Indian climbs on top of British parliament to protestOctober 11th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian was among some 60 environmental campaigners who climbed on to the roof of the British parliament Sunday evening to urge rich nations to take the lead on climate change action. We are here on the roof because we want to tell British MPs that it is the rich countries who must lead by example and announce binding cuts on their carbon emissions, Brikesh Singh of Greenpeace India told IANS on mobile telephone.
Climate activists in Copenhagen protest use of fossil fuels, around 100 people detainedSeptember 26th, 2009 Climate activists in Copenhagen protest coal useCOPENHAGEN — Hundreds of climate activists protested Saturday against the use of fossil fuels, but were blocked from entering a coal-firing plant they had hoped to shut down by chaining themselves to conveyor belts. Police held back the 1,500 or so protesters from entering the coal- and oil-fueled Amagervaerket power station on Copenhagen's Amager Island, police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch said.
G-20 protesters allege Pittsburgh police harassment in suit, ask for emergency hearingSeptember 21st, 2009 G-20 protesters allege police harassment in suitPITTSBURGH — Two protest groups filed a lawsuit Monday asking for an emergency hearing into allegations that Pittsburgh police harassed them in the run-up to the Group of 20 global economic summit. Seeds of Peace and Three Rivers Climate Convergence said in their lawsuit police are discouraging their rights to free speech.
India needs to grow, we understand that: British ministerSeptember 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - Britain understands the need for economic growth in India and would not pressurise New Delhi to reduce emissions, British Minister for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband said here Tuesday. "I have not come here to ask your government to reduce emissions.
EU teams up with MTV to raise awareness of dangers of climate changeJuly 15th, 2009 EU teams up with MTV on climate changeBRUSSELS — The European Union is teaming up with music channel MTV to raise awareness among teens about the dangers of climate change. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas says today's youth "will bear the brunt" of climate change, including rising temperatures and sea-levels.
Climate change costs India over 2.6 percent of GDP: Economic SurveyJuly 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India is now spending over 2.6 percent of its gross domestic product to adapt to climate change, says the country's annual Economic Survey, tabled in parliament Thursday by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The effect of climate change on "agriculture, water resources, health and sanitation, forests, coastal-zone infrastructure and extreme events" are "specific areas of concern", says the survey.
Obama, Brown speak by phone, discuss climate change and economic recoveryJune 27th, 2009 Obama, Brown speak on climate change, economyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday spoke with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss climate change and the global economic recovery. Obama spoke with his counterpart by telephone as part of their ongoing consultations.
London Tamils call off longest vigil of recent yearsJune 18th, 2009 LONDON - Tamils have called off a round-the-clock vigil outside the British parliament after 73 days of protesting against what they described as a genocide by the Sri Lankan forces. The protest action, mostly peaceful and confined to a park opposite the parliament building, was one of the longest vigils seen in the British capital in recent years and cost the police millions of pounds.
7.(For Sunday) Samosas and curry for 'racist' British party chiefJune 14th, 2009 LONDON - Anti-racist campaigners are being urged to put aside their rotten eggs and tomatoes to target British National Party (BNP) chief Nick Griffin with a more ethnic fare, such as a pot of hot vindaloo curry. The website www.bragster.com has offered cash rewards to protesters who rustle up ethnic food to pelt Griffin, whose party takes a strong anti-immigration posture and reserves its membership for Whites.
Demonstrators halt news conference held by British far-right party, the BNPJune 9th, 2009 Demonstrators stop BNP news conferenceLONDON — Demonstrators in Britain threw eggs Tuesday at the leader of a far-right political party, forcing him to abandon a news conference outside Parliament. The protesters, many of whom carried signs reading "Stop the Fascist BNP," chased British National Party leader Nick Griffin from the area.
10 arrests, injuries after Tamils clash with British policeMay 19th, 2009 LONDON - Ten people were arrested after violent clashes early Tuesday left 21 British policemen and 11 Tamil protesters injured in central London, police said Tuesday. At least three policemen and eight Tamils were treated in hospital after the clashes, which began just after midnight when police moved demonstrators off a busy road opposite the British parliament, where they had been staging a sit-in.
Tamil protesters stage sit-in outside British parliamentMay 11th, 2009 LONDON - Traffic outside the British parliament in central London was brought to a standstill Monday after hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamils staged a sit-in to protest the reported massacre of more than 400 Tamil civilians in their homeland. Sri Lankan Tamils have been protesting outside the British parliament in Westminster for weeks, but have so far been confined to Parliament Square - a grassy patch across the road from the parliament buildings.
31 arrested in Tamil protest at British parliamentMay 11th, 2009 LONDON - Police arrested 31 people after hundreds of Tamil protesters waving LTTE flags brought traffic to a standstill outside the British parliament in the middle of Monday-morning rush hour. Police made the arrests after some 500 protesters calling for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka broke through police lines at around 10.30 a.m and squatted in the middle of the road in front of the British parliament in central London.
Thousands march through London in pre-G20 protestMarch 28th, 2009 LONDON - Thousands of anti-capitalist protesters marched through London to protest global financial policies Saturday as police threw a massive security cordon ahead of next week's summit of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders. The Put People First (PPF) march involved an alliance of 150 groups from around the world, including unions, charities, environmental campaigners and faith organisations.
Not only in India: British MP in parliament protestJanuary 15th, 2009 LONDON - The British government’s controversial decision to allow the construction of a new airport in Heathrow without a debate in parliament on its climate change implications so angered an MP he did an Indian-type protest. After heated exchanges with a government minister Thursday, ruling Labour Party MP John McDonnell grabbed the ceremonial mace in the lower house of parliament and placed it on the empty Labour front bench.
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