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Hydraulic Fracturing Gas Drilling Rig

Stop Fracking

Dear Greenpeacers in Scotland - one and all. I'm posting this message to invite you to sign my petition calling on the Scottish Government to establish a...
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Occupy the World...

...was a blogpost from Kumi Naidoo on the GP international site, in which he endorses the Occupy movement and encourages others to get involved. GP USA is...
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Kumi Naidoo

Kumi Naido is coming to Edinburgh

I've Just received this notification from Friends of the Earth Scotland: Head of Greenpeace International to attend El Salvador event Kumi Naidoo, Head of...
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Fracking

On Sunday 18th September 2011, I joined a group of activists and local people to march up to the drilling site set up by Caudrilla Resources. The March started...
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VW: Stop Opposing Climate Laws!

This weekend local volunteers across Europe swooped on VW dealerships to highlight Greenpeace's campaign against VW's lobbying against EU climate change laws....
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BP - the 'Big Probe' continues

A recent article in the Huffington Post reveals that in the days and weeks following the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP may have misled the US Federal...
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Cairn Energy gags Greenpeace - then the Plan is published!

On the 18 July, Greenpeace activists dressed in polar bears occupied Cairn HQ in Edinburgh. The occupation was covered by BBC Scotland. And Greenpeace has...
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VW the darkside

The environmentalists strike back

Far away on a distant planet, the forces of evil are plotting the destruction of our promised land. Even now the ships of death are using their deadliest...
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Tar Sands

INTRODUCTION I've been resisting the temptation to do an article on Tar Sands as it is so widely covered by environmental media and NGO outlets. But when you'...
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Breaking News: Mattel changes policy following Greenpeace pressure

In a press release at about 6pm local time 'Mattel announced the company is developing a sustainable procurement policy for all of Mattel’s product...
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Barbie loose in Glasgow

Yes folks, Barbie is loose in Glasgow and I've spotted 2 of them. If you think you can stop them then follow the instructions on my Facebook page.
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Sustainable fish

I recently contacted Lidl regarding their policy on sustainable fishing. This is a copy their reply to my query: Any comments welcome.
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Remembering Chernobyl and Fukushima

The Glasgow Group has had a couple of street stalls recently for the Go Beyond Oil Campaign, most recently in Byres Road in the West End immediately...
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Tar Sands

The Vanishing Earth Tar Sands exhibition will be coming to Edinburgh for the duration of September. This is the only Scottish date that has been anounced.
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Dumfries Environment Fair March 4-5th

The weekend in Dumfries went well.  It was a pleasure and very productive! Friday was too quiet but Saturday was a lot more busy. We had face...
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The Scottish International Development Conference

This may be of interest: The Scottish International Development Conference will be running this February at the University of Strathclyde in the McCance...
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Oil exploration could impact iconic world heritage site

It seems that once again the oil industries chronic disregard for the planet is as transparent as ever. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the...
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December Greenpeace Meeting cancelled

Unfortunately, due to bad weather and continuing transport problems the Greenpeace meeting for December on Tuesday December 7th has been cancelled.     For...
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UK blog

I've been making regular comments on the main UK blog. Suffice to say some of the other comments have been wide and varied, with Greenpeace being either...
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