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bikesnotcars am*dam july3,4,5

In the weekend of july 4th we declare a war on cars. In this weekend there will be a bike festival in Amsterdam. On different locations events, workshops, info stands, fun & games, parties, and direct actions to block and frustrate the traffic will be held. Cars lead to pollution, climate change, deaths and injuries. They are a nuisance, and are dominating the public space.Where the public space is not designed to facilitate the ever consuming shopping frenzy and industry it is designed to please fossil-fuel-traffic.

The program of the bike fest in amsterdam july 3rd, 4th and 5th is out…

Friday, ijsbaanpad 12, amsterdam
– opportunity for those without a bike to fix one
– banner painting
in the evening soup and a band

saturday
– 14.00h critical mass, museum square, sith bikepolo and slowbiking on the way
– 19.00h ijsbaanpad, voku, folowed by bands:
de fatwas
de reclassering
hysteria
and one more band

sunday
– infomarket
– workshops
– cargo bike race
– tall bike jousting

please dont bring your dogs to ijsbaanpad

there is a place for sleeping but bring a matres and sleepingbag

to bring list:
bed + sleepingbag
bike(s)
basic repairkit
banners
no id
no dogs

see you there

bikesnotcars@gmail.com
http://bikesnotcars.wordpress.com

Mainshill Solidarity Camp Update: No eviction this morning, but drilling workers

22.06.2009
After a whole night of digging in and strengthening defences, the rumoured eviction this morning hasn’t happened. However, the solidarity shown by the number of people who joined us over the weekend has been fantastic and allowed huge amounts of building work to happen, making the site well defendable.

Instead of police or court bailifs, a van-load of Apex workers tried to gain access to the site to continue bore-hole work on the site, vital to the coal mining operation. Bore-holing and clear-felling had been happening before the site was occupied, and since the occupation no work has been carried out. It is thought that this work is illegal as Scottish Coal have to carry out an extensive wildlife survey before felling any trees or starting work as a condition imposed by the council.

Access to the site and Apex machinery was blocked with a vehicle, and Apex workers responded by threatening to smash the windscreen if it was not removed from in front of the gate. Very quickly, the people inside the vehicle were joined by campers and car loads of locals who came out in support and to avert an eviction. The Apex workers backed down after this show of strength!

In a plea of solidarity to contract workers carrying out the bore-hole drilling and clear-felling, they have been asked to side with the community and camp against their bosses and refuse to carry out work on the site.

The Chief Inspector for the area has stated that the police have no intention of removing the camp at present, but will let us know if that changes. It is thought that a court order is being sought to evict the camp.

Lord Home, the land owner, Scottish Coal, the mining company, and Scottish Ministers can stop this project – if they were to come down and see the level of support and involvement in the camp from the local community they would see how strong the opposition is to this mine. If they don’t decide to overturn the decision, they will have a very expensive eviction on their hands.

Your solidarity is still needed! We can stop this coal mine from going ahead, both by defending the site and working with the local communities to take back decision-making power and get permission overturned. Please join us as soon as you can – see the website for details.

Mainshill Solidarity Camp website: http://coalactionedinburgh.noflag.org.uk/?page_id=415

Coal protesters board cargo ship

22 June 2009
Campaigners from Greenpeace have boarded a ship delivering coal to the Kingsnorth power station in Kent.

The vessel was targeted as it sailed up the River Medway, with reports of people swimming in front of the ship to stop it docking.

22 June 2009
Campaigners from Greenpeace have boarded a ship delivering coal to the Kingsnorth power station in Kent.

The vessel was targeted as it sailed up the River Medway, with reports of people swimming in front of the ship to stop it docking.

The group, which is protesting against coal-fired power stations, climbed aboard from inflatable speedboats.

However, Kent Police said the vessel still managed to dock at Kingsnorth with some protesters still on board.

Three men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage, while another woman has been held on suspicion of endangering an aircraft.

The ship was boarded at about 2250 BST on Sunday as it approached the power station near Hoo.

Action ‘unacceptable’

On Monday morning, several campaigners remained on board, surrounded by officers.

A Greenpeace spokesman said: “There are still five campaigners on the ship so the protest is continuing. They are going to try and hold their position for as long as they can to prevent the coal from being unloaded, but the ship is surrounded with police.”

