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International Day of Direct Action against Climate Change and the G8 Friday 8th June 2007
We all know the terrifying statistics: a million species extinct by 2050, 19 of the 20 hottest years on record since 1980, Greenland and Antarctica melting, droughts, floods, famines … the G8 have had over 30 years to address climate change and only succeeded in providing trillions in subsidies to the very industries that are destroying our planet and our future. And while the G8 continues to line their pockets, island states disappear and hundreds of thousands die as a result of the freak weather conditions caused by their irrational and uncontrollable obsession with never ending economic growth.
We all know the terrifying statistics: a million species extinct by 2050, 19 of the 20 hottest years on record since 1980, Greenland and Antarctica melting, droughts, floods, famines … the G8 have had over 30 years to address climate change and only succeeded in providing trillions in subsidies to the very industries that are destroying our planet and our future. And while the G8 continues to line their pockets, island states disappear and hundreds of thousands die as a result of the freak weather conditions caused by their irrational and uncontrollable obsession with never ending economic growth. We have a ten-year window to act. As the megalomaniac G8 leaders meet in Germany, masked behind a barrier of fences and soldiers, intent on leading us further towards catastrophic and irreversible climate chaos, we must shout, scream and roar ‘no more’. Now is the time to take direct action and shut them down, them and their climate criminal industry friends!
The 8th of June International Day of Action Against Climate Change and the G8 has been called by the International Rising Tide Network. This is a call for autonomous, decentralised actions appropriate for your town, city, or local area. Use this international day of action to support local struggles against oil refineries, gas pipelines, strip mines and coal-fired power plants. Disrupt the financial backers of the fossil fuel industry. Organise workshops to spread sustainable post-petroleum living skills. Find a weak point in the infrastructure of resource exploitation and throw a literal or symbolic wrench in the works. It’s time to visit your local polluters and give ‘em hell! sup>We already know of actions planned across the UK, North America, Germany, Canada and Australia and that’s just the start! By 8th June actions will be planned around the world. Pass this call out on to all environmental justice, climate action, radical sustainability and related movements in all the G8 countries and the Global South. Rising Tide will create a collection of outreach and agit-prop materials (including this call out in five different languages) that can be used by groups around the world to organise locally. These materials will be downloadable from http://risingtide.org.uk and http://risingtidenorthamerica.org.
Direct action and civil disobedience are the rational response in this time of crisis. Support the 8th of June International Day of Direct Action against Climate Change and the G8! Tell us about planned actions for climate justice being planned in your community. Contact us - info [at] risingtide.org.uk and contact [at] risingtidenorthamerica.org In June 2007 the G8 will understand the meaning of rebellion, revolt and revolution. Their recipe for catastrophe will be met with our global resistance!
The 8th of June International Day of Action Against Climate Change and the G8 has been called by the International Rising Tide Network. This is a call for autonomous, decentralised actions appropriate for your town, city, or local area. Use this international day of action to support local struggles against oil refineries, gas pipelines, strip mines and coal-fired power plants. Disrupt the financial backers of the fossil fuel industry. Organise workshops to spread sustainable post-petroleum living skills. Find a weak point in the infrastructure of resource exploitation and throw a literal or symbolic wrench in the works. It’s time to visit your local polluters and give ‘em hell! sup>We already know of actions planned across the UK, North America, Germany, Canada and Australia and that’s just the start! By 8th June actions will be planned around the world. Pass this call out on to all environmental justice, climate action, radical sustainability and related movements in all the G8 countries and the Global South. Rising Tide will create a collection of outreach and agit-prop materials (including this call out in five different languages) that can be used by groups around the world to organise locally. These materials will be downloadable from http://risingtide.org.uk and http://risingtidenorthamerica.org.
Direct action and civil disobedience are the rational response in this time of crisis. Support the 8th of June International Day of Direct Action against Climate Change and the G8! Tell us about planned actions for climate justice being planned in your community. Contact us - info [at] risingtide.org.uk and contact [at] risingtidenorthamerica.org In June 2007 the G8 will understand the meaning of rebellion, revolt and revolution. Their recipe for catastrophe will be met with our global resistance!
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Cleaner coal technology is making coal a very attractive energy source.
Sometimes we use our ecomagination to reinvent the way we use an existing resource. GE's Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) system converts coal into a cleaner burning fuel. This fuel is then burned in a gas turbine combined cycle system to generate electricity.
GE's IGCC "Cleaner Coal" process emits less than half of the sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter of a traditional pulverized coal plant, making the use of coal for power significantly cleaner. Plus, the process uses less water than a traditional plant, strengthening the environmental benefits of Cleaner Coal.
More information about cleaner coal
IGCC technology produces powerful results:
One GE IGCC plant, designed for 600 megawatts, will be able to power more than 400,000 homes in the U.S.
Over a 25-year lifespan a GE IGCC plant being designed today for 600 megawatts is expected to provide significant emission reductions when compared to recently permitted pulverized coal technology, including:
» more than two million tons of carbon dioxide.
» more than 67,000 tons of sulfur dioxide.
» nearly 26,000 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxide.
