Climate Rush hit Mandelson at home


by Chris Barnyard    
2:11 pm - August 10th 2009

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Protestors from the environmental action group Climate Rush chained themselves to Mandelson’s home today.

The direct action stunt was carried out to support wind power and the Vestas workers at the Isle of Wight.

The Climate Rush demonstrators chained themselves to the railings and planted miniature wind turbines at the front of the house in Regent’s Park.

The Guardian reports:

Ellie Robson, 21, a history undergraduate at Cambridge University, said she wanted to expose the government’s hypocrisy over climate change as she chained herself to railings outside the business secretary’s house.

She said: “Less than two weeks after announcing the government’s plans for a low-carbon Britain, Vestas shut down because there’s no demand for wind turbines in this country.

“Mandelson, the man in charge of the nation’s purse strings, jets off to Corfu and ignores the Vestas workers’ occupation.

“If we’re going to have a low-carbon Britain then we need our government to support these workers, rather than forcing the closure of their factory and the loss of their jobs.”

Climate Rush activists have also been involved at the Isle of Wight – trying to get food to the protesters.

Fish & Chips for the Vestas occupation from Emily James.

An Evening Standard report added:

The Yes Men, Andy Bichelbaum and Mike Bonnano, protest by pretending to be powerful people and spokesmen for prominent organisations. They create fake websites similar to ones they want to spoof, and then they accept invitations received on them to appear at conferences and on TV.

They have posed successfully as representatives of oil giant Exxon Mobile, the American government’s department of housing and urban development and the World Trade Organisation.

Their documentary, The Yes Men Fix the World, will be released tomorrow.

The demonstrators vowed to stay outside the house until the First Secretary and Minister for Business and Enterprise returned from his holiday in Corfu.

Climate Rush can be followed on Twitter here and on Facebook.

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