Ch Supt Matthew said police were using all available resources to bring a safe conclusion to the incident.

He said: “There are no reports of any injuries at this time. Public safety is of paramount importance to the operation.”

A spokeswoman for E.ON, which owns Kingsnorth, said the campaigners’ action was unacceptable.

She said: “Obviously we remain respectful of people’s right to protest but it was a dangerous thing to do – boarding a ship in the middle of the night.

“So our point of view is that this is unacceptable.”

Earlier, campaigner Sarah Shoraka, 31, who climbed the ship’s foremast, said: “There are nine of us on the ship.

“We have split into three teams of three, with one team on foremast, another on the funnel and the third hanging off the side.

“We are using walkie-talkies to stay in contact with each other and have enough food and water to last several days.

“We will stay as long as we can to stop the coal being unloaded.”

A police statement said: “Kent Police received reports of Greenpeace protesters boarding and attempting to impede the berthing of a coal vessel at Kingsnorth power station in Kent.

“Protesters used ribs (rigid inflatable boats) and also entered the water in order to board and prevent the coal vessel from making port.

“They were unsuccessful in their attempts and the coal vessel has now docked.”

Kingsnorth has been at the centre of a climate change row after E.ON announced plans to build a bigger coal-fired power station to replace the existing facility.

If built it would be the first new coal powered plant in the UK for a quarter of a century.

An estimated 1,500 demonstrators attended a climate camp to protest against the plans last August.

14 Arrests Initiate Week of Action Against Mountaintop Removal

Fourteen people were arrested on June 18 in a protest meant to launch a week of action against mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia.

Fourteen people were arrested on June 18 in a protest meant to launch a week of action against mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Four people climbed a 150-foot dragline at a mine site near Twilight, WV, and unfurled a banner reading, “Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining”. Another 9 entered the mine site to unfurl another banner. Climbers remained atop the dragline for more than three hours before being arrested.

This action is the first time ever that a dragline, one of the largest machines on earth, has ever been shut down in a protest, and is an important escalation in the fight against mountaintop removal.

The week of action will culminate with a civil disobedience action featuring leading climate scientist Dr. James Hansen, actress Daryl Hannah, Rainforest Action Network Executive Direction Michael Brune and former Representative Ken Hechler.

The week of action was initiated only days after President Obama announced his plans to reform, rather than abolish, mountaintop removal coal mining. The Obama administration approved environmental permits for 42 of the 48 proposed new mountaintop removal mines it has considered so far.

For more information, to get involved or to make donations for bail, visit www.mountainaction.org.

Mainshill Solidarity Camp solidifies as local support grows

20.06.2009
In its first full day of resistance Mainshill Solidarity Camp, in the Douglas Valley in South Lanarkshire, has grown as the site is set up. Tree-houses and other structures in the woodland have been put in place to show Scottish Coal that they are serious about preventing the opencast site from going ahead. The site will be continuously occupied.

Scottish Coal have been given permission to mine 1.7 million tonnes of coal from Mainshill Wood in South Lanarkshire, a decision by South Lanarkshire Council that enraged local residents who have campaigned against this mine for many months. Ministers of the Scottish Government gave final approval to the site in April, deeming the proposed site at Mainshill in the Douglas Valley to be “environmentally acceptable.” This is despite the fact that there are 18 residential dwellings located within 500m of the proposed site boundary, contravening Scottish planning policy on open cast sites.

Local people have shown enthusiastic support from the start.‭ Many‬ culinary delights have already been donated and gratefully received.

People turned up throughout the day to show their support.‭ ‬One local resident exclaimed,‭ “‬We’re so glad you’re here‭!”

There will be a Tea Party and open day on Sunday‭ ‬28th June,‭ ‬from‭ ‬3pm.‭ ‬Families and others from the surrounding areas will be invited to partake in fun and games whilst learning about how a protest site is run and about what can be done to protect the local environment and prevent runaway climate change.

Banners visible from the road have been erected at the site,‭ ‬highlighting the fundamentally anti-democratic way in which the planning process has ridden roughshod over the wishes of the local communities.

Activist Marcus Anderson comments,‭ “‬Mainshill Solidarity Camp highlights how community resistance and direct action go hand in hand in securing a future for generations to come‭”‬.

