No New Oil
1999-08-10
Greenpeace is taking all steps necessary to delay, disrupt and stop
the threat governments and oil companies pose to the climate.
In the Atlantic Frontier to the West of Britain and in Alaska,
Greenpeace continues to take direct action to stop oil wells being
drilled and survey work taking place.
Greenpeace is taking the UK Government to court in a case that could
make all future oil licensing illegal in the Atlantic Frontier until the
Government properly conserves the area\'s large whales and other
threatened wildlife. This has already delayed the drilling of a number
of wells planned for this year.
Greenpeace argues that future oil licensing by the Government is illegal
until stringent conservation measures are put in place for the whales,
dolphins and rare coral reefs of the Atlantic Frontier under the
European Habitats Directive.
In Alaska, legal action by Greenpeace to challenge the \'permitting\'
process has helped to delay the BP Amoco\'s Northstar oil expansion that
presents a real risk of oil spills under the ice as well as eventual
climate change damage.
