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The next UK government promises to be an ocean champion

Posted by Willie — 20 April 2015 at 11:23am - Comments
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Here’s a prediction: the next UK government will do great things for global marine protection.

At this stage in a general election campaign it’s sometimes hard to find something that politicians wearing differently coloured rosettes can agree on, but with an unprecedented bunch of manifesto commitments, there’s a growing certainty that the next UK government will be an ocean champion.

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Deepwater Horizon five year anniversary: Greenpeace reaction

Last edited 17 April 2015 at 5:15pm
17 April, 2015

In response to the five year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico which killed 11 people and spilled five million barrels of oil, Ian Duff, Arctic campaigner, said:

“The Deepwater Horizon disaster was a truly shocking episode. People everywhere were stunned by the carnage the oil industry had wrought, and how incompetent it was at dealing with the disaster. There was a huge amount of anger.

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Previously Unseen Photos - Russian Authorities Seize Greenpeace Ship

Posted by daphne christelis — 15 April 2015 at 5:15pm - Comments
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Frank with hands up as Russian Security Services arrest the crew at gunpoint

The plan was to attach a Greenpeace pod to Gazprom's platform and launch a peaceful protest against oil being pumped from the icy waters of the Arctic. However, heavily armed commandos flooded the deck of the Arctic Sunrise and the Arctic Thirty began their ordeal at the hands of Putin's regime.

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Frozen Future: The gaps in Shell's Arctic spill response

Last edited 13 April 2015 at 6:08pm
Publication date: 
13 April, 2015

Shell is currently moving its drilling rigs to Seattle in anticipation of resuming its US offshore Arctic drilling programme in July. However, it is far from clear that Shell has adequate physical or financial plans to deal with the impacts of a major oil spill in this remote region. 

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Greenpeace Climbers Leave Arctic Oil Drilling Rig

Last edited 12 April 2015 at 8:45am
12 April, 2015

The six climbers who safely intercepted, scaled, and set up camp on an Arctic-bound Shell oil drilling rig in the Pacific have come down after spending almost a week on the 38,000 tonne platform.

The multi-national team of volunteers abseiled off the rig and into inflatable boats, before returning to the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, which has been stationed close by for the last week.

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How to Climb an Oil Rig - in Pictures

Posted by daphne christelis — 8 April 2015 at 11:39am - Comments
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Boarding the Shell drill rig in the Pacific Ocean

What you need
- a good reason (to stop Shell drilling for oil in the Arctic)
- an oil rig (Shell drill rig, bound for the Arctic)

1. Locate oil rig

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Greenpeace responds to Shell injunction

Last edited 8 April 2015 at 10:11am
8 April, 2015

In response to the injunction Shell has taken out this evening against Greenpeace USA, Annie Leonard, Greenpeace USA executive director, said:

“This injunction is Shell’s latest attempt to keep people from standing up for the Arctic. Shell thinks it can do whatever it wants, but there’s one thing the company still clearly fears--ordinary people standing up to save the Arctic.

“Shell wants activists off its rig. We want Shell out of the Arctic.

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Six Greenpeace climbers scale Shell’s Arctic-bound oil rig

Last edited 6 April 2015 at 8:37pm
6 April, 2015

Six Greenpeace climbers have intercepted an Arctic-bound Shell oil rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 750 miles north-west of Hawaii and have scaled the 38,000 tonne platform.

The multi-national team of volunteers will set up camp on the underside of the Polar Pioneer’s main deck. They have supplies to last for several days and are equipped with technology which will allow them to communicate with supporters around the world in real-time, despite being hundreds of miles from land.

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