The site will continue to grow as awareness increases of what is being done to the people and environment‭ ‬of Scotland, and what can be done by people themselves to stop catastrophic climate change.

coalactionedinburgh@riseup.net
http://coalactionedinburgh.noflag.org.uk

Climate activists blockade Peruvian Embassy & companies list

19 June 2009
Climate change activists have blocked the entrance to the Peruvian Embassy today in protest the country’s killing of indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest.

Up to 100 people have been killed in recent clashes over attempts to extract oil, gas, minerals and timber from the forest where indigenous people have lived for centuries. On June 5, the government’s security forces attacked a peaceful blockade, leading to bloodshed on both sides with 30-100 estimated deaths, over 100 injuries and numerous disappearances.

Since the clashes, the Peruvian government has suspended some exploitation in the area, but it is unclear whether some companies will be allowed to continue.

Protesters from London Camp for Climate Action are demanding to deliver a letter of protest to Peruvian Ambassador Ricardo Luna. The calls for oil and gas companies in the Amazon to suspend their operations until the government agrees to peaceful negotiations with local representatives; for an independent and impartial inquiry into the violence; and for the lifting of all charges against Alberto Pizango (the President of Peru’s Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP)

Protester Sam Gardener said: “This protest is to show solidarity with the thousands of indigenous people that are risking, and sometimes losing, their lives to protect their homes in the Amazon.

“By destroying the Amazon rainforest to extract fossil fuels, we are accelerating catastrophic climate change. The Amazon removes vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. By cutting it down to remove yet more fossil fuels we are speeding towards a worldwide catastrophe.”

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15.6.09: Lively and well attended demo at the Embassy by Colectivo Peruano, together with the Coordinadora Latinoamericana, and was supported by Latin American Youth Against Violence

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Some of the companies with new contracts in the Amazon and elsewhere in Peru (signed April 2009, some individually and some as part of a consortium with Perupetro) that I can find (but unable to secure direct links/locations in the UK) are:

Pluspetrol – http://www.pluspetrol.net/
Reliance – http://www.reliancepetroleum.com/
CNPC – http://www.cnpc.com.cn/eng/
Petroperu – http://www.cnpc.com.cn/eng/
Faulkner Suits Exploration (US)
Olympic (US or Canadian)
Petrolifera – http://www.petrolifera.ca/
Pan Andean Resources (Dublin based) – http://www.panandeanresources.com/contact/
Kei (Australia)
PetroVietnam (Vietnam)
Golden Oil – http://www.goldenoilcorp.com/new/english/company/company01_4.php

However, some of these companies DO have UK based offices and trading:

EMERALD ENERGY PLC
http://www.emeraldenergy.com/contact.htm
With a registered office in London.

CONOCO PHILLIPS
http://www.conocophillips.co.uk/ContactUs/index.htm
An American company that is reported to have a new “mega concession” of 10.5 million hectares in the Amazon for oil exploration.
Offices and activities in London, Aberdeen, Teesside, Humber, Theddlethorpe, Warwick

There’s a report on their activities in Peru here: http://www.amazonwatch.org/conoco2009.pdf

The situation in Peru currently is dire…. the indigenous communities have been mobilizing and resisting since April and at this time when their leaders are threatened with arrest and there are widespread murders and disappearances occurring it is key that those of us benefitting from these explorations (in the Global North) do what we can to show solidarity and to put the pressure directly on the companies that are treating Peru as a smorgasboard of ways out of the current economic crisis…

Peru indigenous blockades win repeal of land laws

18th June 2009: Peruvian Congress Votes 82 – 12 to Repeal Two Controversial Laws

Government Urged to Drop Criminal Charges Against Indigenous Leaders and Allow Independent Investigation into Violent Incidents in Bagua

18th June 2009: Peruvian Congress Votes 82 – 12 to Repeal Two Controversial Laws

Government Urged to Drop Criminal Charges Against Indigenous Leaders and Allow Independent Investigation into Violent Incidents in Bagua

Lima, Peru – The Peruvian Congress voted today 82 – 12 to repeal two of nine contested laws in an attempt to end widespread indigenous protests that have been paralyzing transportation and commerce in the Peruvian Amazon for 70 days. In a complete shift of discourse, President Garcia admitted that “there were a series errors and exaggerations” in the government’s handling of this conflict and asked Congress to repeal decrees 1090 and 1064, which were passed in 2008 as part of a package of new laws to facilitate the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States.

