BP petrol stations shut down by Greenpeace BP petrol stations have come under siege from Greenpeace activists who shut down fuel supplies in protest against the company's “reckless” pursuit of oil.
The site of the oil spill from BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Greenpeace shut down up to 50 petrol stations in protest against the 'reckless pursuit of oil'
Greenpeace said it shut off the flow of petrol at around 50 service stations in central London on Tuesday morning.
The environmentalists claimed to have stopped the fuel supply by flipping safety switches on the forecourts and then removing them to prevent the petrol stations from reopening. They also hoisted signs saying: “Closed. Moving beyond petroleum”.
