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Arctic alert

During the cold war, the United States used the defcon alert system to reflect the threat condition of an iminnent nuclear strike. Defcon 5 was the least...
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Glastonbury Revisited

'Glastonbury evening sun From where have all the angels come We could hear an angel's choir as we sang round an evening fire A yellow moon lit up the sky And...
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Maple Syrup on Ice

The 'good' news is that on 15th May, the chair of the Arctic Council was handed over to Canada. Does this mean that Stephen Harper's shadow - if not his...
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Fracking, Coal-bed Methane and Scotland's Health and Environment

That was the title of an event I attended at the Scottish Parliament last Tuesday, organised by Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES). The event featured a...
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Major Supermarket Chains Follow GM Pied Piper (Update: March against Monsanto)

M&S, Co-op and Sainsbury's say chickens will be fed on GM soya. This is the headline the Guardian carried recently. The big surprise here is the...
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Shale gas - The Dept. of Energy & Climate Change responds

After my last blog post on Fracking. I sent an email to The Dept. of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) asking if they were aware of the report produced by the...
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Fracking: European Commission opens door to public

On the 13 December 2012, the Government in another display of breathtaking wisdom, gave the go-ahead to shale gas exploration in the UK. ...
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Open Up Lobbying

On Thursday 25th October, I attended a discussion at the Scottish Parliament regarding the consultation of the Lobbying Transparency Bill. The deadline for the...
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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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Shell day 2 in Glasgow

Hurrah! I'm here! After a week of fighting tech gremlins - from a PC crash to an internet break down I'm finally back online again. My apologies to anyone...
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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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Empty Shell

4 years ago this month, the US Geological Survey (USGS) published the results of an Arctic investigation on potential petroleum reserves. It concluded...
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Something's on the move...

'...Oh sunshine take me away from here, I'm a needle on a spiral in a groove, And the turntable spins as the last waltz begins, And the weatherman says...
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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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Glasgow Greenpeace Shell Protest

The Good, The Bad... and the Polar Bear

The Good: Greenpeace and the 1 million people who signed the Arctic Scroll. The Bad: Royal Dutch Shell. The Polar Bear: Well, you couldn't possibly describe...
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Fossil Fuel Investment - The Ice is Thinning

When former World Bank chief economist Sir Nicholas Stern published his Stern Review back in October 2006, he concluded that 'climate change is 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

We're off to T in the Park with the Arctic Campaign!

If you are going to T in the Park, or know an intrepid soul who is, look out for the Greenpeace stall at the Charity Village  there, staffed by volunteers...
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Stop Shell - Save The Arctic street signs

June Get Active newsletter

Sod the Olympics, what about the Arctic? by Richard George, climate campaigner Shell’s summer of risky oil drilling got off to an inauspicious start this...
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Put yourself on the map!

No nuclear weapons here!  Put yourself on the map if you want a world free of nuclear weapons! Today all British nuclear weapons are based on the Clyde...
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