Yorkshire South (Sheffield) Group updates
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...
January 16 at 09:33pm
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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...
January 14 at 02:34pm
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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...
January 11 at 07:07pm
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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...
January 11 at 05:04pm
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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...
January 09 at 07:15pm
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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...
January 01 at 03:49pm
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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...
December 24 at 02:23pm
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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...
December 12 at 02:10pm
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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...
December 08 at 12:07am
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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...
December 04 at 08:50pm
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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...
November 23 at 01:05pm
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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...
November 12 at 08:46pm
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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,...
November 12 at 01:56pm
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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...
November 08 at 06:41pm
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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...
November 08 at 12:45pm
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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...
October 29 at 11:01pm
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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...
October 11 at 02:24pm
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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...
October 04 at 11:52pm
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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...
September 28 at 06:05pm
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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...
September 24 at 05:24pm
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