[IMC-UK-Features] feature proposal: e.on withdraw from careers fairs

[mish]

Done it now.  I've ticked cambridge, but I'll leave it to other regions
to decide whether to tick it for their regions

mish

mish wrote:
> Might be worth moving faster than 24 hours ...
> 
> mish
> 
> 
> TITLE: E.ON withdraws from careers fairs due to persistent protests.
> 
> TEXT ABSTRACT
> 
> E.ON has withdrawn from University Careers Fairs run by AIESEC following
> a string of protests around the country.  E.ON did not show up at
> Birmingham today (12th Nov).  The protesters object to E.ON wanting to
> develop new coal fired power stations, such as at Kingsnorth - the
> target of this summers Climate Camp.
> 
> Students have visited careers fairs to protest about the presence of
> parts of the arms and fossil fuel industries.  Climate chaos related
> companies targeted include RBS (the oil and gas bank), BP and Shell.
> The arms industry representatives include the Army, B.Ae, Qinetiq and
> Rolls Royce.  Careers fairs have been targeted in Birmingham, Bristol,
> Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester,
> Nottingham and Oxford.  For more reports see People and Planet.
> 
> HTML ABSTRACT
> <p>
> <a href="http://www.e-onf-off.org.uk/">E.ON</a> has withdrawn from
> University <a href="http://www.careersfairs.org/">Careers Fairs</a> run
> by <a href="http://www.aiesec.co.uk/">AIESEC</a> following a string of
> protests around the country.  E.ON did not show up at Birmingham today
> (12th Nov).  The protesters object to E.ON wanting to develop new coal
> fired power stations, such as at Kingsnorth - the target of this summers
> <a href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk">Climate Camp</a>.
> </p><p>
> Students have visited careers fairs to protest about the presence of
> parts of the arms and fossil fuel industries.  Climate chaos related
> companies targeted include <a
> href="http://www.oyalbankofscotland.com/">RBS</a> (the oil and gas
> bank), BP and Shell.  The arms industry representatives include the
> Army, B.Ae, Qinetiq and Rolls Royce.  Careers fairs have been targeted in
> <a href="/en/2008/11/412391.html">Birmingham</a> (<a
> href="http://peopleandplanet.org/navid6617">2</a>),
> <a href="/en/2008/10/411881.html">Bristol</a>,
> <a href="/en/regions/cambridge/2008/11/412340.html">Cambridge</a>
> (<href="http://peopleandplanet.org/navid6685">2</a>),
> Edinburgh,
> Leeds,
> <a href="http://peopleandplanet.org/navid6578">Liverpool</a>,
> Loughborough,
> <a href="/en/2008/10/411541.html">Manchester</a> (<a
> href=/en/2008/10/411526.html"">2</a> | <a
> href="http://peopleandplanet.org/navid6594">3</a>),
> <a href="/en/2008/10/411475.html">Nottingham</a> (<a
> href=/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/10/411386.html
> "">2</a> <a href="/en/2008/10/411989.html">3</a>) and
> <a href="/en/2008/11/412395.html">Oxford</a> (<a
> href="/en/2008/10/410913.html">2</a>).
> For more reports see <a
> href="http://www.peopleandplanet.org/ditchdirtydevelopment/news">People
> and Planet</a>.
> </p>
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