Climate Madness – or – the “logic” of expanding an Airport during a climate emergency

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Just over a year ago protesters successfully persuaded North Somerset Council to say no to airport expansion. Now Bristol Airport is striking back and appealing the decision. The inquiry will take place in Weston-Super-Mare. It begins on July 20th 2021 and runs for 10 weeks. If Bristol Airport expansion is allowed to go ahead there …

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Update on The NOGASPS campaign

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Excellent news about the campaign! We have been told by B&NES Council that Conrad Energy has decided to put the gas-fuelled power station on hold until Spring whilst they look into greener and cleaner alternatives. The 1800 signatures on the petition undoubtedly had an effect. Sign the petition here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-big-no-to-use-of-fossil-fuels Stephanie Laslett of Extinction Rebellion said, …

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Rebranding Barclays and HSBC ATMs

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Bath rebels alerted customers to the news that these banks are the number 1 and 2 funders of fossil fuels in Europe – and the number 2 and 3 funders of biodiversity! Stickers were stuck on ATMs in Bath and Cardiff. Clean up your acts! See this recent twitter thread 🙁https://twitter.com/money_rebellion/status/1327537330840870913) from XR Money Rebellion, …

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NOGASPS

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Photo: Josh Nicoll joshnicoll.com The NoGasPS in Midsomer Norton campaign At the end of September a Bath XR rebel group formed to protest against the planned construction of a gas-fuelled power station at Midsomer Norton. Working closely with local residents, we launched the NO GAS POWER STATION IN MIDSOMER NORTON campaign on Clean Air Day, …

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JRM Protest

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On Saturday 17th October, MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was met by members of Keynsham and Bath Extinction Rebellion holding a coffin enclosing a model of the Earth and tolling a drum as they held a silent vigil as a wake for the dying planet, outside his constituency surgery in Saltford.The action was the top story in …

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