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Shell - Save the Arctic Campaign in Reading

Volunteers from Berkshire Greenpeace turned out today to the Shell petrol Station in Oxford Road to make their customers aware of Shell's plans for drilling in...
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Say no to atomic weapons development - or is it no say...?

Berkshire Greenpeace are campaigning against a planning application to West Berkshire District Council by the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston...
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Greenpeace speaker gives prognosis for Durban UN climate talks

John Halladay from Canterbury Greenpeace was one of the guest speakers at last night's COP17 event at RISC. John gave a very thought-provoking and engaging...
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Rainbow Warrior III an inspiration for devoted environmental activists

Canary Wharf seemed an incongruous location for our brand new flaghsip action boat, but there she was, moored in the belly of the financial beast, mast lights...
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Gasland screening causes concerns

There is currently a lot of public concern about shale gas and the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) extraction method, so it wasn't surprising that our "...
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Greenpeace in the Reading Chronicle

Emily Hall's visit to Leighton Park School made it into the Reading Chronicle. Unfortunately they chose to edit out any mention of Berkshire Greenpeace and...
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Big Quiz huge success

The quiz night fundraiser at The Global Cafe in Reading was a great success. The cafe was packed out with trivia addicts answering a challenging set of...
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It is big. And it's very clever.

Don't forget the fund raiser at The Global Cafe, London Street tomorrow night at 8.00pm. £2.00 entry fee and no limit on team size. Just a bit of fun. Or is it...
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Climate climber visits Leighton Park School

This is the text of a press release we have sent to the Reading Chronicle: Budding ecowarriors at Leighton Park School were inspired by a visit by climate...
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Braziers Park Apple Day 2011

It's not all hard graft being an environmental activist. After our campaigning on the CFP in Reading last Sunday, a few of us were guests at Braziers Park...
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Reading queues up to join the fish fight

“End dumping of toxic chemicals! No more mutant fish!” was one of the slightly more off-message demands in the Ocean Action letters to David Cameron collected...
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Berkshire Greenpeace take the CFP campaign to Reading Town Meal

On the hottest October day ever, Berkshire Greenpeace attended Reading's first "Town Meal" to collect personalised letters to David Cameron urging him to...
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Keeping up the pressure on VW

Invigorated by their 30 mile walk in the Oxfordshire countryside, Berkshire Greenpeace activists ventured out on Sunday night under cover of darkness into more...
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Berkshire Greenpeace 'Warrior Walkers' raise funds for a new Rainbow Warrior

Members of Berkshire Greenpeace took part in a thirty mile 'Warrior Walk' along the River Thames this weekend (10-11 September) to raise money to build a new...
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Ocean Action at Earley Green Fair 2011 - Letters to PM David Cameron regarding Common Fisheries Policy

There's trouble in the depths. Scientists warn that many fish species could be extinct in only a few years. Berkshire Greenpeace volunteers took OCEAN ACTION!...
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Volkswagen's reponse - and a Greenpeace supporters riposte

Like many others I watched the Greenpeace Videos VW the Dark Side, and I asked myself - how can this be? Isn't Volkswagen the "people's car" and the...
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The Dark Side

Berkshire Greenpeace was represented at yesterday's action against Volkswagen in Old Street in London. Climbers dropped banners from a four-sided advertising...
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Chainsaw Barbie planting

Berkshire Greenpeace activists have been out and about planting Barbies in the Reading area as part of the Barbie Hunt. So far four of the destructive dolls...
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Berkshire Greenpeace kick off Barbie campaign!

Berkshire Greenpeace helped to launch Greenpeace's new international 'Barbie' campaign with a visit to the UK headquarters of the Mattel toy company at...
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Green Gathering 2011 (28th to 31st July)

The (not so Big) Green Gathering is happening this year and it's happening on our own doorstep in West Berkshire. Canonbury have given the OK in principle for...
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