{"id":661686,"date":"2026-06-27T20:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/661686\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T20:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:42:13","slug":"shell-targeted-as-greenpeace-rebrands-tube-stations-during-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/661686\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell targeted as Greenpeace rebrands Tube stations during heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greenpeace has temporarily renamed several London Underground stations in a protest designed to connect the UK\u2019s record-breaking heatwave with the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n<p>Using stickers placed over existing station signs, campaigners transformed Baker Street into \u201cBaking Street\u201d, Tottenham Court Road into \u201cHottenham Court Road\u201d, and London Bridge into \u201cLondon\u2019s Burning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/greenpeace-London-heatwave.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Each altered sign was accompanied by the message: \u201cHeatwave, sponsored by Shell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sheel-greenpeace-protest-tube.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The stunt turns some of the capital\u2019s most recognisable transport landmarks into a highly visible creative canvas, using wordplay and familiar locations to draw attention to the organisation\u2019s climate campaign.<\/p>\n<p>By intervening in a space used by millions of commuters, Greenpeace sought to link rising temperatures with the role of major oil and gas companies in driving emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The action coincides with one of the most intense periods of hot weather the UK has experienced. On Thursday, the country recorded its hottest June day on record, with temperatures reaching 36.7C in Gosport, Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>The figure surpassed the previous June record of 36.1C, which had been set only a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>campaign images via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/greenpeaceuk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greenpeace UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greenpeace has temporarily renamed several London Underground stations in a protest designed to connect the UK\u2019s record-breaking heatwave&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-661686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}