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Could this be the last action we ever do against BP?
I’m writing this from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, somewhere in the North Sea… A few days ago I completely unexpectedly found myself on an all-nighter from London to Scotland.…
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Two down, OMV to go: Last oil giant isolated after majors pull out
Oil majors Chevron and Equinor have abandoned their oil and gas exploration permits off the east coast of the North Island, leaving Austrian oil company OMV as the last remaining…
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Greenpeace to hold protest training as OMV oil rig arrives in Taranaki
Greenpeace will hold peaceful civil disobedience training in New Plymouth this weekend, a week after the arrival of a 40,000 tonne oil rig. Austrian oil giant OMV will be using…
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Greenpeace rig occupation enters ninth day
A Greenpeace protest to stop a BP oil rig from drilling in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland has just entered its ninth day. A rolling succession of…
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Day 9 #BPShutdown: Greenpeace vs Big Oil in the North Sea
On the evening of Sunday 9th June, a team of Greenpeace activists drew up alongside the rig as it was preparing to leave Scotland’s Cromarty Firth. They scaled the rig, stopping it in its tracks, and hung a banner displaying the only two words needed to describe the madness of drilling for more oil: Climate…
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Māui and Hector’s dolphin proposals not fit for extinction crisis
Greenpeace is calling the Government’s latest proposal to save Māui and Hector’s dolphins a “pathway to extinction for the world’s rarest dolphin species”.
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BP oil rig U-turns after failing to shake off Greenpeace ship
Scotland, UK – A Greenpeace ship has overtaken a BP rig near the drill site of a major new oil well in the North Sea. Early this afternoon a Greenpeace…
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Greenpeace climbers block BP oil rig for six consecutive days
London, UK – Greenpeace UK climbers have managed to stop a 27,000-tonne oil rig contracted to BP from heading out to drill a new well in the North Sea for the…
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There’s a giant oil rig on the horizon
Thursday, June 13: A drill rig commissioned by oil giant OMV has arrived in New Zealand, a little over a year after the Government issued a ban on new oil…
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Together we are achieving so much
Together, we are protecting nature and building a greener, more peaceful tomorrow. Here’s an update on some of the amazing things you are making happen through your support of Greenpeace.…