If all conventional coal plants operating in the U.S. today could have been built with GE's IGCC technology, the result would be annual reductions of:
» more than 320 million tons of carbon dioxide, or nearly one quarter of the greenhouse gas reduction goal proposed for the U.S. under the Kyoto Protocol
» more than 1.8 million tons of sulfur dioxide
» more than 1.2 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxides
» nearly 390 billion gallons of water, or enough water for more than 3.6 million U.S. households for one year
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, IGCC technology can reduce mercury emissions by half when compared to conventional coal technology.
we hold new hope for this progressive energy sorce
as our childrens future is depending on it.
the Nessie files
Cleaner coal technology is making coal a very attractive energy source.
Sometimes we use our ecomagination to reinvent the way we use an existing resource. GE's Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) system converts coal into a cleaner burning fuel. This fuel is then burned in a gas turbine combined cycle system to generate electricity.
GE's IGCC "Cleaner Coal" process emits less than half of the sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter of a traditional pulverized coal plant, making the use of coal for power significantly cleaner. Plus, the process uses less water than a traditional plant, strengthening the environmental benefits of Cleaner Coal.
More information about cleaner coal
IGCC technology produces powerful results:
One GE IGCC plant, designed for 600 megawatts, will be able to power more than 400,000 homes in the U.S.
Over a 25-year lifespan a GE IGCC plant being designed today for 600 megawatts is expected to provide significant emission reductions when compared to recently permitted pulverized coal technology, including:
» more than two million tons of carbon dioxide.
» more than 67,000 tons of sulfur dioxide.
» nearly 26,000 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxide.
If all conventional coal plants operating in the U.S. today could have been built with GE's IGCC technology, the result would be annual reductions of:
» more than 320 million tons of carbon dioxide, or nearly one quarter of the greenhouse gas reduction goal proposed for the U.S. under the Kyoto Protocol
» more than 1.8 million tons of sulfur dioxide
» more than 1.2 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxides
» nearly 390 billion gallons of water, or enough water for more than 3.6 million U.S. households for one year
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, IGCC technology can reduce mercury emissions by half when compared to conventional coal technology.
Cleaner coal technology is making coal a very attractive energy source.
Sometimes we use our ecomagination to reinvent the way we use an existing resource. GE's Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) system converts coal into a cleaner burning fuel. This fuel is then burned in a gas turbine combined cycle system to generate electricity.
GE's IGCC "Cleaner Coal" process emits less than half of the sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter of a traditional pulverized coal plant, making the use of coal for power significantly cleaner. Plus, the process uses less water than a traditional plant, strengthening the environmental benefits of Cleaner Coal.
More information about cleaner coal
IGCC technology produces powerful results:
One GE IGCC plant, designed for 600 megawatts, will be able to power more than 400,000 homes in the U.S.
Over a 25-year lifespan a GE IGCC plant being designed today for 600 megawatts is expected to provide significant emission reductions when compared to recently permitted pulverized coal technology, including:
» more than two million tons of carbon dioxide.
» more than 67,000 tons of sulfur dioxide.
» nearly 26,000 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxide.
If all conventional coal plants operating in the U.S. today could have been built with GE's IGCC technology, the result would be annual reductions of:
» more than 320 million tons of carbon dioxide, or nearly one quarter of the greenhouse gas reduction goal proposed for the U.S. under the Kyoto Protocol
» more than 1.8 million tons of sulfur dioxide
» more than 1.2 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxides
» nearly 390 billion gallons of water, or enough water for more than 3.6 million U.S. households for one year
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, IGCC technology can reduce mercury emissions by half when compared to conventional coal technology.
we hold new hope for this progressive energy sorce
as our childrens future is depending on it.
the Nessie files
Cleaner coal technology is making coal a very attractive energy source.
Sometimes we use our ecomagination to reinvent the way we use an existing resource. GE's Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) system converts coal into a cleaner burning fuel. This fuel is then burned in a gas turbine combined cycle system to generate electricity.
GE's IGCC "Cleaner Coal" process emits less than half of the sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulate matter of a traditional pulverized coal plant, making the use of coal for power significantly cleaner. Plus, the process uses less water than a traditional plant, strengthening the environmental benefits of Cleaner Coal.
More information about cleaner coal
IGCC technology produces powerful results:
One GE IGCC plant, designed for 600 megawatts, will be able to power more than 400,000 homes in the U.S.
Over a 25-year lifespan a GE IGCC plant being designed today for 600 megawatts is expected to provide significant emission reductions when compared to recently permitted pulverized coal technology, including:
» more than two million tons of carbon dioxide.
» more than 67,000 tons of sulfur dioxide.
» nearly 26,000 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxide.
If all conventional coal plants operating in the U.S. today could have been built with GE's IGCC technology, the result would be annual reductions of:
» more than 320 million tons of carbon dioxide, or nearly one quarter of the greenhouse gas reduction goal proposed for the U.S. under the Kyoto Protocol
» more than 1.8 million tons of sulfur dioxide
» more than 1.2 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxides
» nearly 390 billion gallons of water, or enough water for more than 3.6 million U.S. households for one year
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, IGCC technology can reduce mercury emissions by half when compared to conventional coal technology.
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