Petition! Stop Danish Police Abuses Against Peaceful Climate Protesters
To: Hans Gammeltoft-Hansen (Ombudsman), Per Larsen (Detective Commander of the Danish National Police) and Ritt Bjerregaard (Lord Mayor of Copenhagen)
Over the past two weeks, citizens of countries all over the world have come to Copenhagen for the UN COP-15 climate negotiations. Many have engaged in peaceful, nonviolent protest, trying to push world leaders to sign [...]
UK: Activists occupy roof of Parliament, demand change in climate politics
Oct. 11th - Fifty-five Greenpeace volunteers have this afternoon scaled the walls of the Houses of Parliament and are now occupying the roof of the historic building. They are calling for a new style of politics in Britain, one capable of rising to meet the challenge of climate change.
Tomorrow MPs return from their summer break for the [...]
Climate justice movement to take mass action during UN climate talks
Despite four activists from the UK being interrogated under terrorism legislation on their way to Copenhagen, the international network Climate Justice Action (CJA) (1) is meeting this weekend to prepare for mass actions during the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009.
After 14 years of ineffectual talks, activists from social movements across the globe are [...]
Climate Camp Australia Shuts Down Dendrobium Coal Mine
October 11, 7:05am. Four people from Climate Camp 2009 scaled and locked themselves onto the coal conveyor belt at the Dendrobium coal mine near Helensburgh, NSW. Spokesperson for the group Aimee Bull-McMahon said “We have shut down the conveyor from this underground polluter as part of the Climate Camp 09 three days of action. The [...]
