Posted by christian -
5 February 2009 at 3:24pm -
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Alastair McGowan is not only a renowned impressionist and comedian, he's also an Airplotter - and as one of the co-signatories of the deed on the land, he took the BBC down to have a look at the plot and have a chat about whether protest can make a difference.
Posted by tracy -
29 October 2008 at 2:41pm -
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Image from the Rainbow Warrior webcam
I’ve been sitting back in the office watching all of Bex’s updates come through on Twitter, Moblog and this blog, but have to admit I forgot to watch all the excitement live on the webcam on the bridge, kicking myself (thanks for the twitter ecotist).
The Rainbow Warrior is still alongside the Kingsnorth jetty and you can follow what is happening on deck here.
I'm on the Rainbow Warrior just outside Kingsnorth coal plant. Security guards are trying to stop the 30 campaigners on the jetty from breaching security and walking through the power plant to the site of the proposed new Kingsnorth plant so, at the moment, they're holding the commemoration on the jetty, with security guards listening.
Each volunteer is carrying the flag of one of the 30 least polluting countries in the world; the proposed new coal plant at Kingsnorth will emit as much as these 30 countries combined. They're also reading out the evidence given by NASA director James Hansen and Inuit leader Aqqaluk Lynge at the trial of the Kingsnorth Six.
Posted by bex -
18 July 2008 at 10:32am -
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An excellent film from The Ecologist exposing the tactics used against environmental protestors - from espionage and legal threats to news manipulation and violence:
Posted by saunvedan -
11 July 2008 at 4:07pm -
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Brave
activists from Greenpeace Australia
climbed
Queensland's
Swanbank B coal-fired power station smokestack and unfurled an "Energy [R]evolution" banner. Temperatures
have dropped to two degrees Celsius as they plan on spending the night on top
in protest against the Australian government's push for coal. Follow the latest
here and whether
you're an aussie or not, sign the petition for
a renewable energy future for Australia.
Posted by saunvedan -
3 July 2008 at 3:56pm -
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This week's
been busy for me, what with two demonstrations on two different campaigns. After
the protest outside the Japanese
Embassy, it was the Department of Transport's turn to welcome us. The
government wasn't listening when we said NO
to Heathrow's third runway last month. So this morning, we flashmobbed the
Department of Transport and launched paper planes saying ‘NO AIRPORT EXPANSION'
at transport secretary Ruth Kelly's office.
Posted by saunvedan -
12 June 2008 at 3:13pm -
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If you thought that the Terminal 5 flashmob and the Big NO! was
all that would be done to oppose the third runway then you were wrong. On 3
July, get ready to flashmob once more and launch paper planes at the Department
for Transport, and tell transport secretary Ruth Kelly why
plans for the third runway must be scrapped.
Download a paper plane here and don't forget to write
a message to Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly on it. The plan is to turn up
outside Department for Transport (corner
of Marsham St and Horseferry Road) at 11am sharp. If you've still got your
red t-shirts from T5; even better but a paper plane is an absolute must. At
11.03 (precisely) those wearing ‘Stop
Airport Expansion' t-shirts
will reveal them, and then we will all launch our paper planes in the direction
of the Department.
If you thought that the Terminal 5 flashmob and the Big NO! was
all that would be done to oppose the third runway then you were wrong. On 3
July, get ready to flashmob once more and launch paper planes at the Department
for Transport, and tell transport secretary Ruth Kelly 
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