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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Camp for Climate Action 2010 – What’s Hot and What’s Not

August 31, 2010

Please note: This hot/not list is compiled by an arbitrary, self-selected group of random taste-mongers rather than any sort of official camp representative body. As such, it is intended as a light-hearted, subjective interpretation of what the camp was about. No … Continue reading

Posted in Camp, Edinburgh, General | 18 Comments

Letter to the Lothian & Borders Police

August 30, 2010

Climate Camp wishes to file a formal complaint against the Lothian & Borders Gold Command of Operation Octave. We believe that the Lothian & Borders Police have acted in contravention of the committment in their Policing Charter (1) to ‘treat … Continue reading

Posted in Edinburgh, Legal | 1 Comment

A direct response to Alan Cochrane

August 28, 2010

This article is written as a direct response to Alan Cochrane’s piece titled “Supporters of Climate Camp action are ‘useful idiots’” which appeared in The Daily Telegraph on 23 August. Alan begins his charmingly reactionary article by taking the liberty … Continue reading

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Good, bad and simply ridiculous: post-camp commentary around the web

August 27, 2010

As Climate Camp 2010 winds down, there’s been plenty of debate happening online. So here’s a quick tour of some of the articles which are doing the rounds. Starting with some light amusement, we have Alan Cochrane in the Telegraph … Continue reading

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Update on yesterday’s actions and *that* oil spill

August 24, 2010

So the day of mass actions has passed and there’s a useful list of what happened in this round-up blog post as well as loads of inspring and informative films over at climate camp tv. There’s been plenty of debate … Continue reading

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More great content from climatecamptv

August 24, 2010

If you want to get a flavour of the kind of things that go on at Climate Camp, meet some of the people taking part and find out more about the real issues that don;t get reported in the corporate … Continue reading

Posted in Camp | Tagged , , , | 18 Comments

Monday 23rd August: Action round-up

August 23, 2010

The Climate Camp media team have issued a press release providing an overview of the main actions that have taken place today. You can read it here Importantly, the media team have expressed bewilderment as to police claims of oil … Continue reading

Posted in Action | Tagged , , | 102 Comments

The Trojan Pig challenges RBS and Cairn Energy

August 23, 2010

More action from today… the Trojan Pig challenges RBS and Cairn Energy

Posted in Action | Tagged , , , | 49 Comments

Climate Camp 2010 Day 1: VIDEO

August 23, 2010

Nice video round-up of Climate Camp Day 1 courtesy of You and I Films.

Posted in Camp | Tagged , , , , , | 83 Comments

Leading journalist speaks out against RBS’s “environmental vandalism”

August 22, 2010

Ian Fraser is an award-winning and financially-savvy journalist who has reported on the economic turmoil in The Sunday Times, Financial Times, BBC News, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Independent on Sunday, the Herald and the Sunday Herald. In a post … Continue reading

Posted in Royal Bank of Scotland | Tagged , , , , | 34 Comments