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September 6th, 2009

The summer Climate Camp in London, England: Sample coverage


Overviews

A Camp for Climate Action press release -
Climate Activists Hit Big Business and Banks

A BBC article -
Climate activists stage protests

Bike swoop photos
- Set one
- Set two

Day 2: The European Climate Exchange

A Camp for Climate Action video and press release -
Everyone’s a loser at the Climate Casino!

Day 3: Barclays Bank

“Purple T” on the Indymedia London, England web site -
Climate Camp demo at Barclays in Canary Wharf

“Fotdmike” on the Indymedia London, England web site -
Climate Camp protest at Barclays Bank

Day 7: Edelman and EON

A Camp for Climate Action press release -
Climate Activists Expose the Naked Truth behind Edelman PR

Day 7: The Royal Bank of Scotland

A Telegraph TV video -
Climate Camp at RBS Headquarters in London
(The message about ‘their bank’ — i.e. the message that the bank is theirs, or that it could be theirs — isn’t one that I agree with.)

A Camp for Climate Action press release -
Climate Activists Blockade RBS Headquarters

Photos
on the Camp for Climate Action web site

Day 7: The tar sands, BP, and Shell

A Climate Camp TV video -
Tar Sands Protest

Photos
on the Camp for Climate Action web site

Andy McFarlane on the BBC web site -
Climate camp targets BP oil plan
(Obviously there is pollution around the tar sands site; it’s absurd that the article suggests otherwise.)

“Fotdmike” on the Indymedia London, England web site -
The Tar Sands protest

“Fotdmike” on the Indymedia London, England web site -
The (S)Hell protest

After the camp

“Smash Eon” on the Indymedia London, England web site -
Climate Campers Escalate Action Against Eon

Additional background

On the Indymedia London, England web site -
Climate Camp 2009 Timeline

A Climate Camp TV video -
A Guided Tour of Climate Camp 2009

A Camp for Climate Action press release -
Greenwich Locals versus Climate Camp: Who Will Win?

A Climate Camp TV video (released a few days before the Climate Camp) -
Letter to the Met





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