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Closing BP Stations Across London

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:17:43 +0000

The moment has come for BP to move beyond oil. Under Tony Hayward the company went backwards, squeezing the last drops of oil from places like the Gulf of Mexico, the tar sands of Canada and even the fragile Arctic wilderness. Greenpeace is urging new head Bob Dudley to demonstrate early leadership by announcing that BP will pull out of a trio of planned tar sands projects in Alberta which are due to be developed next year, and massively scale up the company's investment in alternative energy. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk

European Climate Exchange Website hacked by Climate Justice activists

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:09:03 +0000

In a protest against carbon trading as a method for acting on climate change, on Friday, July 23 at just before midnight, the public website of the European Climate Exchange (ECX), the leading marketplace for trading CO2 emissions in Europe, was targetted by hacktivists of the autonomous tech collective decocidio (#?).

How to Clean Up an Oil Spill - Scamwow!

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:50:04 +0000

Scamwow! Whether you're in Louisiana, Alaska, Nigeria, or Ecuador, Scamwow will meet all your oil spill cleanup needs. Learn more at www.greenpeace.org/stopdrillin http://visionon.tv

'Die-in' against nuclear transport at Olympic Park

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:43:51 +0000

What if... "Dozens died and thousands more were exposed to dangerous levels of cancer-causing radiation after a train carrying high level nuclear waste exploded as it passed through the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London this afternoon. The public is being warned to steer well clear of the area as the radioactive plume makes its way across the capital and the southern half of England."

Oil Spill at the British Museum

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:01:08 +0000

Three members of the art activist group Culture Beyond Oil poured non-toxic black oil around the British Museum’s world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP’s sponsorship of the museum. Emily James, Director of Just Do It, happened to be there and captured the action.

Culture Beyond Oil at the British Museum

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:22:09 +0000

Five members of the art activist group Culture Beyond Oil poured non-toxic black oil around the British Museum's world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP's sponsorship of the museum.

BP Exploiting Workers in the Gulf

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:24:27 +0000

Hundreds of workers in the Gulf Coast cleaning up BP's oil disaster have reported symptoms of nausea, vomiting, nose bleeds and headaches.Michael Whitney for FireDogLake discuss their ongoing struggle. http://visionon.tv http://grittv.org/

Ecotopia Bike Tour 2010 begins

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:45:59 +0000

Audio interview with one of the 2010 Ecotopia Bike Tour participants, at the start of the London Critical Mass and the beginning of their ten week ride through Europe.

Southall Biofuel Power Station Plans Rejected

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:29:34 +0000

Planning permission has now been refused at appeal for the vegetable oil burning power station Blue NG wanted to build in Southall.
The power station would have used 20,000 tonnes of fuel a year, and required a land area greater than the whole of Ealing to grow the energy crops to supply it.

Direct action in the Basque Country

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:03:53 +0000

Direct action against the High-Speed Railway in the Basque Country

Bloody Oil- Drum Em Out

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:01:06 +0000

On Monday the 21st June 2010 In protest over The World National Oil Companies Congress protester marched from London's Tate Modern to the Grange St Paul's Hotel where a people's court was held. http://youandifilms.com http://visionon.tv

Licence to Spill

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:56:03 +0000

It is art and it was us! The Liberate Tate spectacular direct action at Tate Britain's 28 June summer party to celebrate 20 years of BP sponsorship. Liberate Tate is a network dedicated to taking creative disobedience against the Tate until it drops its oil company funding. http://youandifilms.com http://twitter.com/liberatetate

CALL OUT TO STOP SHELL IN MAYO

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:08:20 +0000

Shell are due to start drilling the boreholes in the estuary (Special Area of Conservation) from Monday 28th June until September 2010. Please come over and support the community in their fight to stop Shell destroying this incredible place!

BP Portrait Awards - Oil on Canvas

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:33:14 +0000

Don't Panic crashed the BP Portrait Awards at the National Portrait Gallery to serve some Krude de Gulf and to cast our critical eye across the oil on canvas. The BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery was previously sponsored by Imperial Tobacco.

Greenwash Spill at BP Portrait Award

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:40:41 +0000

Last night at 6.07 PM the London brigade of the Greenwash Guerrillas got a call from a panicked pedestrian outside the National Portrait Gallery. It seemed that the prizegiving ceremony for BP Portrait Award was about to start, and toxic greenwash had begun to gush uncontrollably from the gallery's front doors.Read on for the full story ... and watch video of the action.

Greenwash Guerrillas at the BP Portrait Award

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:22:25 +0000

On Tuesday night at 6.07 PM the London brigade of the Greenwash Guerrillas got a call from a panicked pedestrian outside the National Portrait Gallery. It seemed that the prizegiving ceremony for BP Portrait Award was about to start, and toxic greenwash had begun to gush uncontrollably from the gallery's front doors.

Greenwash Guerillas deal with greenwash spill from BP

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:33:24 +0000

Call Greenwash Guerillas to clean up any greenwash spills you see or hear about. See them mop up at the BP-sponsored National Portrait Gallery on 23 June 2010. http://risingtide.org.uk http://artnotoil.org.uk http://youandifilms.com http://visionon.tv

Greenwash Guerillas deal with greenwash spill from BP

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:28:04 +0000

Greenwash Guerillas deal with greenwash spill from BP

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:35:20 +0000

Oil Industry Under Siege

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:28:36 +0000

As oil executives gathered at a London hotel for their annual strategising conference on Monday, up to 200 climate activists crossed the river from BP-sponsored Tate Modern to converge on the front entrance with a samba band and a giant paper-mache oil-covered seabird.Titled "Drum It Out", the protest also put the industry on trial before a People's Court which loudly found it guilty of crimes of pollution, war crimes, climate crime, and more.