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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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Shell Forecourt Protest - 18/09 Dalry Road

We were out again yesterday, infront of Dalry Shell garage, telling people what Shell have been up to this summer in the Arctic.  People seem to be...
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Freshers Stall - 12/09

What could be a better than signing the Arctic scroll to protect this fragile area from exploitation?  How about doing that and getting a sticker and a...
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Shell Forecourt Protest 19th August - Musselburgh

We were out again on the 19th in front of the Musselburgh Shell with a very docile polar bear, handing out our leaflets, telling people what Shell are up to....
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Saving the Arctic from Braidburn Shell Garage

On the 25th August 2012, between noon and 2 pm, a group of Greenpeace activists, once again, showed Shell and people passing by that the company’s plan to...
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A New and Philosophical Experience on BBC Radio 4

Last week I did something which was totally new for me – I went to a BBC Radio 4 recording session at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to be part of the panel for...
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Oiled Brown Pelicans in Louisiana

Tales untold

I don't know how many column inches have been given over to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster but not many told the stories of ordinary people. While the...
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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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Greenpeace at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012!

Local Edinburgh Greenpeace volunteers will be appearing at some events during the Festival Fringe to help spread awareness of what we do and our current...
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Five down, eight to go at Shell Crewe Toll: Shell we do it again?

This is our first jointly-written blog post by the Edinburgh Greenpeace group. We were out at another Shell garage in Edinburgh on Saturday 28th of July to...
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A Dancing Bear at Shell Crewe Toll, 28 July 2012

Having seen how many volunteers turned up to help Save the Arctic on Saturday's Shell protest (at least 12), Edinburgh Greenpeace's very own polar bear felt it...
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At large at the Big Tent festival

It's festival season and despite the frequent downpours we've been out and about, most recently to the Big Tent festival in Fife, where the sun did make an...
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Edinburgh Greenpeace on Shell Day, 21 July 2012

Edinburgh Greenpeace volunteers new and old went to petrol station forecourts for Shell Day on 21 July 2012! Scotsman article here: http://www.scotsman.com/...
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What’s it like shutting down Shell? A story of NVDA in Edinburgh

Six people are walking towards a Shell garage in Edinburgh. It’s early morning, just before rush-hour. Fluorescent jackets read “Oil Spill Response Unit”,...
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Professor Pongoo joins the ‘Save the Arctic’ campaign in support of his antipodean brothers and sisters for Shell Day, 21 July 2012

Greenpeace volunteers will be staging a protest outside the Shell garage on the junction of Glasgow Road and Meadow Place Road this coming Saturday (21 July)....
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Friendly police at a Shell forecourt protest - 10/07 Craigleith Road

We were out again on Tuesday, talking to passers by and drivers about Shell's plans for the summer, they will be drilling for oil in the fragile Arctic. The...
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Look what I saw!

So, I stumbled across some strange posters in my local Shell garage, something about 'Oil at any Cost'. It seems Shell are planning to drill for oil in the...
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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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T in the Park 2012: Music, Merriment and Mud. Lots and Lots of Mud.

Despite having been working at festivals for over 6 years now, this year was my first time going to T in the Park festival in Kinross, which this year is the...
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Shell Garage Protests 25th June and 1st July

The ice in the Arctic has been melting, is this an invitation, or a warning? Shell are exploring for oil this summer in the Arctic, something only made...
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