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Keep on Chasing Ice

After the success of the recent showing of Chasing Ice at York City Screen - in which the local group supported the screening by having our Save the Arctic...
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A step closer to sustainable fisheries...and the destructive lobbyists based here in York

Yesterday, MEPs moved a step closer towards reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) - it's something that we were on the streets of York last year,...
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Important campaign win brings us one strep closer to saving the Indonesian rainforests.

This week Asia Pulp & Paper have committed to a range of measures which, if implemented, will be an important step towards saving the rainforests of...
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Group update

Chasing Ice On Sunday February 3rd, City Screen in York showed the dramatic film Chasing Ice which shows the undeniable evidence of climate change through the...
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CHASING ICE - A Greenpeace Critic's Choice!!

"Dispite the cold and snow, people were not deterred to queue at Hebden Bridge Picture House, to see the first of two screenings of 'Chasing Ice' - this...
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Turn the January blues into a green start to 2013!!

We want 2013 to be just as successful, if not more, than 2012 which saw Greenpeace successes positively influence the Common Fisheries Policy reform, Wairose...
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October Get Active newsletter

Let’s sort out our Energy Future by Richard George, Energy Campaigner We are standing at an energy crossroads and a new law, the Energy Bill, will set out the...
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York is host to Yorkshire's Shell Day 2!

Yesterday was Greenpeace's national Shell Day 2 which saw 13 protests at Shell garages around the country. At the Shell garage on Hull Road in York, people...
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People protesting outside a Shell station

September Get Active newsletter

Your chance to #TellShell to stop Arctic drilling by Vicky Wyatt, Climate Campaigner Over two weekends in July Greenpeace supporters took action to shut down...
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August Get Active newsletter

Shell-Day 2 Saturday 22nd September by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner Last month saw two huge days of action against Shell in the UK in support of our...
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Polar bear

Polar Popularity

Paula the Greenpeace polar bear came along to support the Arctic campaign in York on Saturday and she was very popular with the public! Lots of group...
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Greenpeace Netherlands action at Shell HQ - the Hague

July Get Active Newsletter

Shell-Day Saturday 21st July by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner At 6.30 this morning 70 + Dutch Greenpeace volunteers, including their executive director...
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Remembering the Rainbow Warrior - 27 years on

"Today is the 27th anniversary of the 1985 bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by French secret service agents here in Auckland harbour." Read the rest of the...
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Stormtrooper outside Acea car lobby meeting in Brussels

Beat the storm!

The York group managed to miss the sunshine of last couple of weeks (and the snow predicted for this!), to set up stall on Sunday. The wind was channelled...
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Shell shut down as York Greenpeace arrive

Extraordinary! Izzy and Katie had done a leafleting shift at York’s main Shell filling station on Friday evening and the event had passed without incident....
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Diary of a Greenpeace Marathon Runner: Part 3

The fact that this blog is several weeks late is an indication of how much I have been struggling to fit training around work and other commitments. The last...
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Greenpeace York 2012

Before we start our group activities for 2012 in York THIS SUNDAY THE 29TH (with a stall outside the Minster)...it is only right that we briefly round up the...
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Diary of a Greenpeace Marathon Runner: Part 2

What I have learned this week This week, I had the longest training run so far: almost thirteen miles and the best part of two hours of non-stop running. I’ve...
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Diary of a Greenpeace Marathon Runner: Part 1

It’s too late. I’ve told too many people my intentions: a first Marathon, in aid of Greenpeace, in my home town of Hull, on April 8. And I’m at the end of week...
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A Journeyman Stormtrooper: Elliot from Manchester

I woke at the crack of dawn, at some unreasonable time around 6 o'clock. My mission: to make it to York carrying an entire Storm Trooper outfit! I'm not sure...
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