Climate Camp 2010: Break the Bank
Misc on August 6, 2010 | 1 Comment
This year’s Camp for Climate Action call-out:
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Just Do It!
Misc on July 1, 2010 | Make a Comment
A new crowd-funded film is on its way, following the direct action protests of Camp for Climate Action, Plane Stupid and Climate Rush throughout 2009. But it needs your cash to get it off the ground. Read on…
Licence to Spill?
Misc on June 30, 2010 | Make a Comment
Just in case you haven’t seen this yet. Short version above and full report below, with actions both inside and outside the Tate Gallery…
Unimagining Corporate Greenwashing
Misc on June 25, 2010 | Make a Comment
Copenhagen Daily team member Tom Besley produced this 60 minute Clear Spot for ResonanceFM which was broadcast 18 June 2010. James Marriott of Platform and John Jordan of the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination reflect on the relationship of art and the environment in the wake of BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster and 20 years of BP sponsorship of the Tate Gallery. Here’s Tom’s programme description:
Climate9 – verdict just in…
Misc on June 25, 2010 | Make a Comment
In a statement just released, the Climate9 say:
Deepwater – who’s to blame?
Misc on May 17, 2010 | Make a Comment
BP? Haliburton? Transocean? The corrupt Mineral Management Service? Interior Secretary Ken Salazar? President Obama himself?
This piece was published by The Ecologist on 17 May 2010.
On 20 April BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded. 11 workers were killed in the blast. According to the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), the resultant oil spill is now the largest in US history – larger even than the infamous Exxon Valdez disaster. From BP’s original estimate of 1,000 barrels per day, experts now estimate that the rate could be nearer 70,000 barrels per day threatening the lives of many species – including many already endangered – in an area of rich biodiversity in the fragile Mississippi River Delta ecosystem.