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Russia detains Greenpeace ship after Arctic protest
2013-09-20 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Russian authorities have detained a Greenpeace ship and threatened to bring criminal charges after activists scaled Russia's first Arctic offshore oil platform. Greenpeace said armed coastguards had forcibly boarded and seized the Arctic Sunrise on Thursday, a day after two activists were plucked from the side of the Prirazlomnaya rig, owned by the state-controlled energy giant Gazprom, and arrested. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said the Amsterdam-registered ship was being towed to Murmansk...
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Australian among 28 arrested after armed Russians storm Greenpeace ship
2013-09-20 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An Australian man is among 30 crew members being held at gunpoint on a Greenpeace ship in the Arctic after it was stormed by Russian security forces. Members of the Russian coastguard boarded the Arctic Sunrise in the Pechora Sea via helicopter and ropes on Thursday. Greenpeace says the vessel was in international waters at the time of boarding. A spokeswoman for Greenpeace in Australia said all but two of the activists were rounded up at gunpoint and held in the ship's mess. Two crew members,...
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Russian Coast Guard Fires on Greenpeace Ship, Arrests Four
2013-09-18 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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...
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Fire damages Kodiak, Alaska, ship at Seattle pier
2013-09-17 15:28:41| Trucking - Topix.net
Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore says smoke was reported coming from the galley about 3 a.m. Tuesday and about two dozen crew members got out safely.
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Costa Concordia: How a ship twice the size of Titanic is being lifted from the seabed
2013-09-16 23:12:19| Extremetech
The salvage effort to recover the wreckage of the Costa Concordia is underway, with the ship inching back towards an even keel over the pace of several hours. If successful, this will be the largest vessel ever recovered.
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