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Defusing Disaster: Oil transfer from FSO SAFER to turn off the Ticking Time Bomb
Greenpeace demands polluters be held financially responsible and rise up to the needs of the next stage of the salvage operation of the FSO Safer, abandoned off Yemen's Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war broke out in the country in 2015.
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UN operation to make safe Big Oil-abandoned FSO SAFER in the Red Sea begins
The hazardous operation to remove more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying FSO SAFER supertanker off Yemen’s coast has commenced after years of delay.
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European Court of Human Rights rules ‘Arctic 30’ were arbitrarily detained
The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that Russian authorities arbitrarily detained the Arctic 30 (28 Greenpeace activists and two freelance journalists) and violated their right to freedom of expression.
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Blockade of toxic waste tanker in Norway ends after 3 days
“We have spent almost 3 days and 3 nights exposing Equinor’s illegal and irresponsible export of toxic waste. This poison from the Norwegian oil industry is killing the ocean in Denmark, and it has to stop."
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Biggest Plastic Polluter named Sponsor for COP27 – Greenpeace Reaction
Coca-Cola produces 120 billion throwaway plastic bottles a year - and 99% of plastics are made from fossil fuels, worsening both the plastic and climate crisis. This partnership undermines the very objective of the event it seeks to sponsor.
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Oil giants behind FSO Safer oil revealed
The companies likely to be responsible for the oil onboard have announced record profits, but have not yet contributed any funds to prevent a disaster in the Red Sea
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UN announcement on the FSO Safer salvage operations – Greenpeace Reaction
The UN announces that it has received a total of USD 75 million in pledges from governments, the amount needed to launch the operation to salvage the FSO Safer.
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DRC’s forests-for-oil sale reeks of neocolonialism
Behind the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s nationalist rhetoric lie big profits for global energy giants, and hurt for poor Congolese.
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How we’re fighting the oil industry in the Argentine Sea
Despite constant protest from civil society, the Argentine state and the oil companies recently renewed their intention to move forward with the development of the offshore oil industry.
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Countries must step up to fully fund US$80 million FSO Safer oil tanker rescue off Yemen
While US$80 million needed to rescue the Safer sounds like a lot of money, it is a drop in the ocean compared to the subsidies that governments give to oil corporations.