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Greenland grants exploration and exploitation licences in the Arctic Greenland Sea to three consortia
2013-12-21 17:30:14| Green Car Congress
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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Russia Grants Amnesty to Greenpeacers, Gazprom Arctic Oil Flows
2013-12-20 18:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The Russian parliament has formally adopted an amnesty measure that will end legal proceedings against the Greenpeace Arctic 30. The Russian lawmakers Wednesday voted for an amendment that extends a broader amnesty decree to defendants charged with hooliganism. It therefore includes the Arctic 30 -- the 28 activists and two freelance journalists who were arrested following a protest at a Gazprom-operated Arctic oil platform in the Pechora Sea on September 18. Greenpeace activist, left, puts...
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...
Novatek and Total green-light $27-billion Arctic Yamal LNG project
2013-12-19 15:30:33| Green Car Congress
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