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Right to Peaceful Protest - Stop Police Aggression

As you can see by the photo on the last blog police officers are using excessive force including intimidation and aggression to break lines of ordinary people...
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Police Assault Activists at Balcombe Fracking Protest

Police caught in the act inflicting physical harm to activists. Full story in The Guardian here http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/26/anti-...
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Balcombe Fracking Protesters Stop Cuadrilla in their tracks

BREAKING NEWS: 14 Arrests made at Balcombe Cuadrilla site

The latest instalment in the Fracking row and the Cuadrilla & British Government partnership is here shamelessly copied in full from the Mid Sussex...
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The Iceclimb team

Ice Climb nears top of the Shard Watch Live

The Ice Climb team nears top of the Shard. Watch Live video streaming or listen to Greenpeace Radio commentary. 13 hours down or is that up? Tired but still...
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LIVE. 1 skyscraper. 6 women. No permission. What will you do to save the Arctic?

LIVE. 1 skyscraper. 6 women. No permission. What will you do to save the Arctic?Watch here NOW!: http://iceclimb.savethearctic.org/
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Whaling Must Be Stopped

It's been two years since Iceland suspended commercial whaling but in a dramatic about turn they resumed in full force by slaughtering a beautiful gentle giant...
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Greenpeace Northern Skillshare, 8 June, Millers Yard, 2 & 4 Millers, Yard Gillygate, York, YO31 7EB

Come to 2 & 4 Millers Yard, Gillygate, York, YO31 7EB on the 8 June,  10:30 - 17:00 for the Greenpeace Northern Skillshare. For...
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Building our Response to the Climate Challenge - Public Meeting 13th June, 7-9pm

With only 400ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere rising exponentially plus a potential temperature rise of 4 to 6 degrees added to the threat of financial bust from £...
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I ♥ Arctic - Take one polar bear add musicians!

The photo on our welcome message is from our recent I ♥ Arctic campaign in Chesterfield on Bank Holiday Monday. We shared the stall with Nottingham &...
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I Love Arctic May Day 2013 Festival Chesterfield

I ♥ Arctic May Day 2013 Festival Chesterfield

The May Day Festival at Rykneld Square in Chesterfield on Bank Holiday Monday was the place to be. We shared the stall for the day with Nottingham Greenpeace...
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Greenpeace China sets new Solar Rooftop Record

Congratulations to Greenpeace China for setting up the largest rooftop solar distibution unit on their office just outside Beijing. Read more here:  http...
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Huddersfield Feels the Love

Saturday 20th April and South Yorkshire Group travelled to Huddersfield to help them get the message out to everyone that we Love the Arctic. We helped out on...
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Event - I Love The Arctic 10:30 Saturday 20th April Huddersfield Greenpeace Arctic Defenders

♥ ♥ If you are in the Huddersfield area for the day why don't you come along & see the Yorkshire South Greenpeace & Huddersfield group join...
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George Osborne has been Well & Truly Fracked!

Check out the Home page@www.greenpeace.org.uk for breaking news & Video diary: George Osborne has been Well & Truly Fracked! Brilliant work Greenpeace...
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Chasing Ice screening at York City Screen

The aching beautiful "Chasing Ice" filmed by National Geographic photographer James Balog will be the subject of a one off screening on 3 February 2013 at...
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Yorkshire Greenpeace Unites for Chasing Ice at Hebden Bridge

Picture this, 20th January Hebden Bridge Picture House and 4 Yorkshire GP members turning up in extremely cold and ominously snow filled skies to man a stall...
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More Evidence Oil Cannot be Extracted Safely, Even Off Shetland.

An oil leak on the Cormorant Alpha oil rig North East of the Shetland coast, has lead to the shutting down of a pipeline servicing 27 oil fields. Yet again the...
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Toxic Fuel Additive, made In The UK ...Sold To The Worlds Poorest Countries.

The UK is exporting a toxic fuel additve to some of the worlds poorest nations. TEL is made only in  Cheshire in the uk and its shareholders are trying to...
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February 11th.....ON THIS DAY......

February 11th...On this day in 1847 inventor and physicist Thomas Edison was born....on this day in 1934 fashion designer Mary Quant was born....on this day in...
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Shells Arctic Actions ''Troubling'' US Interior Secretary.

Ken Salazar a US Interior Secretary has called Shells actions in the arctic as ''troubling''. Mr Salazar was speaking after a meeting in Washington, that also...
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