Climate Actions

Riding Naked.

Greenpeace's Oil Sands Protests Draw Attention. By Steve Lillebuen, Edmonton Journal, June 1, 2008. "A small army of environmentalists are convinced they can sway public opinion to scale back Alberta's lucrative oil sands projects.

Come to the Twin Cities, Minnesota To Take Action at the Republican National Convention

May 25, 2008 - Charlotte, NC Today, activists with Asheville Rising Tide
broke ground on a new 800 Mw clean energy power plant in Duke Energy CEO
Jim Rogers front yard. The power plant will tap into a previously
unexplored energy source known as hot air which has been found in large
concentrations at Roger's residence, 330 Eastover Rd, Charlotte, NC.
"The hot air emitting from Jim Rogers mouth has been around for quite
some time, but the last couple of years has seen an exponential growth
of this untapped energy source as Rogers parades around the country
calling for greenhouse gas reductions while building the dirty Cliffside
coal plant. This was simply an opportunity we couldn't pass up," said

Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior today called off its peaceful protest at the Pagbilao coal-fired power station assured that it has initiated strong political movement toward a moratorium on expansion of coal power in the Philippines through a resolution in the Senate.

First international planning meeting.

We invite you to join the 1st international planning meeting in Copenhagen from the 13-14th of September 2008. The meeting aims at preparing a large mobilisation for direct action against the root causes of climate change in Copenhagen and throughout the world during the UN Climate Conference (30 Nov-11 Dec 2009).

VIA CAMPESINA JOINS BIODIVERSITY DAY CELEBRATIONS:
Via Campesina Disrupts CBD

This afternoon activists from all over the world have hung a banner, banged on
teacups and handed out messages by Via Campesina during the official
celebrations of Biodiversity Day at the 9th Conference of Parties (COP-9) of
the UN convention on Biodiversity. They did so at the end of a message by UN
secretary general Ban Ki Moon read by the Programme Officer of the Secretariat
of the CBD to the distinguished delegates of the Convention.

The banners read "No Agrodiversity Without Farmers" and "Nature for People Not
for Business". The written message was brought to the attention of the