100 Days Of Actions Against Fossil Fuels

A coalition of anti-oil campaigners are calling on activists to strike at oil targets over the next 3 months in a concerted 100 days of action. The message is simple: we need an end to the dependency on fossil fuels.

Activists involved with RTS, Delta, Corporate Watch, Platform, 90% Crude, Greenpeace, Oilwatch and Cardigan Bay EF! and others will hold the oil industry accountable for their crimes. The hundred days will begin on August 23rd and end with the Kyoto Climate Summit, where world leaders may begin limiting CO2 emissions but will fail to tackle the real cause of climate change - our mad quest for oil.

Up until now, anti-oil action in the UK has been either in disconnected bursts or focused on the effects of oil: Shell in Nigeria, the Brent Spar, exploration in Cardigan Bay, BP in Columbia, BP in the Atlantic Frontier, Mobil in Peru, Milford Haven, The Braer and Sea Empress Disasters, pollution, workers rights, oil spills, petrochemical toxics. Now with the threat of rapid climate change we must end it before it ends us. The oil industry is large but cumbersome and has never before dealt with an all out assault on its right to exist!

It is intended that on every day of the next 100 some action or event will be happening somewhere. The hundred days include events such as Shell’s 100th Birthday, exploratory drilling in Cardigan Bay, first oil coming ashore from the Atlantic Frontier, 2nd anniversary of Ken Saro Wiwa’s death, 8th onshore oil licensing round, huge opencast actions and preparatory climate negotiations. Forecourts, delivery lorries, seismic ships, sea going tankers, refineries, oil labs, geology departments, oil fired power stations, opencast, corporate offices, delivery depots, oil conferences, relevant billboards and sponsorship deals are all linked to the oil industry.

To take part, get informed, offer suggestions and make a difference contact 0171 865 8234 or Corporate Watch.