Greenpeace

The London Offices of Greenpeace were raided by over 50 Police Officers and MOD officials on Wednesday 17 of May. The raid follows an incident at the Aldermaston Nuclear Weapons Plant, where activists blocked a pipe discharging waste into a nearby canal with six tonnes of concrete. This delayed work at the plant for 12 days while it was being unblocked. Greenpeace said "It seems the Police actions were punishment for the success of recent Greenpeace activities". 4 campaigners were later arrested.

Greenpeace activists have also been occupying an oil storage buoy in the North Sea for 23 days. This was in protest at Shell's intentions to dump the 460ft tall structure at sea, when it contained large quantities of toxics. On 23rd of May, 15 Shell security staff and police eventually managed to board the platform and at the time of going to press some of the protesters were still barricaded inside the rig.