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7 Greenpeace Activists Arrested in Anti-Drilling Protest

HeadlineMay 25, 2010

In other oil spill news, seven activists with the environmental group Greenpeace were arrested Monday in a direct action oppose offshore drilling. Two of the activists scaled a drilling supply ship that’s set to sail from Louisiana to Alaska for an exploratory offshore drilling operation run by the oil giant Shell. Using oil taken from the BP spill in the Gulf, the activists painted a message on the bridge of the ship reading, “Arctic Next?”

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