Greenpeace activists protest against shale gas extraction outside Totals' office in Nyhavn, central Copenhagen. The activists in inflatable boats hold banners urging Total to stop its shale gas plans in Denmark, and read ’No fracking’, ‘Fornuft eller Fracking? ‘(sense or fracking?), and ‘Ingen Plads til Skiffergas’ (No place for Shale Gas). Greenpeace demand a political ban on fracking. Fracking can put serious risks on the Danish drinking water, and our health and shale gas can damage the climate as much as oil and coal. Total plans to start exploratory drilling at two sites in Northern Jutland and Northern Sealand with the possibility for future fracking in the area. Fracking involves pumping water, chemicals and sand at high pressure into rocks so as to break them apart and release the gas trapped in-between.