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Canadian report confirms Tar Sands lake pollution

Toxic pollutants released by oil sands mining operations are accumulating in freshwater ecosystems, research by Canadian scientists suggests. A study of...
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Shell Ship Runs Onto Rocks in Alaska

Shell the polluting oil company has yet again demonstrated that they cannot be allowed to drill for oil in the fragile arctic waters after one of their drill...
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Christmas card delivery to David Cameron

Christmas Greetings from Yorkshire South Greenpeace

Our tireless Greenpeace campaigners combined with WWF, RSPB, Friends of the Earth and other environmental groups to deliver a extra large Christmas Card to...
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''Misleading and Dangerous'' Energy Experts View Of George Osborne.

One of the worlds leading academics on energy has today described chancelor George Osborne as ''misleading and dangerous''.Professor Paul Stevens suggests that...
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Shell: Arctic Oil Spill Equipment ''Crushed Like A Beer Can''.

Shocking news concerning a simple test to find out if Shell are sufficiently prepared for an oil spill in Arctic waters has revealed just how badly they would...
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Waitrose Change Their Minds Over Shell and Say SAVE THE ARCTIC

Good news has now been passed to us that waitrose has seen sense and decided not to team up with oil polluters Shell. That means they will no longer have any...
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What Is Zara's Dirty Little Secret?

You would think that being one of the worlds largest fashion retailers, Zara would make absolutely sure that their customers are not exposed to toxic chemicals...
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Libor Style Gas Price Fixing, Time To Say No To A Dash For Gas.

He wants UK consumers to be bound to gas for decades to come and with it high gas prices that force people into even deeper fuel poverty, now George...
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Sign up to Save the Arctic here

Have you signed up to Save the Arctic yet?  We're over the 2 million mark & your signature could help us to reach our 3 million target signatures,...
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The Dash For Gas = Bad News For Consumers, Climate Change, Renewable Energy And Jobs.

Instead of investing in the future the government are turning back to the past, by their Dash for Gas. The uk will fall behind the rest of the world in...
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Shell Code Of Conduct And Values Are They Following Their Own Rules?

Honesty, integrity and respect these are some of Shells core values according to their own website. But do they apply those same values to places...
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Message To Shell - Give Up The Ghost Radiohead @ Manchester M E N.

Echoing voices around the outside of Manchester's M E N arena venue was just the lull before the frenzy.Way before the official doors opening, we had been...
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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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Total's Chief Executive Pledges Arctic a No Drill Zone

Total's Chief Executive, Christophe de Margerie says "Energy companies should not drill for crude in Acrtic waters....The risk of an oil spill in such an...
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We Made It Into The Local Paper.

Last week activists from Yorkshire were outside a Shell station in York. It would seem we have been noticed outside Shell stations, we were in the...
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Great Shell Day 2 in York

Had a great day out on Saturday in York. Our fellow activists were really welcoming and we got positive responses from all kinds of people, including a police...
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Shell Day 2 - Visiting Friends in York!

We went to York to support them on the first Shell Day and had loads of fun so we're hoping that the second will be just as good. Motorists honked & waved...
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UK MP's Say ''Stop Drilling For Oil In The Arctic''

A cross party commitee of UK Members of Parliament has concluded that any oil spill in the Arctic would be devastating to the fragile wildlife it supports...
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Greenpeace activists in inflatables are sprayed with hoses by Gazprom workers

Shell vs Greenpeace - No Contest

Some recent press quotes & links to articles below: "Greenpeace is spot on in its aims – and timing... This is an historic moment and the environmental...
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Nick Clegg, Yorkshire South Sheffield, Energy Bill

Energy Bill Liberal Democrats - Postcard Signing

We picked a lovely sunny day to kick off our Energy Bill Campaign on Fargate, Barkers Pool and Pinstone Street in Sheffield. Members of the public wrote...
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