Environment News Service: The Russian Coast Guard has fired shots at a Greenpeace International ship in the Russian Arctic and four Greenpeace activists were arrested today during a protest of oil drilling in the fragile, pristine environment.
At 4.30 am Moscow time, five inflatable boats were launched from the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and headed towards the Gazprom oil rig Prirazlomnaya in the remote Pechora sea. One of the inflatables was confronted by the Russian Coast Guard and two activists were...