Three major energy companies have sponsored espionage missions in the environmental movement, the Guardian revealed on February 14. The energy giant E. ON, the second largest British coal Scottish Resources Group, and Scottish Power [owned since 2006 by Spanish energy company Iberdrola], one of the largest producers of electricity, have offered the services of a private security company to monitor discreetly activities of some activists.
Documents obtained show how the director of the security company, Rebecca Todd, has informed the management of large groups on projects from environmentalists, from excavations in their e-mails. We can also see direct any of its agents to attend rallies and mobilizing them to learn to ingratiate itself with environmentalists.
The revelations came as officials from the police are already on the spot since we learned that the police infiltrated protest movements: the information disclosed on Mark Kennedy and three other police officers had infiltrated an uproar last month leading to the opening of three official investigations into their activities.
But the representatives of the police in ensuring that private environmental movements are more infiltrated by private agents by the police. The hierarchy of the police in particular deplores the lack of regulations governing the work of staff employed by commercial companies, who "out of control and supervision at all" and represents "a major cause for concern," said the Last week Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, a body which, until recently, managed the national unity bringing together the secret police infiltrated opposition groups.
Today, the Guardian's investigation sheds new light on how these private companies, whose officers are part of the militants as lambda on mailing lists and for some, infiltrate deep and over several years in militant movements. These are multinational producer of electricity in arms manufacturer, who employ these companies to hinder the campaigns against them or enter the premises of the militant organizations.
But the latest revelations are mostly up to date practices Vericola society, led by Rebecca Todd, aged 33 years. Based in Canterbury, Vericola is, according to its director, "a manager of business risk" service offering "tailor" its clients against "potential threats" facing their businesses.
For three years, Rebecca Todd puts itself out to the dough, and use different email addresses to register on the mailing lists a range of environmental movements give rise to important events. As one held at the G20 in London, against the power plant of E.. ON at Kingsnorth [in Kent] or against the expansion of Heathrow airport.
Via emails, she is informed of the trade within these movements and learning to advance the organization of events. Last July, Rebecca Todd has transferred two senior executives of energy companies with information on participants in Climate Camp [Camp Climate Action] by calling them "usual suspects".
One recipient was Gordon Irving. It is since 2001 the director of security at Scottish Power in 2001 after thirty years in Strathclyde Police. The other was Alan Somerville, then a member of the management of Scottish Resources Group, which produces much of the UK coal. On this occasion, Todd has focused on the willingness of environmentalists to oppose more vigorously the development of projects based on coal mining, which are still pending approval.
Activists argue that for a year in 2007-2008, Rebecca Todd came regularly attend meetings of the environmental group, Rising Tide. The documents also show the currently advising a colleague on how to go unnoticed amid activists in meetings on future events. She recommended, among others not to mention he had to fly to Germany, because "it is clear" that the environmentalists' hate the short-haul flights.
" Todd But she maintains does not spy for large companies. She told the Guardian that all the information from public sources, they were obtained by subscribing to such mailing lists sites of environmental groups. Although e-mails show that it has systematically attempted to send its agents to participate in events, she denies that his company "infiltrated" the meetings of these movements, they are open to all.
Activists say they are furious. Introducing himself as one of them, they say, it had access to emails and meetings where they discussed tactics and strategy. Eli Walton, one of the organizers of the Climate Camp, said: "It is frightening to think that in a meeting on solutions to end the fossil fuel sector, the person beside you may just be a spy paid by energy giants.
"He added that Todd and his colleagues" could not register [on mailing lists] without having attended our meetings. This is where internal lists, for example, we engage in strategic thinking on ways to prevent the construction of E. There are new thermal coal. "E. There have been temporarily provide service to call Vericola and Global Open, another security firm, because its leaders wanted to know when environmentalists would protest if they had or invade plants and other sites, as they had in the past.
The spokesman of E.. ON specifies that Vericola should collect that information public, and that if Todd and his colleagues have obtained private information, they acted "on their own." GIS and Scottish Power have declined comment. 
Documents obtained show how the director of the security company, Rebecca Todd, has informed the management of large groups on projects from environmentalists, from excavations in their e-mails. We can also see direct any of its agents to attend rallies and mobilizing them to learn to ingratiate itself with environmentalists.
The revelations came as officials from the police are already on the spot since we learned that the police infiltrated protest movements: the information disclosed on Mark Kennedy and three other police officers had infiltrated an uproar last month leading to the opening of three official investigations into their activities.
But the representatives of the police in ensuring that private environmental movements are more infiltrated by private agents by the police. The hierarchy of the police in particular deplores the lack of regulations governing the work of staff employed by commercial companies, who "out of control and supervision at all" and represents "a major cause for concern," said the Last week Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, a body which, until recently, managed the national unity bringing together the secret police infiltrated opposition groups.
Today, the Guardian's investigation sheds new light on how these private companies, whose officers are part of the militants as lambda on mailing lists and for some, infiltrate deep and over several years in militant movements. These are multinational producer of electricity in arms manufacturer, who employ these companies to hinder the campaigns against them or enter the premises of the militant organizations.
But the latest revelations are mostly up to date practices Vericola society, led by Rebecca Todd, aged 33 years. Based in Canterbury, Vericola is, according to its director, "a manager of business risk" service offering "tailor" its clients against "potential threats" facing their businesses.
For three years, Rebecca Todd puts itself out to the dough, and use different email addresses to register on the mailing lists a range of environmental movements give rise to important events. As one held at the G20 in London, against the power plant of E.. ON at Kingsnorth [in Kent] or against the expansion of Heathrow airport.
Via emails, she is informed of the trade within these movements and learning to advance the organization of events. Last July, Rebecca Todd has transferred two senior executives of energy companies with information on participants in Climate Camp [Camp Climate Action] by calling them "usual suspects".
One recipient was Gordon Irving. It is since 2001 the director of security at Scottish Power in 2001 after thirty years in Strathclyde Police. The other was Alan Somerville, then a member of the management of Scottish Resources Group, which produces much of the UK coal. On this occasion, Todd has focused on the willingness of environmentalists to oppose more vigorously the development of projects based on coal mining, which are still pending approval.
Activists argue that for a year in 2007-2008, Rebecca Todd came regularly attend meetings of the environmental group, Rising Tide. The documents also show the currently advising a colleague on how to go unnoticed amid activists in meetings on future events. She recommended, among others not to mention he had to fly to Germany, because "it is clear" that the environmentalists' hate the short-haul flights.
" Todd But she maintains does not spy for large companies. She told the Guardian that all the information from public sources, they were obtained by subscribing to such mailing lists sites of environmental groups. Although e-mails show that it has systematically attempted to send its agents to participate in events, she denies that his company "infiltrated" the meetings of these movements, they are open to all.
Activists say they are furious. Introducing himself as one of them, they say, it had access to emails and meetings where they discussed tactics and strategy. Eli Walton, one of the organizers of the Climate Camp, said: "It is frightening to think that in a meeting on solutions to end the fossil fuel sector, the person beside you may just be a spy paid by energy giants.
"He added that Todd and his colleagues" could not register [on mailing lists] without having attended our meetings. This is where internal lists, for example, we engage in strategic thinking on ways to prevent the construction of E. There are new thermal coal. "E. There have been temporarily provide service to call Vericola and Global Open, another security firm, because its leaders wanted to know when environmentalists would protest if they had or invade plants and other sites, as they had in the past.
The spokesman of E.. ON specifies that Vericola should collect that information public, and that if Todd and his colleagues have obtained private information, they acted "on their own." GIS and Scottish Power have declined comment.
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