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31 activists arrested attempting to stop Arctic oil from docking in Europe
2014-05-01 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Dutch police arrested 31 Greenpeace activists today, who were attempting to block the Russian oil tanker, Mikhail Ulyanov, from delivering the first shipment of offshore Arctic oil to the European market. Greenpeace opposes drilling in the Arctic due to the difficulty of cleaning up any oil spill in remote, ice-filled waters, and the exacerbation of global climate change from exploiting new fossil fuel sources. Among those arrested was the captain of the Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior,...
Bigger, better Arctic studies needed, US report argues
2014-05-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: A new ocean. An unpredictable landscape changing faster than any other place on Earth. And remote, impenetrable places that are hard to reach and sit in darkness for months each year. Those are just some of the things awaiting researchers who will confront the challenge of studying the Arctic in the 21st century, concludes a report released yesterday. The climate, biology, and society in the Arctic are changing in rapid, complex, and interactive ways, with effects throughout the region and, increasingly,...
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Greenpeace ship captain arrested in Arctic oil protest
2014-05-01 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Dutch police have arrested the captain of a Greenpeace vessel, after activists tried to stop a Russian tanker delivering oil controversially drilled from the Arctic to a port in Rotterdam. The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior blocked the Mikhail Ulyanov tanker as it attempted to moor in the Dutch citys harbour early on Thursday morning. Police quickly boarded the vessel and arrested around 30 activists, but were unable to move the Warrior for around two hours. By this time, activists on smaller...
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Dutch arrest 30 Greenpeace activists blocking Russian Arctic oil tanker
2014-05-01 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Dutch police on Thursday arrested around 30 Greenpeace activists, including the captain of the lobby group's ship Rainbow Warrior, as they tried to stop a Russian tanker delivering Arctic oil from docking. "The captain has been arrested and the ship is being taken elsewhere else," police spokesman Roland Eckers told AFP of the Rainbow Warrior. "Several activists climbed a fence to prevent the ship docking and several others were in small boats also trying to impede the tanker and several were...
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Greenpeace activists block Russian Arctic oil tanker
2014-05-01 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior and a group of 80 activists have attempted to block the Russian Gazprom's oil tanker, Mikhail Ulyanov, in Rotterdam harbour from delivering oil from Arctic waters.
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