Communities and Activists come together in Grangemouth for Summer Camp 12th-17th July 2023
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Communities and Activists come together in Grangemouth for Summer Camp 12th-17th July 2023
Community groups, local people and climate activists assemble at Grangemouth in one month’s time for a five day ‘climate camp’ which is situated in the grounds of Kinneil Estate, Bo'Ness.
The event will be a people-powered ‘festival of resistance’ to build relationships between workers, community members and climate campaigners.
The camp is taking place in the Grangemouth area as the INEOS site is Scotland’s most polluting, with annual climate emissions of 2,400,000 tonnes. The camp will be the culmination of a year of events in the area which has included walking tours, discussion days and a theatre performance in May.
Last month INEOS refused to participate in a Parliamentary inquiry about the transition at Grangemouth . Instead of investing in green jobs, billionaire owner Jim Ratcliffe is using his spare cash to buy football club Manchester United, at a time when residents living around the INEOS plant are blighted by pollution and struggling with food and gas bills.
The climate camp organisers say that Grangemouth could be renewed with well-paid jobs in sustainable industries, but the shift must be led by people, not big business. Inquiry evidence given earlier this year by community groups and trade unions showed widespread support for green jobs and renewable energy manufacturing in Grangemouth.
Community groups, local people and climate activists assemble at Grangemouth in one month’s time for a five day ‘climate camp’ which is situated in the grounds of Kinneil Estate, Bo'Ness.
The event will be a people-powered ‘festival of resistance’ to build relationships between workers, community members and climate campaigners.
The camp is taking place in the Grangemouth area as the INEOS site is Scotland’s most polluting, with annual climate emissions of 2,400,000 tonnes. The camp will be the culmination of a year of events in the area which has included walking tours, discussion days and a theatre performance in May.
Last month INEOS refused to participate in a Parliamentary inquiry about the transition at Grangemouth . Instead of investing in green jobs, billionaire owner Jim Ratcliffe is using his spare cash to buy football club Manchester United, at a time when residents living around the INEOS plant are blighted by pollution and struggling with food and gas bills.
The climate camp organisers say that Grangemouth could be renewed with well-paid jobs in sustainable industries, but the shift must be led by people, not big business. Inquiry evidence given earlier this year by community groups and trade unions showed widespread support for green jobs and renewable energy manufacturing in Grangemouth.