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Despite the overwhelming evidence that Big Oil's reckless pursuit of the last remaining oil reserves (and ever-more exorbitant profits) is disastrous for the planet, governments of the world are still greenlighting dangerous deepwater drilling projects.
That's why this morning two Greenpeace activists locked down the anchor chain of Chevron's drill ship the Stena Carron, which was scheduled to depart for a deepwater drilling site north of Scotland's Shetland Islands. While our activists physically prevent one more irresponsible drilling project from getting underway, we're calling on all governments to ban deepwater drilling once and for all.
The action was launched from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, which was also the base of operations for the activists who staged a 40-hour occupation of Cairn Energy's Stena Don oil rig off the coast of Greenland earlier this month. There is real danger that the Stena Don could spark an Arctic oil rush, which would pose a huge threat to the climate and put the fragile Arctic environment at risk. So, for nearly two days, Greenpeace activists prevented this dangerous drilling operation from proceeding to threaten any more marine life and coastal ecosystems with catastrophic oil spills.
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