Ice-Blog: Philippines, Warsaw, Arctic – join the dots
I have very mixed feelings as the UN climate conference gets underway in Warsaw just as the Philippines are devastated
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What’s next after piracy charge for Finnish Greenpeace activist
Markku Kivinen, head of Helsinki University’s specialist Russian and east European Aleksanteri Institute, has cautioned Finnish politicians to use
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Putin says Greenpeace activists not pirates
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Greenpeace activists apprehended after trying to scale an offshore oil platform aren’t
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Finnish consul headed for Greenpeace vessel
Russian authorities are permitting a group of foreign consulate representatives aboard a Netherlands-registered Greenpeace ship being towed to Murmansk. One
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Greenpeace says Canadians among activists on ship boarded by Russians in Arctic
Two Canadian activists are among a group of 25 people who were being held at gunpoint aboard a Greenpeace
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Despite efforts, Alaska Kulluk grounding couldn’t be prevented
The Coast Guard captain who played a key role during attempts to control the ill-fated Kulluk conical drilling rig in
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Contractor: Tow shackle between Shell’s Arctic drill rig, tug failed
The man who oversaw equipment connecting Shell Oil’s Arctic drill rig to her tugboat detailed his job execution for marine
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