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June 12, 2015

Yes Men Protest Shell Oil Drilling by Distributing Snow Cones from "Last Icebergs of North Pole" 
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Here in New York, the culture jamming activist group the Yes Men
protested Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic by handing out
ancient shaved ice from the "remnants of the last icebergs of the North
Pole." Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum described the action.

Mike Bonanno: "This action is against drilling in the Arctic. Shell is
just getting ready now to launch their drilling rigs from Seattle up
into the Arctic to exploit it for the first time."

Andy Bichlbaum: "We're just trying to make it more visible, and this is
a funny way to make it visible, but, you know, people like humor, and
they like snow cones. So those two things combined seemed to provide a
sure recipe for letting people know about the Arctic drilling."

The new film "The Yes Men Are Revolting" opens today in select theaters.

 

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