Activists stop Cairn Energy rig drilling in the Arctic

Activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza evaded a massive security operation and scaled Cairn Energy's controversial rig off Greenland. We've stopped their drilling.

After dodging Danish Navy commandos in our inflatable speedboats, our activists climbed up the inside of the rig and are now hanging from tents suspended from ropes.

We'll get more news to you as soon as we have it, but for live updates go to http://www.gobeyondoil.org

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• greenpeace
• energy
• cairn energy
• stena don
• greenland
• activism
• direct action
• oil
• oil rig

[no1froggy]

Blimey those activists must have muscles like popeye to row along at that speed!, im sure they wouldnt use petrol engines as that would be hypocritical wouldnt it!.

[StoorieBrae]

To think that humans have any influence on climate is supremely arrogant and ignorant. It has hints of Nazi thought processes, which I find disturbing.

Let's look at the activist. Fossil fuel powered boat made from plastic, plastic camera, make-up on face, PC that the video was uploaded from, plastic. Electricity that powers the Internet that it is posted on, generated from fossil fuel.

Be thankful that we live in a time when we have access to this wonderful resource.

[TejasM14]

@ittud what the fuck are you talking about mate. America is the world's no.1 polluter. With less about 1/3rd the pollution. American greed is destroying the earth!

[ittud]

well I think that people should stop fucking!! india has a population growth of 30 million a year. stop that shit and our problems will be over in a few generations. 30 million that get 2-3 kids each thats probally a couple of hundred million less in 50 years. look up family photo on google and what you see is just an enviromental disaster. use our foreign aid to sterilize the willing and compensate them so they can get educated and not worry about food or old age

[lukezaza]

@stooriebrae YOU ARE THE STUPIDEST LOW LIFE ON THIS PLANET! ALONG WITH YOUR "4 LIKES" HOW THE HELL ARE GREENPEACE SUPPOSED TO BROADCAST THERE STATEMENT TO THIS FILTHY PETROLEUM BASE WORLD OTHER THAN TO USE IT'S SOURCES SUCH AS THE INTERNET! SECONDLY HOW CAN THEY KEEP UP WITH A FUEL POWERED SHIP WITHOUT PETROL MOTORS.....SHIPS LIKE THAT USE TONS OF FUEL A SMAL INFLATABLE BOAT WOULD ONLY USE A FEW HUNDRED LITRES AT THE MOST.. EVEN IF THEY USED TONS OF FUEL AT LEAST ITS FOR A GOOD CAUSE!.

[gradyhue]

idiots

[TheSteveonsite]

Stupid fucks should have swam from their caves naked to make a statement about getting off fossil fuels. Get real.

[arikleist]

I think that the Greenpeace not be produced on what Greenland do in his own country, in talking about oil Borring in Aktis, it is oil Borring in Greenland and it has Gønland needed, as Greenland did not earn so much money, if i want to mix higher, I think that at first must try how hard is to live in Greenland, where everything is so expensive, derfår so long in not know what it's like to live in Greenland must not interfere.

[97Arran]

The world is over populated, theres food shortages and droughts around the world, the earth is on its usual cycle causing natural desasters ect not to mension the universe will not exist in so many millions of years. We as humans simply put the elements we have avalible on earth to good use that suit our needs. Looking forward to waking up tomoz and not exactly giving a shit, lets face it we are nothing in comparrison to the universe that can and will destroy us one day so why try and play GOD!

[sarmariex]

yee you can say they're hypocritical for using enginges to power their way to the oil rig, and yes they're using a tv to project their activites, and so on an so forth... but the main prospect is that they're trying to stop a very radical way of accessing oil which canhave a profound affect on the earth, the environment and the animals!

There are so many other ways of resourcing fuel and energy, we're just to lazy and ignorant to do so.

PS . yes i typed this on a 'plastic' laptop. Fuck off!