Greenpeace Activists Shut Down Dozens of Shell Gas Stations in Day of Action

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2012-07-17

<div class='node-body'><p>Environmental activists shut down dozens of Shell gas stations across the UK, Denmark and Germany on Monday. The action was part of environmental group Greenpeace&#39;s Save the Arctic Campaign a bid to prevent oil drilling the Arctic slated to begin within the next three weeks. Greenpeace has ramped up its efforts against oil company Shell as its drilling vessels drift closer to its targets in the Arctic.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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