Four Greenpeace activists climbed yesterday to the first oil platform in Arctic waters installed to paralyze the activity of the company. With this measure, Grenpeace surveys expected delay until they are paralyzed by winter weather conditions.
Thus, if the activists achieve their goal, the company should wait until June next year to reopen, which would allow the development of "a moratorium on oil exploration in these waters, "explains responsible Greenpeace Energy, Sara Sawyer .
The platform, located in Danish waters, belonging to the British company Cairn Energy and is the first to operate in the Arctic. The estimated that the risk of a severe stroke during the life of a platform in this area is above 20%. "It is totally absurd to perform these activities in a fragile ecosystem" says Sawyer .
Ship 'Esperanza' Greenpeace has been in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Arctic Ocean nine days and, although it is being watched closely by a warship from Denmark, a group of activists has snuck into this platform. and still hanging 15 meters above the sea and rolled out a banner calling for a moratorium on oil exploration in this area of \u200b\u200bhigh ecological value.
Thus, if the activists achieve their goal, the company should wait until June next year to reopen, which would allow the development of "a moratorium on oil exploration in these waters, "explains responsible Greenpeace Energy, Sara Sawyer .
The platform, located in Danish waters, belonging to the British company Cairn Energy and is the first to operate in the Arctic. The estimated that the risk of a severe stroke during the life of a platform in this area is above 20%. "It is totally absurd to perform these activities in a fragile ecosystem" says Sawyer .
Ship 'Esperanza' Greenpeace has been in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Arctic Ocean nine days and, although it is being watched closely by a warship from Denmark, a group of activists has snuck into this platform. and still hanging 15 meters above the sea and rolled out a banner calling for a moratorium on oil exploration in this area of \u200b\u200bhigh ecological value.