Activists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza have discovered a large methane leak located in the British exclusive economic zone in the North Sea. Using a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle, they were able to film two of the gas-emitting craters at about 100m water depth on the seafloor, which are between 50 and 15 meters in diameter and up to 20 and 9 meters deep, … [Read more...]
Jury Opposes Felony Charges for Protesters Who Shut Houston Ship Channel
Greenpeace activists form a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge, shutting down the Houston Ship Channel near Baytown, Texas, September 12, 2019. ©Anonymous/Greenpeace USA/via REUTERS By Liz Hampton March 4 (Reuters) - A Texas grand jury on Wednesday declined to issue felony indictments against a group of Greenpeace USA activists who closed a key oil export waterway for … [Read more...]
Shell Wins Court Ruling Banning Activists From North Sea Oil Platforms
By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc won a court ruling preventing environmental protesters from boarding unmanned oil installations in the North Sea. Greenpeace activists in October boarded two of Shell’s offshore platforms in the Brent field to protest decommissioning plans they claimed will leave “hazardous oily sludge” in the sea. A judge in … [Read more...]
Greenpeace Climbs Decommissioned North Sea Platform
By Ron Bousso LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists boarded two Royal Dutch Shell oil platforms in the British North Sea on Monday in protest against plans to leave parts of the giant structures in place after production shuts down. Pictures provided by Greenpeace show two people in yellow hats scaling one of giant two large, rusty structures and unfurling a banner … [Read more...]
Greenpeace Activists Arrested for Blocking Houston Ship Channel
By Simon Casey and Barbara Powell (Bloomberg) --More than a dozen Greenpeace activists were arrested Thursday after partially shutting the Houston Ship Channel by suspending themselves from a bridge spanning the key oil route in protest against the fossil fuel industry. The section of the channel between Baytown and Spilmans Island was closed, according to the Coast Guard’s … [Read more...]