Having witnessed the vote in the Peruvian Congress, Daysi Zapata, acting President of AIDESEP, Peru’s national Amazonian indigenous organization welcomed the President’s comments and declared: “Today is a historic day. We are grateful that the will of the indigenous peoples has been heard and we only hope that in the future governments listen and attend to indigenous peoples, and not legislate behind their backs.”

Zapata said that AIDESEP it is calling on our base organizations and communities to end their blockades and protests while also calling on the government to enter into a good faith and transparent dialogue.

Primer Minister Simon, who has been a lead negotiator to the indigenous communities, said Tuesday that he would resign after bringing the current conflict closer to resolution. The Peruvian Government has been heavily criticized for the June 5 attack to quell nonviolent protests by Amazonian indigenous communities, which resulted in dozens of deaths of both protesters and police and left 150 of indigenous demonstrators injured.

In addition to decrees 1090 and 1064, AIDESEP points to at least seven other laws that continue to pose a threat to their constitutionally guaranteed rights. In addition to the repeal of all these controversial laws, indigenous people are demanding that the Peruvian Government lift the State of Emergency, in effect since May 9 in several regions throughout the Amazon. AIDESEP is also calling for the Government to drop criminal charges against Alberto Pizango and five other indigenous leaders. Pizango was given safe passage to leave the country and is now exiled in Nicaragua.

In the United States, fifteen human rights and environmental organizations recently sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other top Administration officials urging the United States to take immediate steps towards addressing the political crisis in Peru. Representatives from this coalition met with the U.S. Trade Representative’s office on Wednesday to again urge the U.S. Government to publicly clarify if Peru would be penalized for revoking the package of “free trade laws.”

The dramatic shift in the Garcia Administration’s discourse is likely due to the unprecedented international and domestic condemnation of the attacks on peaceful demonstrations on June 5 in Bagua. Tens of thousands protested in cities throughout Peru on June 11 in support of Peru’s indigenous peoples. Peruvian consulates and embassies worldwide have been the site of repeated vigils and protests. Tens of thousands have sent letters to Peruvian and US government officials. Celebrities including Q’orianka Kilcher and Benjamin Bratt, both part Peruvian as well as Nobel Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, have publicly condemned the violence in Peru while calling for a peaceful solution.

Leading international human rights bodies including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and the International Labor Organization have pressed the Garcia Administration to end repression and uphold the rights of indigenous peoples. Yesterday, James Anaya, the UN Special Rapporteur of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People arrived in Peru for a 3-day visit to gather information about the violent incident in Bagua.

Amazon Watch’s Executive Director, Atossa Soltani, reacted to the news with the following statement: “The Peruvian Congress’s repeal of the two decrees is a welcome first step in bringing indigenous rights in Peru back to where they were before the decrees were promulgated in 2008. The conflict has become a watershed moment for Peru’s policies in the Amazon and has invigorated national debate about deep-rooted violations of indigenous peoples rights. Today’s good news notwithstanding, indigenous peoples are likely to continue to be at risk by Garcia’s policies to open up the Amazon to extractive industries.”

Since 2006, the government has authorized oil and gas concessions covering over 70 percent of the Peruvian Amazon, much of it on indigenous lands (see Perupetro map at http://mirror.perupetro.com.pe/exploracion01-e.asp).
For more information, see http://www.amazonwatch.org/peru-protests.php

Earlier article on blockade crushing & massacre here

Mainshill Wood Occupied

19.6.09
URGENT: No Open Cast Here! Join the fight against open cast coal mining, climate chaos and community destruction! Come to the Solidarity Camp

Last night activists occupied the site of Mainshill Wood in solidarity with communities in the UK suffering from the impacts of open casting and resisting new mines.

19.6.09
URGENT: No Open Cast Here! Join the fight against open cast coal mining, climate chaos and community destruction! Come to the Solidarity Camp

Last night activists occupied the site of Mainshill Wood in solidarity with communities in the UK suffering from the impacts of open casting and resisting new mines.

