Six activists with Greenpeace International have occupied a Russian oil rig to protest drilling in the Arctic. The rig belongs to the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom, which is set to become the first company to produce Arctic oil through drilling operations in the Pechora Sea. Democracy Now interviewed Greenpeace’s executive director, Kumi Naidoo, just [...]

Tags: Action Reports, Arctic, Climate Change, Gazprom, Greenpeace, Kumi Naidoo, Natural Gas & Oil Drilling

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