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Oil Industry in London Braced for Day of Direct Action on Saturday
News Articles | Just4theplanet.com | October 15, 2010
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A coalition of climate change direct action groups, including the Camp for Climate Action and Plane Stupid, have joined forces to launch “a mass action to switch off oil” on Saturday, 16 October in London. The protestors are targeting the oil industry for its role in exacerbating climate change, as well as its devastating impact on local communities and environments around the world.
Protesters have been invited to amass in three different train stations in Central London at 10 AM on Saturday, and will then move on to a series of targets related to the oil industry, before gathering together at a final mystery location. The targets are being kept secret and will be revealed via an SMS service, but protesters are being advised on the website to come prepared to “HOLD A SPACE and to leave that space in a way that shows we’ve been there.”
Earlier this week, a list was revealed which showed 10 targets that HAD NOT been chosen, but gave an indicator of what might be expected. The list included the British Museum for its sponsorship links with BP, HSBC for its fossil fuel finance andChevron’s HQ, due to its move into North Sea deepwater drilling.
Sharon Viney, who is taking part on that day, said:
“If we’re to have a chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change, we need to switch off from oil. But oil companies relentlessly scour the earth for the last drops of dirty oil, and the government hands out massive tax breaks to the oil industry while decimating public services and environmental programmes. We’re inviting everything who thinks that we need to get our priorities straight to take action with is this Saturday – to start putting the needs of people and the environment above profit and greed.”
Clayton Thomas-Mueller, from the Indigenous Environment Network, and part of the UK Tar Sands Network, said:
“Indigenous Peoples in Canada are having their traditional ways of live, their health and their ecosystems destroyed by the involvement of UK companies in tar sands extraction. London is one of the centres of a global oil economy, so it’s important that climate-justice activists are taking action there in solidarity with oil-impacted communities around the world.”
The action is taking place as part of a global week of action for climate justice that will see people from around the world taking action against the fossil fuel industry.
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