Greenpeace Activists Hang from Bridge to Block Shell Icebreaker

A bunch of twenty six Greenpeace activists have suspended themselves from a bridge in Portland, Oregon in an effort to cease Shell icebreaker from heading again to Alaska the place it’s wanted for the corporate’s arctic drilling operations.

The Greenpeace climbers and dozens of so-called ‘kayaktivists’ have positioned themselves beneath the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, which crosses the Williamette River resulting in the Columbia and Pacific Ocean from a shipyard in Portland. The protestors try to dam the Shell icebreaker Fennica, which will probably be used to hold a vital piece of drilling tools, from departing for Alaska after present process repairs.

Greenpeace says the activists have sufficient provides to final a number of days.

The Fennica was again in Portland to restore a 3-foot lengthy gash in its hull found July third because the vessel was departing Dutch Harbor headed for the Chukchi Sea.

The Fennica’s major function in Shell’s drilling operations within the Chukchi Sea will probably be to hold the nicely capping stack, a vital piece of containment tools thought-about that final line of protection in opposition to a significant blowout throughout drilling operations.

Last week, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) authorised permits for restricted exploratory drilling actions within the Chukchi Sea offshore Alaska, which restricted Shell to drilling solely the highest sections of wells and prohibiting the corporate from drilling into oil-bearing zones till the capping stack, carried by Fennica, could be deployed inside 24 hours.

Here’s some uncooked video of Wednesday’s protest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d9uFRFZSAg