Greenpeace USA activists dangled from a bridge in Portland, forcing a Shell Oil ship to return to the dock, instead of head to the Arctic to start drilling.
A group of protesters rappelled from the bridge and hung there, so that the ship couldn’t pass.
The Shell ship was stationed on the Willamette river for repairs, and was due to return to the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea to continue drilling fr oil.
The ship is the MSV Fennica, which had previously got all the way to the Arctic, before it was discovered to have a 39 inch gash in it’s side, so had to return to be repaired. Greenpeace activists caught onto it’s whereabouts, and blocked the ship in. They dangled from the bridge on rappel lines, with hanging sleeping pods, stopping the Fennica from rejoining it’s fleet.
We have a beautiful view over the water. Supporters on the shore and in kayaks, and NO Fennica in sight. #ShellNo pic.twitter.com/JkJqD61bGh
— Kristina N. Flores (@KristinaNFlores) July 30, 2015
Demonstrators hang from Portland bridge to block Shell ship http://t.co/6ha2pbJsO4 @katunews #ActOnClimate #ShellNo pic.twitter.com/ubTXyn0xGk
— Pipe Up Network (@PipeUpNetwork) July 30, 2015
#ShellNo protesters cheer as the icebreaker backs down, turns around: http://t.co/YCFh5cFvxS pic.twitter.com/h5mlh3BQb6
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) July 30, 2015
Shell's icebreaker was supposed to leave for the Arctic last night. Then @GreenpeaceUSA climbers said #ShellNo: pic.twitter.com/Ygj6jsKXPe
— 350 dot org (@350) July 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/626495189742436352/photo/1
.@OregonGovBrown @MayorPDX say #ShellNo to drilling in the Arctic and let the St Johns climbers stay! http://t.co/FHLuE7rjk4
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) July 30, 2015
