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Activists block two major drilling rigs in 24 hours as ‘Save the Arctic’ campaign escalates

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27 May, 2014



London, May 27th 2014 -- Greenpeace activists from 12 countries blocked two separate oil rigs destined to drill in the Arctic ocean in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The environmental group said that the threat to the rapidly melting Arctic from a group of international oil companies requires ‘a truly global response’.


A group of 30 activists in the Dutch port of IJmuiden occupied the GSP Saturn, a rig contracted by Russia’s state owned energy company Gazprom on its way to the remote Pechora sea. They were removed after five hours and six activists remain under arrest.

Another group of 15 is currently occupying the Transocean Spitsbergen, under contract to Norway’s state owned company Statoil as it prepares to drill the world’s northernmost well in the Barents Sea. Both Gazprom and Statoil’s projects are taking place deep inside the Arctic circle.

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Tackling overfishing from the Pacific to the Atlantic

Posted by Nina Schrank — 13 August 2013 at 12:34pm - Comments
Senegalese fishermen in a traditional 'Pirogue' boat
All rights reserved. Credit: Clement Tardif
Fishermen in Senegal in a traditional pirogue boat

You may have been lucky enough to see the superb National Geographic programme Mission To Save The Ocean last Saturday. If not, don’t worry, I’ll give you the rundown here.

The programme went across the globe to West Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, following Greenpeace campaigners tackling the root causes of overfishing.

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