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GAS PIPE LINE WORK STOPPED

goose | 09.01.2007 10:51 | Ecology | World

eco-activists stop work in trebanos on the controversial 120mile long gas pipe line

Yesterday (Monday 8th) a small camp was set-up across a public footpath (in trebanos, wales) when construction workers tried to resume work on the gas pipe line. People are also occupying the pipe, and all work has been stopped. The camp cannot be removed as it has been set-up on a public footpath. We need people URGENTLY, to support the small camp, do direct actions on other consturction work, occupy pipes, and to be part of future plans to fight the pipe across wales.
call 07743495582 and find out how you can get involved.
local group website with information on the pipe: www.safehavenforum.co.uk

goose

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09.01.2007 14:08

A coalition of local people and climate action groups, including Safehaven and Rising Tide have returned to the route of National Grid’s monster gas pipeline. They have set up camp on public footpaths leading into the construction site off Glyn Meirch road, Trebanos, and are blocking vehicles from gaining access. They are back to halt work to stop the destruction of countryside, communities and climate.

Milford Haven is today under armed guard due to the threat of terrorism. Yet this pipeline will commit us to another thirty years of fuelling a cause of terrorism: Western corporations taking countries gas to expand consumption and their profits.

This pipeline will also contribute to another form of terrorism: climate change. The effects of climate chance on people are going to be catastrophic yet the government is continuing to live in the “Carbon Dinosaur” era by refusing to move on from fossil fuels.

The Stern Report said that we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically and soon or face runaway climate change. A spokesperson for Bristol Rising Tide said “Building the pipe is a step in exactly the wrong direction. The £700 million it will cost could be spent on renewables and energy efficiency. We will take sustained direct action to stop it, taking responsibility for our lives and our future. ”

Here in South Wales, National Quid have been bulldozing their way through communities and landscapes, showing contempt for both.
Safety issues have been ignored and consultation has been a farce.

As a result of the previous protest, a victory was won and the National Grid were forced to stop blasting. However locals are still very concerned about the risk of an avalanche, similar to those of Aberfan and Panteg, as the pipe is being built on old mine workings.

Furthermore, the Health and Safety Executive have said it is guaranteed that a hole will appear within the next thirty years in the pipeline.
It has been proven that this pipeline is not required for UK gas needs by Dr Richard Furness, an internationally recognised gas pipeline expert. We are here to prevent the wanton destruction of our countryside and our basic human rights, as well as to safeguard those of future generations. We are demanding that this pipeline project is scrapped.

For further details

Rachel Evans 07790450747
Site Phone 07733 190958

a now home and dry happy camper


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  1. 'The camp cannot be removed'... — streetlawyer

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