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Greenpeace and others protest Heathrow Airport expansion |
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29 Feb 2008 |
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| "Row" in "Heathrow" Greenpeace and others protest Heathrow Airport expansion Posted at 11:38 AM on 29 Feb 2008 Greenpeace and other eco-activists have been protesting mightily against a planned third runway for London's Heathrow Airport, which would demolish the nearby town of Sipson and, say activists, be completely counter to Britain's ambitious carbon-cutting goals. The airport-expansion plan has brought significant opposition from both politicians and residen ... |
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| Topics: air travel, climate, England, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, London, news, placemaking, politics (all these topics) |
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Greenpeace takes Heathrow
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David Roberts |
25 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Today, Greenpeace UK held a peaceful protest against the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport in London (the addition of a third runway). The activists managed to walk out onto the tarmac and up onto the tailfin of a plane, where they hung a huge banner: This effortless breach of security at one of the world's biggest and busiest airports was a huge embarrassment for its administrators, obviously -- a "major investigation" has been launched. But it also ... |
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| Topics: air travel, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, politics, travel, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Boats float, bears don't
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Adam Browning |
08 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Greenpeace: 27 years of getting arrested in the name of the planet, and still finding new ways to do it: |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, Greenpeace, politics (all these topics) |
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Nation's phallus hit with grafitti
Greenpeace pulls off a doozy of a stunt |
David Roberts |
31 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Some fiendishly clever visual protest from Greenpeace: Joe Romm must be flattered. |
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| Topics: climate, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, politics, Washington DC (all these topics) |
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Bali burning
Amazing helicopter footage of Greenpeace in the Indonesian peat bogs |
Glenn Hurowitz |
31 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In the lead-up to the international Bali Climate summit, Greenpeace has launched a major direct action in Sumatra, Indonesia, to stop the nefarious PT Duta Palma corporation from destroying a pristine tropical forest (and the habitat for highly endangered Sumatran rhinos, tigers, and oh-so-cute orangutans) and replacing it with a palm oil plantation. Click on the picture to the right to watch the extraordinary video of their action, including amazing helicopter footag ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, deforestation, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, Indonesia, politics (all these topics) |
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