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Despite The Evidence, Greenpeace Plays The Grinch In 2013
2013-12-24 00:26:00| Beef
Can things get any sadder than an environmental group forced to scare kids at Christmas? BEEF Editors' Blog read more
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Russia starts pumping oil Arctic rig raided by Greenpeace
2013-12-20 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Persse: Russia's state-held energy giant Gazprom said Friday it had launched production at an Arctic oil rig raided in September by 30 Greenpeace activists whom the authorities later detained for two months. The landmark announcement marked the formal start of Russia's long-planned effort to turn the vast oil and natural gas riches believed to be buried in the frozen waters into profits for its ambitious government-run firms. But it also outraged campaigners who see the Arctic as one of the world's...
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Putin: What Happened to the Greenpeace Arctic 30 Group Should Serve as a "Lesson" to Activists
2013-12-20 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Russia may have granted amnesty to the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists arrested after a protest at a drilling platform in the Arctic, but President Vladimir Putin said he`s planning to toughen his response to future attempts at interference with the country`s oil exploration. "This is a serious thing for us. And we do not plan to soften (our stance), we will only be toughening it," Putin said Thursday. He added that the amnesty law that ensures their release was not passed on behalf...
Russian amnesty to benefit Pussy Riot, Greenpeace 30
2013-12-19 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Russia's parliament on Wednesday adopted an amnesty which lawyers said would free two jailed members of punk band Pussy Riot and enable 30 people arrested in a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling to avoid trial. Such an outcome would remove two of many irritants in ties with the West before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics in February. Concern over Russia's treatment of gays is already threatening to cloud the atmosphere at the Sochi Games. The State Duma, or lower house, unanimously...
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Putin calls Russia response to Greenpeace Arctic protest a lesson
2013-12-19 10:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia's response to a Greenpeace protest over Arctic oil drilling should serve as a lesson and Moscow would toughen steps to guard against interference in its development of the region. Putin suggested Greenpeace activists detained for a protest at a drilling platform operated by state-controlled Gazprom in September may have been carrying out an order to undermine Russia's development of Arctic energy resources. "Why was this (protest) carried out?...
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