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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Campaign Against Climate Change (Scotland)

Campaign Against Climate Change (Scotland)

EUROPEAN DAY OF ACTION AGAINST AIRPORT EXPANSION

If you are in or near Aberdeen, please join us on 10th June. This is the European Day of Action where lots of local groups will be protesting against airport expansion. We will be meeting at 1pm outside Marks and Spencer. We will have drummers, visual displays, leaflets, postcards to sign, placards and a large banner.

Friday, May 26, 2006

Campaign Against Climate Change (Scotland)

Campaign Against Climate Change (Scotland)

Campaigning Against Aberdeen Airport Expansion

On Monday, 29th May, the Aberdeen group will be showing the video 'Reach for the Sky', about aviation, climate change and the growing resistance to airport expansion across Europe. (7.30 pm, New Kings Building).

On Saturday, 10th June we will take part in the European Aviation Day, with a street action/stunt in the city centre, 1pm, meet outside Marks and Spencer. There will be drummers, visual displays and an information stall. We hope lots of people will come along to make this a success! Groups across the UK and Europe will be doing similar action on the same day.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Campaign Against Climate Change (Scotland)

Campaign Against Climate Change (Aberdeen)
Temporary link to the poster for the Jonathan Neale talk on Wednesday 24th May, 7:30 pm, Aberdeen Foyer, Marywell Street:
Link to poster
Please print out and display wherever you can.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Campaign Against Climate Change (Scotland)

Campaign Against Climate Change (Scotland)

On Friday I had a phone call from the Sunday Herald, asking for a comment about Donald Trump's planned golf course in Aberdeenshire. You might wonder what a golf course has to do with climate change. Well, firstly it promotes a form of tourism which heavily relies on air travel, as well as increasing local road traffic. Secondly, destroying sand dunes and developing a large area next to the coast is a disastrous idea, which destroys our natural flood defences and squeezes out shallow water habitats as sea levels rise. And, to top it all, Trump demands that plans for Scotland's first large offshore wind farm be abandoned, so that he can see nothing but the ocean from the golf course. The wind farm might produce enough electricity for all of Aberdeen. Will Trump's golf course and hotel win against a massive renewables project? He certainly seems to have strong business and political support. We got a nice quote in the Sunday Herald and I have just sent out a press release for the group.

Almuth Ernsting