At BP’s Annual General Meeting two campaigners were refused entry to the meeting, despite holding legitimate paperwork.
Emily Coats, from the UK Tar Sands Network, was told she was ‘not welcome’, despite being a shareholder, …
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Shareholders barred from entering BP AGM for criticising tar sands
Canadian High Commissioner’s Visit to Oxford Tarred by Local Protest
Canadian High Commissioner to the UK, Gordon Campbell, was greeted with protests at Oxford University on Friday 8 March. Local community members held a banner which read “Keep Tar Sands out of Europe” at the …
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Financial experts warn fossil fuels are risky investment
Financial experts have sent a clear signal that investors are growing concerned about the longterm viability of tar sands oil and other highly polluting fossil fuel industries.
In a new report by Standard & Poor’s …
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Canadian Indigenous Nations erupt in protest – target UK mining companies
The Idle No More movement, asserting Indigenous rights against Canadian Government attempts to destroy them, has targeted, among other things, mining company De Beers, controlled by London-based Anglo American. Indigenous protests have also …
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Canada-EU Energy Summit disrupted as Canada’s aggressive lobbying threatens EU climate legislation
This morning an ‘oil orgy’ performance-protest disrupted the Canada Europe Energy Summit, at Canada House, in London. The annual energy summit was hosted by Canadian High Commissioner Gordon Campbell and featured top officials from Shell, …
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Activists disrupt speeches by Canadian Minister and Shell Chairman
At a high-level conference on climate change at Chatham House, London, two activists interrupted first Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minister, then Shell’s UK Chairman Graham van’t Hoff, as they got up to make speeches. The …
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Olympic Goodwill Image Belied by Arrests, Censorship and Corporate Ties Behind London Games
While NBC has been airing wall-to-wall coverage of Olympic Games in London, little attention has been paid to what has taken place behind the scenes and just outside Olympic Park. London police arrested 182 people …
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Greenwash Gold 2012 Awards: the movie
The Greenwash Gold 2012 Awards were presented in Trafalgar Square, London, on 20 July – and all three contenders won Gold!
Click on the image to watch and enjoy the seven-minute video.
Surprise theatrical protest inside British Museum over BP sponsorship of Shakespeare and the Olympics
Members of LMN member group UK Tar Sands Network joined with the Reclaim Shakespeare Company on Sunday to call for the culture world to sever its ties with Olympic sponsor BP because of the damaging …
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Police arrested actors for spilling custard, say Olympic protesters
The former London 2012 “ethics tsar” Meredith Alexander has accused police of an “Olympic-sized overreaction”, saying they broke up a theatre performance designed to highlight the problems of corporate sponsorship of the Games and arrested …
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Greenwash Gold campaigners arrested in London for using custard…
A mock awards ceremony at the Olympic Clock in Trafalgar Square descended into farce today after police arrested six people taking part. Click on photo for more…
Protesters take 16-metre wind turbine blade to Tate Modern
Activists who oppose BP’s sponsorship of the gallery carried a one and a half tonne blade across Millennium bridge.