The Netherlands: Greenpeace Stymied

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Dutch police officers stormed a Greenpeace ship on Thursday and ended the efforts of environmental activists to block a Russian tanker carrying Arctic Ocean oil from mooring at Rotterdam Port. In all, 31 activists were detained. The tanker, which was able to dock safely, was carrying the first oil produced from a platform operated by the Russian energy giant Gazprom in the Arctic. Greenpeace opposes oil production inside the Arctic Circle, warning of the danger of a spill and the threat of worsening global warming caused by the use of fossil fuels. The captain of the Greenpeace ship, Peter Willcox, was among those arrested. Last year, he was among 28 activists and two journalists arrested by Russia after a protest near the platform. They spent months in prison before being released this year.