Shell targeted in anti-greenwash stunt at international conference

27.03.2012

Yes­ter­day’s pres­ti­gious Plan­et Under Pres­sure 2012 con­fer­ence in the Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence Cen­tre (ICC) at the ExCeL Cen­tre, Lon­don was inter­rupt­ed by two Lon­don Ris­ing Tide pro­test­ers.

Dur­ing a pan­el dis­cus­sion enti­tled “The plan­et in 2050”, at the exact moment that Shel­l’s senior ener­gy advi­sor Mar­tin Haigh was about to speak the two pro­test­ers walked calm­ly across the stage, ban­ner in hand, and were greet­ed with a loud, spon­ta­neous round of applause from hun­dreds of peo­ple in the audi­ence. As the pro­test­ers left the audi­to­ri­um they were reward­ed with hand shakes, thumbs up and anoth­er round of applause. Haigh was flus­tered and respond­ed with words along the lines of “No-one will want to lis­ten to me after that!”

Lon­don Ris­ing Tide are ask­ing why Shell were ever allowed to take part in this con­fer­ence in the first place, giv­en their record of envi­ron­men­tal and human rights atroc­i­ties in Nige­ria, Ire­land, and Cana­da to name but a few places, and their invest­ments in car­bon-inten­sive fos­sil fuels such as oil from tar sands and shale gas, while aban­don­ing fund­ing for renew­able ener­gies.

More infor­ma­tion:

Ris­ing Tide:  http://risingtide.org.uk/
Shell To Sea:  http://shelltosea.com/