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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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Villagers occupy govt office in Indonesia Borneo in protest against palm oil land grab

2013-09-18 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Villagers in Indonesias Central Kalimantan province occupied a local government office last week, fed up with the governments lack of action to resolve a long-running land dispute with palm oil company PT Rezeki Alam Semesta Raya. Around 29 villagers occupied the Kuala Kapuas district head office in Central Kalimantan on Thursday. The residents of Sei Ahas, Katimpun, Kalumpang and Pulau Kaladan villages demanded the company return nearly 3,000 hectares of customary land, which they said was...

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Russia: Two Arrested During Arctic Drilling Protest After Scaling Oil Platform

2013-09-18 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Two Greenpeace International activists have been arrested after climbing a Gazprom oil platform in the Russian Arctic, during a peaceful protest that has prompted a disproportionate use of force by the Russian Coast Guard. Now there are no climbers remaining on the platform, but the Greenpeace International icebreaker Arctic Sunrise remains in the area. The two are now in custody on the Russian Coast Guard vessel. Crew members of the Arctic Sunrise reported that a total of 11 warning shots...

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Activists arrested during Russian oil protest

2013-09-18 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Greenpeace said on Wednesday two of its activists have been arrested after scaling the Prirazlomnaya oil platform in Arctic waters in a fresh protest over the potential threat to the environment from operations slated to start by the end of the year. Production at the Gazprom-owned rig, Russia's first such project in the Barents Sea, was delayed last year after similar action. Gazprom put the delay down to technical reasons. A Russian coastguard officer, right, points a gun at a Greenpeace...

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