As the news breaks about Eon's Kingsnorth Coal-fired power station "being put on hold for 3 years" breaks - to cautious celebration - not least from those (including many from round these parts who withstood alot of police harassment in Kent)... read full story / add a comment

Come to the next rising tide meeting, listen to and share camp stories, get inspired and motivated for action for climate justice and on root causes of climate chaos. All welcome.

At Kebele Monday 24th August 2009
7.30pm

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Come and see a new film about the campaign against Shell at Rossport, County Mayo followed by a discussion with Bristol activists who took part in the action.

Showing at Kebele, Robertson Rd, Easton on Sunday 30th November at 8.00 pm (you can eat there beforehand from 6.30)
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Today, Bristol University Students have been invited to a Engineering and IT Careers Fair. However, a brief look at the lists of companies and what they do to make their money, makes it seems like a list of who's who of environmentally and socially destructive companies.

Local people, including Bristol Rising Tide will be offering a alternative point of view between 1300 and 1500 outside Wills Memorial Hall (top of park street) read full story / add a comment

Biofuels far from the panacea to petrol prices and climate change, have added to the global food price hike by taking land previously occupied by food crops. A study by the University of Minnesota found that growing biofuel on converted rainforests, peat lands, savannas or grasslands created up to 420 times more carbon dioxide than it saved. read full story / add a comment

From today, all petrol forecourts will be required by law to sell only fuel which is blended with 2.5% agrofuel. The answer to climate chaos you ask? Hardly. Corporations like Tesco are already jumping on the new "green" bandwagon, speaking little of the greater emissions, displacement, poverty and hunger that will be left in its path. read full story / add a comment

On 15th April, the mandatory biofuel blending (RTFO) comes in, meaning that 2.5% of fuel sold at the pump must contain agrofuel. The Government is promoting this as yet another false technical fix for climate change, despite it's Chief Scientist's doubts about their sustainability. read full story / add a comment

A group of ‘climate refugees’ are blocking the vehicle entrance to the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Corporate Offices at Temple Quay to shine the spotlight on climate criminals RBS, the self-proclaimed ‘Oil and Gas’ Bank.
Six people from Bristol Rising Tide for Climate Action dressed as homeless polar bears have locked themselves together and are currently preventing all vehicles entering the RBS branch. This is part of a National Day of Local Action against the Royal Bank of Scotland called by those hugely concerned with the devastation to the climate, planet and people.[1] read full story / add a comment

Bristolians show their support for the community of Rossport in their struggle against Shell. read full story / add a comment

Offset This 8/6/07

international day of action against climate change and the G8 has been called by the international rising tide network. this is a call for autonomous, decentralised actions appropriate to our city in solidarity with those resisting the G8 in Germany and in resistance to all the G8 represents, its continued reliance of oil burning and oil wars.

In Bristol there will be a meeting at Kebele, 14 Robertson Road on Tuesady 29th May 7.30pm May to get together with everyone who wants to plan for the Friday 8th June. The intention is for this to be a solidarity action not just a rising tide action.

There will be flyers announcing this at Kebele, if you can distribute (they are post cards that say Offset This). Pass this on.

See you on the streets!

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Bristol Rising Tide's Claire Hall, 25, will be cycling the length of
phase two of the National Grid's controversial high-pressure gas pipeline, dubbed 'the pipeline to disaster' by local protest groups,. Claire will be starting on Sunday 25th March in Felinder near
Swansea, and finishing 122 miles later in Corse near Gloucester. read full story / add a comment

If you want to get to the protest against the building of the pipline in Wales, lend a hand, take banners, blankets, orchestra, hot tea, popular education. Here are some dierctions:

Off the A40
4 Miles West of Brecon
Near the church look out for the banner that says 'STOP THE PIPELINE'

A Bristol activist said today that the pipeline is in the second phase of building. Campers have set up by occupying the land and set up a platform in the trees and camping on the ground. Tree cutting has been happening.

It is really beautiful there (and will continue to be when the protest wins!)

More info and comments
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New Pipe Protest in Ponty!! read full story / add a comment