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Russia charges non-violent activists with 'piracy' for protesting Arctic oil drilling
2013-10-07 15:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In what is being described by Greenpeace as an 'imaginary offense,' Russia has charged 30 people with piracy after activists protested against oil exploitation in the Arctic. The 30 charged included not only protestors, but a British journalist and Russian videographer who were on board Greenpeace's ship, the Arctic Sunrise, when it was stormed by the Russian military late last month. On Wednesday, September 18th, two of activists were arrested attempting to scale Russia first Arctic oil platform,...
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Concern for health of Greenpeace activists detained in Russia
2013-10-07 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Some of the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists being detained in Russia while awaiting piracy charges are being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, while others are held in "extremely cold" cells, according to the head of Greenpeace. Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International's executive director, told the Guardian that the crew had been split up into several prisons across the port city of Murmansk in north-west Russia, which is in the Arctic Circle. Three of the group have been...
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Russia under fire for treatment jailed Greenpeace activists
2013-10-07 09:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Things aren`t looking particularly promising for the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists arrested for boarding a Russian oil rig in the Arctic. But authorities` alleged mishandling of the situation is creating its own set of problems for Moscow. According to the Associated Press, "several governments now appear ready to add the Greenpeace detentions to their grown log of complaints about Russia`s treatment of human rights issues under President Vladimir Putin." The announcement, two weeks...
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Some anti-drilling activists change tactics, sign leases and try to work with industry
2013-10-06 10:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: For years, activists have warned that fracking can have disastrous consequences ruined water and air, sickened people and animals, a ceaseless parade of truck traffic. Now some critics are doing what was once unthinkable: working with the industry. Some are even signing lucrative gas leases and speaking about the environmental benefits of gas. In one northeastern Pennsylvania village that became a global flashpoint in the debate over fracking, the switch has raised more than a few eyebrows. ...
Worldwide vigils for Greenpeace activists held by Russian authorities
2013-10-06 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Protests were held in cities across Britain and around the world on Saturday to show support for the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists currently being held by the Russian authorities on charges of piracy. Even as the vigils were taking place, the Russian authorities shrugged off the controversy, saying that the group's protest at an Arctic oil platform owned by state-controlled firm Gazprom had been "pure provocation". Six Britons are among the group, drawn from 18 countries, being detained...
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