Events
Thursday 22 May, RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ. Doors open at 6.30pm, Debate 7.00pm - 8.30pm
So does the capital really need a bigger main airport - and can we expand it without unacceptable noise and environmental damage? The panel will debate the future of Heathrow - and its impact on all of us.
Panel:
* Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP (Secretary of State for Transport)
* Baroness Valentine (Chief Executive of London First - a business membership organisation)
* George Monbiot (author and Guardian columnist)
Campaign against Climate Change
DEMONSTRATION at HEATHROW
Saturday MAY 31st
Please note change of date to that previously announced – apologies, this was out of our control !
A SPRING CARNIVAL OF RESISTANCE TO AIRPORT EXPANSION
Called by Campaign against Climate Change, HACAN, NOTRAG , and others….
http://www.campaigncc.org/heathrow.shtml
http://www.campaigncc.org
On Monday 25th February there was an indoor Rally against Heathrow expansion in the Central Hall, Westminster, with around 3,000 attending (a second Hall had to be used). This was after many local meetings around West London up to a thousand strong. The movement against the Third Runway at Heathrow is gathering pace….and snowballing exponentially…..
This is not just about Heathrow, this is about drawing a line in the sand against big investment decisions that are locking us into a headlong plummet into climate catastrophe. The huge expansion in aviation, of which the Heathrow expansion is the flagship component, is totally incompatible with winning the battle against climate catastrophe, totally incompatible in fact, with the Government’s own Climate Bill.
This is a battle we need to win – and a battle we can win ! We want to see people coming from all over the country to join the tens of thousands who will be protesting in West London. We want a massive show of force to make sure we win our first big victory in the war to redirect Britain towards a low carbon future. Come and be part of it – join a Spring Carnival of Resistance to the Third Runway, Airport Expansion and the insanity of government decisions that would lock us into climate catastrophe.
We can stop the third runway ! We will stop the third runway !
On 4th June, at 7pm, Newham LBC will hold the final consultation meeting to discuss a planning application for the UK's first biofuel power plant, submitted by the company Blue NG.
Biofuelwatch and Food not Fuel London are organising a banner protest outside the Town Hall, starting at 6.30 pm. Participants will attend the meeting from 7pm.
For more details, see www.biofuelwatch.org.uk , email info@biofuelwatch.org.uk or phone Deepak Rughani at 07931-636337.
More details at http://www.campaigncc.org/forum.shtml
For provisional programme see http://www.campaigncc.org/forumprogram.pdf. (The last two years have seen some great, authoritative speakers and debates, see http://www.campaigncc.org/conference.shtml)
CCC still invites submissions for self-organised workshops and seminars, info@campaigncc.org
At: South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, NW1
Suggested donation £8 for both days or £5 for one day
More details at http://www.campaigncc.org/forum.shtml
For provisional programme see http://www.campaigncc.org/forumprogram.pdf. (The last two years have seen some great, authoritative speakers and debates, see http://www.campaigncc.org/conference.shtml)
CCC still invites submissions for self-organised workshops and seminars, info@campaigncc.org
At: South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, NW1
Suggested donation £8 for both days or £5 for one day
A one-day conference with buffet lunch, in which TUC will launch its new climate change manifesto.
Trade Unions & Climate Change - A Just Transition
The TUC is organising a national one-day conference on 16 June 2008, to demonstrate the scale and ambition of trade union engagement in the challenge of climate
change, nationally and in support of a new UN treaty.
Keynote speakers:
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP Secretary of State for the Environment
Frances O’Grady TUC Deputy General Secretary
