News Details

Greenpeace protests against race sponsor Shell

Before the Belgian Grand Prix started, protesters from the environmental group Greenpeace staged a brief demonstration against race sponsor Shell's plans to drill in the Arctic. Two paragliders flew over the circuit, trailing a banner, and others then climbed onto the grandstand roof and unfurled a 20-meter long banner that read 'ARCTIC OIL? SHELL NO!' 'I was a fan of Grand Prix racing when I was growing up, but I am not a fan of what Shell is doing in the Arctic,' Greenpeace international executive director Kumi Naidoo said. 'Right now we are in the race of our lives against Shell, a company that sees the melting of the Arctic as a business opportunity, rather than a warning.' During the...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Greenpeace attempt to disrupt Belgian GP

Greenpeace activists scaled the main grandstand at the Spa-Francorchamps...
12y ago from TheF1Times.com

Greenpeace demo fails to disrupt start of race

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix was targeted by two Greenpeace...
12y ago from Crash.net

Greenpeace protestors at Spa

Greenpeace protestors have raised eyebrows in the build-up to the Belgian...
12y ago from Pitpass.com

2013 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX –...

2013 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX   Race Date:     25 Aug...
12y ago from TheF1Poet.wordpre...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Nashville – Qualifying Results

The final qualifying session of the 2025 IndyCar season took place on...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Callum Ilott, Christian Rasmussen given IndyCar grid...

The NTT IndyCar Series has handed out grid penalties for two drivers...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

O’Ward tops 202 MPH to take IndyCar pole in Nashville

The NTT IndyCar Series is visiting Nashville Superspeedway this weekend,...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Liverpool preview: Eze from the start, or later?

Morning. It's a tough away trip today as we visit Anfield to take on...
5h ago from Arseblog.com

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal plan vs Liverpool will be...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted that he may have to field an...
15h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.