oil

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

Posted by Paula Radley - 20th May 2019
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All rights reserved. Credit: Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace

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

The People vs Arctic Oil: Historic climate trial ends

Posted by Neilza Polidore - 22nd November 2017
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Joanna Sustento in water with banner reading "Choose people over oil". Statoil rig Songa Enabler in the background. She lost her entire family, except for her brother, to Super-typhoon Haiyan in 2013 which left large parts of her hometown, Tacloban, in ruins.

Oslo, Norway 22 November, 2017 – Today was the last day in court where three environmental organisations have taken on the Norwegian government for opening up new areas in the Arctic to oil drilling. The plaintiffs have been arguing that drilling for new oil violates the Norwegian Constitution and contravenes… Read More

Why, with your help, we’re taking the Norwegian Government to court

Posted by Neilza Polidore - 26th October 2017
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Arctic Sunrise protests Arctic oil drilling in the Barents Sea, August 2017
All rights reserved. Credit: Will Rose / Greenpeace

For the first time in 20 years the Norwegian government is opening up a new oil frontier in the Arctic and it puts our precious wildlife and planet at risk. We believe this contravenes their own constitution that says the State shall ensure for everyone, including future generations, the right… 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