Friday, August 24, 2012

Greenpeace storms Arctic oil platform

Guardian: Greenpeace has signalled its determination to try to halt the Kremlin's march into the Arctic with activists led by its executive director boarding an oil platform belonging to state-owned Gazprom. It is the first time that the green group has taken "direct action" against the Russian drilling and comes amid alarming new evidence about the speed with which Arctic sea ice is melting. Six environmentalists in inflatable boats launched from Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship approached the Prirazlomnaya...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/24/greenpeace-activists-arctic-oil-russia
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/8/24/1345831829870/Greenpeace--021.jpg

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