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VW are protesting against us!

Posted by jamess — 15 September 2011 at 2:42pm - Comments

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Our banner at Frankfurt Motor Show and VW's counter protest!

You'd struggle to make this up.

Moments ago, our activists dropped a huge banner at the Frankfurt motor show - the biggest in the world - to highlight VW's hypocrisy over its environmental policy (more info here).

Then something spectacular happened.

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Big Oil steps up the battle for deep water drilling

Posted by bex — 12 September 2011 at 3:16pm - Comments

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The winning entry to our 2010 'Rebrand BP' competition

Another week, another push for reckless oil drilling by a UK company. This time it's BP, which wants to drill its deepest ever well in UK waters - a 1300 metre well - off the coast of North Uist.

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Massive projection to show VW's Dark Side - take action now!

Posted by jamess — 8 September 2011 at 9:51am - Comments

Our campaign to turn VW away from its dark lobbying practices has entered a new phase.

Today we need you to put pressure where Volkswagen’s massive advertising budgets can’t dominate: on social media.

Here’s what you can do right now:

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VW's Dark Side: our campaign enters a new phase

Posted by jamess — 8 September 2011 at 9:40am - Comments

Volkswagen is lobbying against environmental laws

Today our climbers scaled VW’s headquarters in Germany while other activists projected a massive message onto the side of London’s Battersea power station – where Volkswagen is participating in a green car show.

Our actions kick off a new phase in our VW campaign – we will not let the car giant’s lobbying continue to threaten our planet.

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VW film competition: classic films – What Does Your Car Say About You?

Posted by Richardg — 7 September 2011 at 10:48am - Comments

Our international film competition launches on 17 September 2011

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Win £5,000 to make our next campaign film

Two weeks to go before we challenge filmmakers to turn the cameras on Volkswagen. We're kicking off with a launch event at 10am, 17 September at the Curzon Soho. If you're in the neighbourhood, drop in, collect your competition briefing and have a chat to us about the campaign and the competition.

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