Greenpeace protest
Greenpeace-ful protest…
Today, Greenpeace supporters held protests at over 70 Shell petrol stations across the country.The protests are part of a global day of action in solidarity with the Arctic 30, taking place in dozens of countries around the world.The protests are taking place to pay tribute to the two journalists and 28 Greenpeace activists being held in St Petersburg, charged with piracy and hooliganism. Greenpeace ctivists state that The Arctic, the climate and the right to peaceful protest must be protected.
The aim of the protests are to show their support for the 30, six of whom are UK nationals, by sending a message to the Russian Embassy in London asking for their release, and signing a petition to ask Shell to pull out of their risky and reckless joint venture with Gazprom to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean.
Greenpeace UK Executive Director John Sauven said: “Shell were thrown out of the Alaskan Arctic by the US Government following a series of blunders and accidents culminating in the grounding of their drill rig. Then Shell opted for the more flexible regulatory environment of the Russian Arctic, and went into partnership with Kremlin-owned Gazprom.
Gazprom, who managed a spectacular 827 oil spills in 2012 alone, are possibly the only company to make a bigger mess of their Arctic operations than Shell. It was a reckless Gazprom adventure into the Arctic that the Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise, was sent to peacefully expose. Gazprom responded by calling in the security forces.” Gazprom called in the Russian coastguard who seized the Arctic Sunrise and arrested twenty eight activists and two journalists at gunpoint. They have already been in prison for two months in tough conditions, with the possibility of many years ahead.
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