A Greenpeace campaigner dressed as a polar bear is arrested during his attempt to shut down Shell petrol station in Edinburgh
A Greenpeace campaigner dressed as a polar bear is arrested during his attempt to shut down Shell petrol station in Edinburgh just as the oil company is about to drill in the Arctic for the very first time. Greenpeace campaigners attempt to shut down every Shell petrol station in the capital cities of London and Edinburgh just as the oil company is about to drill in the Arctic for the very first time. The environmental group, who recently launched a star-studded campaign to save the Arctic, intend to close over 100 stations in London, and over a dozen in Edinburgh, by using the emergency shut-off switch, which stops petrol going to the pumps, and removing the fuse so it can’t immediately be turned back on is due to begin drilling at two offshore sites in the Alaskan Arctic in the coming weeks, amid fears that an Arctic oil rush will be sparked and the push to carve up the region will accelerate. Russian oil giant Gazprom is also venturing into the Arctic this year
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Location: Edinburgh , Scotland
Photo credit: © Steve Morgan / Alamy / Afripics
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