Friday, August 24, 2012

Activists board Russian oil rig

BBC: Six Greenpeace activists have boarded a Russian offshore oil rig in protest over gas and oil exploration in the Arctic, the group says. The activists, which include the organisation's executive director, reached the Prirazlomnaya platform by speedboat early on Friday. They say they have enough supplies to last several days. The group says drilling plans by Russian energy giant Gazprom are "dangerous" and should be abandoned. It says the company - which operates the Prirazlomnaya platform...

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