas. The BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery was previously sponsored by Imperial Tobacco.

Greenwash Spill at BP Portrait Award

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 25 Jun

Last night at 6.07 PM the London brigade of the Greenwash Guerrillas got a call from a panicked pedestrian outside the National Portrait Gallery. It seemed that the prizegiving ceremony for BP Portrait Award was about to start, and toxic greenwash had begun to gush uncontrollably from the gallery's front doors.Read on for the full story ... and watch video of the action.

Greenwash Guerrillas at the BP Portrait Award

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 24 Jun

On Tuesday night at 6.07 PM the London brigade of the Greenwash Guerrillas got a call from a panicked pedestrian outside the National Portrait Gallery. It seemed that the prizegiving ceremony for BP Portrait Award was about to start, and toxic greenwash had begun to gush uncontrollably from the gallery's front doors.

Greenwash Guerillas deal with greenwash spill from BP

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 24 Jun
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Call Greenwash Guerillas to clean up any greenwash spills you see or hear about. See them mop up at the BP-sponsored National Portrait Gallery on 23 June 2010. http://risingtide.org.uk http://artnotoil.org.uk http://youandifilms.com http://visionon.tv

Greenwash Guerillas deal with greenwash spill from BP

by from climatecamp.tv
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on 24 Jun
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Call Greenwash Guerillas to clean up any greenwash spills you see or hear about. See them mop up at the BP-sponsored National Portrait Gallery on 23 June 2010. http://risingtide.org.uk http://artnotoil.org.uk http://youandifilms.com http://visionon.tv

Greenwash Guerillas deal with greenwash spill from BP

by from climatecamp.tv
in
on 24 Jun
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Call Greenwash Guerillas to clean up any greenwash spills you see or hear about. See them mop up at the BP-sponsored National Portrait Gallery on 23 June 2010. http://risingtide.org.uk http://artnotoil.org.uk http://youandifilms.com http://visionon.tv

Oil Industry Under Siege

by from Indymedia London: environmentalism
on 24 Jun

As oil executives gathered at a London hotel for their annual strategising conference on Monday, up to 200 climate activists crossed the river from BP-sponsored Tate Modern to converge on the front entrance with a samba band and a giant paper-mache oil-covered seabird.Titled "Drum It Out", the protest also put the industry on trial before a People's Court which loudly found it guilty of crimes of pollution, war crimes, climate crime, and more.

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