Greenpeace Activists End Arctic Oil Rig Occupation in Freezing Gale
September 02, 2010
September 02, 2010
BAFFIN BAY, Greenland, Sept. 2 -- Greenpeace International issued the following news release:
After over 40 hours hanging below the Stena Don oil rig, forcing the operators Cairn Energy to halt drilling operations, harsh arctic weather conditions have forced four Greenpeace climbers to end their occupation by climbing up onto the gantry of the rig, where they were promptly arrested.
Before ending the protest one of the climbers, Sim McKenna from the United States, s . . .
After over 40 hours hanging below the Stena Don oil rig, forcing the operators Cairn Energy to halt drilling operations, harsh arctic weather conditions have forced four Greenpeace climbers to end their occupation by climbing up onto the gantry of the rig, where they were promptly arrested.
Before ending the protest one of the climbers, Sim McKenna from the United States, s . . .