UK Ocean Defence Newswire Archive
Community walk brings Shell drilling work to a standstill in Sruwaddacon Estuary
11-08-2010 15:19
Shell disrupted - Beat the Boreholes continues
09-08-2010 16:33
Yesterday at about 2.30pm Shell began to lower "Jack - 1" - one of two survey barges currently in Sruth Fhada Chonn estuary SAC (Special Area of Protection) - in order to tug it to another part of the estuary.The Rossport Solidarity Camp was ready and willing to claim free passage of the public estuary and in the process upset the operation. Over a dozen Shell security boats and two Garda RIBS couldn't keep the 6 kaykers out, with two of them reaching the moving barge after an hour and a half of chase.
Shell drilling stopped for 5 hours – as Beat the Boreholes continues
05-08-2010 14:29
Waders tie down Shell testing rig in Mayo, Republic of Ireland
30-07-2010 16:39
10 people from the Rossport solidarity camp delayed Shell’s survey work for the dangerous and experimental Corrib gas pipeline yesterday. The campaigners waded out to one of the rigs drilling boreholes in the Sruwaddacon estuarythe rig at high tide, fixed rope around the legs of the rig, and occupied the space underneath it to prevent the being moved to a new site. Work was delayed for around two hours.Campaign launched to close down German dolphinarium
27-07-2010 21:38
"Not only do we have to fight criminal operations and cruelty to animals on the high seas but also take responsibility and direct action to help those who are imprisoned in concrete pools, doomed to entertain us".
BBC Promotes Vivisector who Forces Antidepressants On Shrimp
07-07-2010 10:17
Prozac, correlated to homicide and suicide, being forced on shrimpBP, Government Blocking Press from Reporting Their "Ballet at Sea"
06-07-2010 05:56
"As high tourist season approaches, there will be people who 'come on down to Alabama' regardless of the oil spill. A delicate balance between preparation for the worst and the pleasure of tourists is in the making."Overwhelmed by Oil and Toxic Pollutants: The Destruction of an Entire Coastline
06-07-2010 02:33
"Fifty dolphin have so far, been reported found dead. Experts estimate only one tenth of species which die will be washed up. The full toll of big oil's "collateral damage", now, previously and in the future, will likely never be known."Eye witness: Sea Shepherd frees 800 endangered bluefin tuna
29-06-2010 13:51
DANGER DEEP IN THE GULF
24-06-2010 05:33
A hole in the World
19-06-2010 14:09
Is Obama Child-Endagering In Recommending Gulf Fish Flesh?
15-06-2010 22:09
asphyxiated as they die.
CALL OUT: Actions Against BP
04-06-2010 22:26
Everyone has a local garage, give it some attentionTargeting the Free Gaza Flotilla
29-05-2010 06:09
According to an article in the Jerusalem Post on May 25, 2010, the Israeli “Navy is preparing an operational plan to stop the flotilla of nine ships–loaded with hundreds of international activists and thousands of tons of supplies–– which are scheduled to try and break the sea blockade on Gaza by anchoring in the newly-expanded port later this week.” The article describes a military campaign coordinated with a major media campaign.
Film Night in Southampton this Sunday
07-05-2010 11:04
Subvert The City Arts Collective presents a double feature film night raising money for Sea Shepherd Conservation SocietyBP Gulf of Mexico Spill Special
06-05-2010 18:11
The Ugly Truth About BP and Its CEO
30-04-2010 18:46
Karma comes back for Tony Hayward and his messy oil company.Struggle stepped up as another whaling ship is sabotaged in Norway
08-04-2010 20:40
"Norway announced an increased quota of minke whales so we decided to increase our quota of sunken whalers" - AGENDA 21
Another whaling vessel was sabotaged a few days ago, on April 2nd, nearly a year since the last attempted sinking of the Skarbakk, another Norwegian whaling vessel. The attack was claimed by Agenda 21, a group responsible for last years sabotage and a string of other actions against Norway's whaling industry. Using the name of a 1992 United Nations Conference on the Environment, the group is a spin off from the more known Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and promised Norway that if they did not comply with international conservation law, they would sink their whaling ships.
It wasn't an empty threat, with Captain Paul Watson supervising the sinking of two ships; the Nybraena in 1992 and the Senet in 1994. The anonymous and covert goup Agenda 21 then took over with the scuttling of the Elin-Toril in 1996. Claimed on the website of animal rights magazine Bite Back, the activists explain: "Entry was made through the wheelhouse. The engine room was accessed by removing the locked door from its frame using axe and crowbar. Two sea valves were opened fully submerging the engine and electrical systems."
Related Features: Schnews: Ships in the Fight | Norwegian Whaling Ship Scuttled | The Whale Wars - Sea Shepherd Returns From Antarctica | Japan issues arrest warrant for Nottingham activist | Arrests As International Whaling Commission Fails To Protect Whales | Nottingham Activist Returns From Whale Saving Mission In Antartica | Sea Shepherd activists injured as Japanese military open fire | Activists Held Hostage By Japanese Whalers In Southern Ocean | Whalers use Public Relations to twist the truth
Links: United Nations Agenda 21 | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Ocean Defence topic page
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