Scottish Coal have been given permission to mine 1.7 million tonnes of coal from Mainshill in South Lanarkshire, a decision by South Lanarkshire Council and later Scottish Ministers that enraged local residents who for years have campaigned against this mine. There are four other mines in the area, making it one of the most heavily mined areas in Europe.

This new coal mine is only one of 20 such others to have recently been given planning permission in Scotland. If we are to have any chance of limiting dangerous climate change and protecting communities from carbon-intensive industries we must take matters into our own hands.

We have taken this autonomous and free space for those who wish to create positive, creative and
egalitarian solutions to ecological collapse, climate change and environmental injustice. Profiteering companies, land owners and governments will not mine for new coal here!

Support Us

We need:
People – to hold this site we need people to join us. The site has a safe spaces policy and welcomes all who share our desire to live in a space free from hierarchy, oppression, discrimination and coal mines!
Climbing equipment – any you can donate will be put to good use
Building materials – suitable bits of wood, rope, polyprop, pallets
Food – lots of it!
Money – running a camp can be expensive, if you can donate to us please do
Other equipment – head torches, tools, containers, tarps, waterproofs, sleeping bags

How to get to the camp:
Buses run to Douglas from Lanark and Hamilton. Both Lanark and Hamilton have train and bus stations and are easy to get to from either Glasgow Central Train Station or Buchannon Street Bus Station. From South of the border, going to Glasgow is the easiest way to get to Douglas. Buses from Lanark to Douglas are much more frequent!

Bus from Lanark:

The Service Number 9 (William Stokes & Sons) runs from Lanark – Glespin, stopping in Douglas (service every 49mins past each hour). Get off at the Eggerton Bridge stop just before Douglas – you’ll see the camp on your left just after the M74 underpass!

Bus from Hamilton:

The X50 (Henderson Travel – http://www.henderson-travel.co.uk/) Hamilton-Glespin runs Hamilton, Interchange – Lesmahagow, Church Hall – Rigside – Douglas, leaving Hamilton at 17:05 (one service per day)

From Douglas:

The bus will stop before Douglas at Eggerton Bridge and you will see the camp on your left after the M74 underpass. If you miss this stop get off in Douglas and walk North East back up the A70 for 1km and the camp will be on yout right just before the M74.

Hitching:

If you hitch, the camp is right next to the M74 which runs from Glasgow to Carlisle. Get dropped of at junction 12 and walk South West down the A70 towards Douglas and the camp is a few hundred metres on your left. Happendon services are close to junction 12 – if you end up therewalk South down the B7078, turn right onto the A70 towards Douglas, which takes you under the M74 and as above.

If you need a ride…

…from somewhere close by call the site phone and we’ll try to sort you out.

Call the site phone on: 07806 926 040

Manchester aviation conference & dinner both disrupted on same day

Manchester Plane Stupid disrupt aviation industry conference

Campaigners disrupted an airport industry conference today using rape alarms tied to helium balloons . The protesters from the group Manchester Plane Stupid entered the Manchester Central conference venue (formerly GMEX) and sent five bunches of helium balloons reading ‘Happy Retirement’ to the top of the ceiling where they remained with the alarms ringing. This occurred at exactly the time when the industry delegates were posing for a photo shoot for the launch of a new carbon reduction scheme at European airports which will not include emissions from aircraft.

Tuesday 16th June 2009

Outside, protesters held a banner outside the entrance reading,
“Aviation Industry Conference – Climate Criminals Inside”.

The group were protesting against the aviation’s growing contribution to climate change. Aviation currently accounts for around 13% of the UK’s greenhouse gas contribution.

Megan Sims from Manchester Plane Stupid said, “The airport industry is recklessly pushing ahead with expansion plans across the UK and Europe despite all the warnings about climate change. We cannot pursue this growth agenda if we are serious about tackling global warming.”

“Their latest back-patting exercise is yet more greenwash from the airport industry. They provide the growth of the facilities for aircraft to operate and encourage more flights, more emissions and more climate change.”

The three day conference was being hosted by Airports Council International.[1] The conference was suspended whilst house staff struggled to remove the floating alarms from the ceiling.

