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EVICTION STARTED AT BRECON ANTI PIPELINE PROTEST

nik | 19.06.2007 09:27 | Rossport Solidarity | Climate Chaos | Ecology | World

THE EVICTION OF THE CAMP STARTED THIS MORNING!

IF U CAN GET THERE TAKE A CAMERA, THE EVICTION TEAM IS GOOD OLD NET FROM SWANSEA

nik

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contact

19.06.2007 10:03

Site phone: 07733190958

boris


update

19.06.2007 10:40

A40 has been closed.

There has been at least one arrest.

boris


PRESS RELEASE

19.06.2007 10:47

THIS MORNING THE EVICTION OF THE BRECON CLIMATE CHANGE CAMP AT PEN PONT BRECON IS GOING ON. THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED BETWEEN SENNY BRIDGE AND BRECON FOR THE EVICTION TO TAKE PLACE. PEOPLE ARE ENTRENCHED IN THE CAMP. TREE HOUSES WILL HAVE TO BE EVICTED BY SPECIALIST CLIMBERS AND TUNNELS BY CAVE SPECIALIST

WE URGE ANYONE WHO CAN TO GET TO BRECON TO PROTECT THE PECEFUL PROTESTORS WHO ARE REFUSING TO MOVE VOLUNTARILY DUE TO THE MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION THE 48" PIPELINE FROM MILFORD HAVEN TO TIRLEY IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE IS CAUSING.

THE RIVERS IN BRECON ARE RUNNING AS RED AS BLOOD DUE TO THE SILTING UP OF THE RIVERS WITH THE RED BRECON SOIL. SEE FOR YOURSELVES THE MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROIPHE THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO STOP.

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Tree pipe protest eviction starts (from BBC Wales)

19.06.2007 11:22

The campaigners lost their case to remain in the trees
An operation has begun to evict a group of gas pipeline protesters from trees near Brecon in Powys.
The demonstrators have been living in trees at Penpont since January opposing a section of the pipeline being built across south Wales.

National Grid, which is building the pipe, won a court order this month allowing it to evict the protesters.

A company spokeswoman said the eviction was in "its early stages" and that she did not know how long it would last.

A High Court judge in Cardiff granted National Grid immediate possession of the occupied land. and issued an injunction forbidding trespass and damage to machinery on 14 June.

A large number of police and High Court officers have moved onto the temporary protest camp and the main A40 road has been closed to traffic while the eviction takes place.

Court order

The National Grid spokeswoman said it could not say whether any protesters had been removed yet.

She said: "The protesters are trespassing and the owners have asked them to leave.

"However, the protesters have failed to do so and the High Court officers supported by police are removing them this morning in accordance with the court order."

Dyfed-Powys Police said they were at the scene "performing an objective role in maintaining law and order whilst the High Court officers undertake their duties".

The protesters told the High Court judge their action was a non-violent peaceful expression of their rights.

When complete, the pipeline will run from Milford Haven to Gloucestershire and eventually supply up to 20% of the UK's gas needs.

The £840m project has faced a number of setbacks, including several protests against the first phase of the pipeline at Trebanos in the Swansea Valley.

In May, five protesters who prevented work on the Trebanos site in January pleaded guilty to aggravated trespass.


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- Homepage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6766861.stm


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