By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, July 21 (Reuters) - Environmental activists protested on Friday near an offshore rig contracted by Statoil in the remote Norwegian Arctic, where the firm is looking for oil and gas deposits. The Nordic country wants to open up northern areas for exploration to offset declining production in the south. Oil and gas production is Norway's leading … [Read more...]
Russia Says Greenpeace Boat Seizure Ruling Encourages Illegal Protests
MOSCOW, July 20 (Reuters) - Russia rejected a ruling by an international arbitration court which said Moscow must pay damages for seizing a Dutch-flagged Greenpeace vessel, saying on Thursday that the decision would only encourage illegal protests. Russian Federal Security Service agents captured the vessel -- the Arctic Sunrise -- in international waters in 2013 after a … [Read more...]
Russia Told to Pay Dutch $6 Million Over Greenpeace ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Seizure
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia must pay the Netherlands more than 5 million euros ($5.79 million)in damages for seizing a Dutch-flagged Greenpeace vessel in 2013 and arresting 30 people aboard, an international arbitration panel ruled on Tuesday. Russian Federal Security Service agents captured the Arctic Sunrise in international waters after a … [Read more...]
Seven Chinese Vessels Detained Off West Africa for Illegal Fishing
By Emma Farge DAKAR, May 2 (Reuters) - Authorities in West Africa have detained eight seven Chinese vessels for fishing illegally and the boat owners could be subject to millions of dollars in fines, officials at environmental group Greenpeace said. Inspectors from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau boarded the ships off their respective coasts. They found them … [Read more...]
Russia Ordered to Compensate Greenpeace Over ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Ship Seizure
AMSTERDAM, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A court in the Netherlands has ordered Russia to pay compensation for seizing the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during a protest against an offshore oil platform two years ago, a ruling which Moscow dismissed as lacking legal authority. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, which resolves disputes between states, said the decision was … [Read more...]
Greenpeace Protesters Face Steep Fines for Bridge Hanging Stunt
By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Five Greenpeace protesters who dangled from a Portland, Oregon, bridge for two days in a bid to block a Royal Dutch Shell ship headed to the Arctic to drill for oil are each facing $5,000 fines from the U.S. Coast Guard, authorities said on Thursday. Three of the protesters dangled from the 200-foot-high St. John's … [Read more...]
WATCH: Shell Icebreaker Threads Bridge Hanger’s Barricade
By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore., July 30 (Reuters) - An icebreaking vessel key to Royal Dutch Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic departed Portland, Oregon, late on Thursday, navigating between a narrow gap of environmental activists dangling from a bridge after a two-day human blockade. Several Greenpeace activists appeared to bow to orders from police … [Read more...]