[1] http://www.aci-europe.org/
[2] http://www.planestupid.com/
[3] http://www.stopmanchesterairport.blogspot.com/

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Manchester Plane Stupid disrupt aviation industry Gala Dinner

On Tuesday 16th June 2009 campaigners from the group Manchester Plane Stupid targeted the aviation industry’s gala dinner being held at the town hall tonight. Protestors scaled two lamposts and erected a 15m banner reading, “Aviation Industry Conference – Climate Criminals Inside”.

The banner drop created a lot of attention from the public and continued the pressure on the aviation industry who are attempting to greenwash the climate issue. The Aviation conference included the launch of a new initiative to make airports carbon neutral. However, this does not include the emissions from flights which currently account for around 13% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.

“It’s time for the aviation industry to wake up and to start a just transition to replace aviation jobs with emerging sustainable industries such as wind turbines.’ Vanessa Hall, former city councillor and Green parlimentary candidate for Manchester Central.

“There is no such thing as a ‘carbon neutral’ airport, ‘carbon neutral’ is a term used for offsetting projects that rarely result in any real reduction in emissions. This project is even more deceptive as it won’t include the massive emissions from planes.” James Alden, Green parlimentary candidate.

This was in conjuction with a climate action at the GMEX earlier in the day where protestors released rape alarms attached to helium baloons, distrupting the aviation industry conference.

[1] For pictures of climate action at the GMEX:

(see above)
http://stopmanchesterairport.blogspot.com/
http://www.planestupid.com/

[2] Information about the ACI conference:

http://www.aci-europe-events.com/annual-general-assembly/
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http://www.stopmanchesterairport.org.uk

manchester@planestupid.com
http://www.planestupid.com/

Rossport Solidarity Group Take Action at Van Oord’s UK Offices

An account of todays (16/06/2009) action against Van Oord UK, owners of the dredgers operating in Broadhaven Bay, and in Solidarity with the people of Erris in their 10 year struggle.

ROSSPORT SOLIDARITY GROUP TAKE ACTION AT VAN OORD’S UK OFFICES

An account of todays (16/06/2009) action against Van Oord UK, owners of the dredgers operating in Broadhaven Bay, and in Solidarity with the people of Erris in their 10 year struggle.

ROSSPORT SOLIDARITY GROUP TAKE ACTION AT VAN OORD’S UK OFFICES

Today (16/06/2009) at 2.30pm a group of ten activists arrived at the UK offices of Van Oord, in Newbury, Berkshire. Van Oord own the dredging vessels operating in Broadhaven Bay, as part of the Corrib Gas Project.

Our intention was to occupy the offices and to deliver a letter to and speak with the UK head of operations, explaining our solidarity with the people of Erris and our objections to Van Oord’s involvement in the project and demanding that they stop their operations there immediately.

We were met outside by police; a local woman told us that they had been there, outside Van Oord’s offices since 11am, with reinforcements arriving at 2pm; at least half an hour before we arrived in the area. It was obvious from the actions of the Police Officers in question that they knew we were coming and had briefed Van Oord.

They refused to let us on to the forecourt and carpark, but were willing, however, for us to stand and sit on the wall and pavement outside.

We unfurled our banners and demanded to speak to highest ranking manager on the premises.

One of our group was allowed to approach the offices and eventually someone claiming to be Van Oord’s UK Manager in charge of Irish operations emerged to speak to her.

A letter and portfolio of photographs was then delivered to him outlining the history of the Corrib Gas Project, the opposition of local residents, and including our demands.

Press releases were sent, a local paper interviewed some of the group, and at 4.pm we left peacefully.
Part of the letter delivered to Van Oord UK

For the attention of Van Oord directors:

We are here today to demand that Van Oord stop all work on the Corrib Gas project immediately. We have come in solidarity with the community of Rossport in County Mayo, Ireland.

Van Oord are currently carrying out dredging works in Broadhaven Bay, Special Area of Conservation (SAC), in preparation for the laying of the off-shore section of the gas pipeline.

The development has no consent from the local community and the negative impacts the project has made on their lives and environment are already huge.

In the last few months the situation in the Rossport area has become increasingly serious. There have been several major attacks on prominent campaigners against the project; these are almost certainly linked to the security company contracted by Shell, IRMS.

Van Oord state that “Safety is a key indicator of our success”. Recent events in Mayo demonstrate a complete disregard for safe working practise.

Van Oord must end its operation in Mayo immediately.