We Watched Greenpeace Park a Gigantic Polar Bear Outside Shell's London HQ This Morning
Words: Michael Segalov
2015
After months of lobbying to keep the oil and gas company Shell from drilling in the Arctic, having intercepted ships and dangled themselves off bridges, campaigners today transported a polar bear puppet the size of a double-decker bus to Shell's offices on the South Bank. They intend for the bear—named "Aurora"—to remain fixed there until Shell's Arctic drilling window ends later this month. Six protesters are inside the puppet, locked to it in a way they hope will prevent it being removed.
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Last month, President Obama granted the final permits needed for Shell to get going with their plans for Arctic oil drilling, allowing them to bore into hydrocarbon layers in the sea bed.
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