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Greenpeace assails Arctic oil rig
2013-09-18 12:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Greenpeace activists have launched an attempt to board a Russian oil platform and prevent it drilling in the Arctic. The group released pictures of two activists scaling the side of the giant Prirazlomnaya platform, and of security forces boarding one of its boats. The project, run by oil monopoly Gazprom, is Russia's first effort to extract oil from the Barents Sea. Greenpeace opposes Arctic drilling, saying it threatens a unique and fragile environment. The group said two of its activists were...
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