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COPs and Robbers: towards the UN climate talks in Paris
In the run-up to the COP in Paris this December . . . have you ever wondered what the "COPs" are? It stands for Conference of the Parties, the parties charged with preventing the disasters of climate change becoming an apocalypse. And who are these “parties”? Not the...
Didcot Camp Action Round Up: 18 actions against the fossil fuel industry
Blockades, shutdowns, lock-ons, love-ins, tripods and nanas.....Reclaim the Power's day of action against the fossil fuel industry today (1 June 2015) saw 18 different actions drawing the dots between big energy firms, government ministers, public relations companies,...
Avonmouth biofuel plant invaded
Reclaim the Power campaigners demonstrated at Boomeco in Avonmouth today. At 1pm today (1st June 2015) three protesters entered wearing gas masks and stood next to one of the company's giant wood piles, holding placards saying "Biomass isn't green, stop subsidising...
PRESS RELEASE: Activists occupy Imperial College London to protest fossil fuel funded research
Imperial College University accepts millions of pounds from the fossil fuel industry, more than any other university in the UK, in order to fund research projects. Activists occupy Imperial College London to protest fossil fuel funded research For immediate release...
Take over of the National Gallery: privatisation, oil sponsorship and Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
Performers “rebrand” the famous painting and impersonate oil executives, in protest against the Gallery’s Shell sponsorship, privatisation plans, and the sacking of PCS Union rep Candy Udwin. At 1pm today (1 June 2015), 30 campaigners occupied the room containing Van...