Shell Petrol Stations Shutdown in Edinburgh

The police watches Greenpeace activists, some dressed as polar bears, during the attempt to shut down the Shell station in Edinburgh just as the oil company is about to drill in the Arctic for the very first time. The environmental group intend to close a dozen stations 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 again.

Unique identifier: GP047IN

Type: Image

Shoot date: 16/07/2012

Locations: Edinburgh, Europe, Scotland, United Kingdom

Credit line: © Steve Morgan / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Shell Petrol Stations Shutdown in Edinburgh

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 again.Shell 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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