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Breaking: “I’ve shut down BP. Here’s why.”

Posted by Paula Radley - 20th May 2019
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As you read this, I’m sitting in a big container outside BP HQ in London, blocking one of the main entrances to the building. Along with a team of climbers on the roof, and more people in containers like mine, we’ve shut down the building. This is one of the… Read More

Amazing News for the Amazon Reef! Brazil has stopped the sale of Oil Blocks in the Amazon Mouth Basin

Posted by Priya Surendra - 16th November 2017
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We’ve prevented new threats to the Amazon Reef, and this is the latest – other oil giants won’t be able to bid for the Amazon Mouth Basin blocks in the 15th bidding round happening next year in 2018. Well done Brazil’s Energy Policy Council (CNPE)… Read More

We brought the Amazon Reef to London!

Posted by Priya Surendra - 23rd August 2017
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It’s been a miserably grey August in London- but on Monday morning, the streets were filled with colour and energy. From Trafalgar to St James’s Square, giant marine creatures floated along with a parade of passionate reef defenders, infecting people with joy and smiles. The air was filled… Read More

Sunken Cities are not a thing of the past

Posted by Elena Polisano - 19th May 2016
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Right now 14 activists are scaling the British Museum to call on the institution to drop BP’s sponsorship. Here’s why they’re doing it. Today is the opening day of new BP-sponsored blockbuster exhibition, “Sunken Cities.” For the museum, it’s the launch of their biggest event of the year (it looks… Read More