2011年6月4日星期六

18 Greenpeace activists climbed the Greenland oil rig (AP)

STOCKHOLM - Greenpeace said 18 of its members climbed 53,000 tons oil drilling platform in Arctic waters off the coast of Greenland to protest against a Scottish drilling in deep water by an oil company he.

Activists demand a plan for how to manage an oil spill potential Cairn Energy release.

The environmental group said activists approached Leiv Eiriksson platform by five inflatable stars and soared to rig early Saturday before making their way to the Office of the Manager of drilling. She said that an oil response plan has not been published.

Greenpeace calls for an oil spill in the region would be almost impossible to clean because of the remoteness and freezing.

Drilling began this week, and already, two Greenpeace activists were arrested for trying to prevent it.


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