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A Climb for the Arctic

Today July the 11th 6 Women are climbing up The Shard in central London as a protest against Shell, the oil company plans to drill exploratory deep sea crude...
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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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GREENPEACE ARCTIC PROTEST: 6 WOMEN ACTIVISTS CLIMB LONDON SHARD

Six women protesters from Greenpeace International have evaded security at London's Shard skyscraper and are attempting to climb to the top. Another early...
by Bristol
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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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Come to the July Meeting!

Come along to our monthly meet-up to have a drink with your fellow local Greenpeace activists, find out about our latest campaigns, help us plan our activities...
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Forthcoming events:

 These are the details of the York Greenpeace group's forthcoming events: Save the Arctic: Have you seen the new Greenpeace video about how Shell want to...
by York
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bare folk

The festival season is now in full swing, and we'll be getting out to those we can- our latest outing was the increasingly successful Beverley Folk Festival....
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There's a Bear in the Biomes!

Blending into the background isn’t something that Cornwall group are used to. However, the day before heading off to the Eden Project to hold a Save the Arctic...
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Garforth Arts Festival

Thanks to Garforth Academy for inviting us to their Arts Festival and thanks to everyone who got involved in our Arctic campaign.  You may find your...
by Leeds
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Climate Confusion at St Paul's Carnival

It's St Paul's Afro-Caribbean Carnival, it's one of the hottest days of the year and here we are donning Factor 150 furry arctic costumes!  The last thing...
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Reasons to be cheerful: Parts one , two and three...

Reasons to be Cheerful, Parts one, Two and Three....  The first reason to be cheerful this week is that the Republican Party did not oppose President...
by Cardiff
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Egypt: A taste of things to come?

Last week's ousting of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian army comes as no surprise. Despite being Egypt's first freely elected leader, his attempts...
by Cardiff
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Nuke truck gets lost in East Midlands

The picture with this blog comes from Nukewatch.  it shows part of a convoy that can carry nuclear weapons in a suburban street somewhere in either...
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Concord at Glastonbury 2013

No, not the aeroplane. I have spent more than a few idle moments in the last week trying to find the word that sums up my feelings about volunteering at...
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Huddersfield's HEAT kids club support the Greenpeace SAVE THE ARCTIC campaign

Thanks to Chayley for organising this and getting the HEAT kids club together to support the Greenpeace SAVE THE ARCTIC campaign.Here's a little text from...
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Canadian floods – the missing link

On a trip to Canada in late June, I was saddened to hear of the tragic flooding in Alberta that led to at least four deaths, millions of dollars in damage and...
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Glastonbury Revisited

'Glastonbury evening sun From where have all the angels come We could hear an angel's choir as we sang round an evening fire A yellow moon lit up the sky And...
by Glasgow
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Jumping Jack Frost

Well, a week at Glastonbury passed in a blur so it’s just as well we took a few photos in and around the Greenpeace field to remind us. The Arctic features...
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Glastonbury 2013: Sun, rain, mud and SNOW??!!

This year's Glastonbury has been hailed as the best year in festival history. Rock legends, free love, all night dancing and never ending optimism that Daft...
by Camden
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Public Meeting; New rules for car & van emissions

The amount of Carbon dioxide in our atmosphere has surpassed 400ppm (parts per million), and although relatively this is a very small amount it is having a...
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