{"id":6938,"date":"2017-08-18T02:29:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T02:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.p4.greenpeace.org\/post\/the-arctic-sunrise-has-been-seized-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:48:56","slug":"the-arctic-sunrise-has-been-seized-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/6938\/the-arctic-sunrise-has-been-seized-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arctic Sunrise has been seized. Here\u2019s why:"},"content":{"rendered":"

The message is clear: Norway, it\u2019s time to choose people over oil. 35 activists from 25 countries around the world are in the Barents Sea to demand an end to Arctic drilling.<\/p>\n

\"Arctic

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is in the Norwegian Arctic to document, expose and challenge the Norwegian government and Statoil\u2019s aggressive search for new oil in the Barents Sea.<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, activists from the Arctic Sunrise on inflatable boats and kayaks entered the exclusion zone of Statoil\u2019s Korpfjell well, Norway\u2019s most northern oil drilling site to date, and attached a giant globe to the rig Songa Enabler.<\/p>\n

The globe carried written statements from people from all over the world, with a message to the Norwegian government to stop the oil drilling.<\/p>\n

\"Arctic

Four people in kayaks have reached Statoil\u2019s rig, the Songa Enabler. They are bringing a huge globe with messages from people around the world urging the Norwegian government to end its Arctic oil expansion.<\/p><\/div>\n

The activists halted the operation of the rig, and after several hours of demanding an end to the drilling in the Arctic, the Norwegian Coast Guard interfered with the peaceful protest, arresting the Arctic Sunrise ship, the activists and crew members.<\/p>\n

Just 10 days before ratifying the Paris Agreement, in June 2016, the \u201cenvironmentally friendly\u201d Norwegian government granted new oil licenses. Now, a year later, Statoil has just started to drill for oil in the northernmost area ever licensed by Norway.<\/p>\n

\"Arctic

4 people in kayaks have reached Statoil\u2019s rig, the Songa Enabler. They are bringing a huge globe with messages from people around the world urging the Norwegian government to end its Arctic oil expansion.<\/p><\/div>\n

But this won\u2019t stop us. It\u2019s time to get ready for our new battleground: the courtroom\u2014where Greenpeace Nordic, together with Nature and Youth, will face Actic Oil this November.<\/p>\n

With your witness statements we will achieve it. Add your name<\/a> to the more than 350.000 others and become part of the evidence that the people know a better world is possible.<\/p>\n

Diego Gonzaga is a content editor for Greenpeace US.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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