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The demonstrators are protesting against the dependence on fossil fuels in Spain
Days after oil giant Shell announced record-breaking annual profits in the billions, several Greenpeace activists made their way out to sea off the coast of the Canary Islands and boarded the company’s oil rig. Using ladders to scale the side of the enormous 51,000-tonne platform, four demonstrators made it onto the oil and gas extraction rig carrying enough supplies to last them for several days.
Unfurling a banner that read “Stop drilling. Pay the damages,” the environmentalists want this protest to highlight the climate devastation caused worldwide by Shell and the rest of the fossil fuel industry.
“Shell must stop drilling and take responsibility for the climate crisis,” activist Yeb Saño said on January 31.
“We are taking this action today because when Shell extracts fossil fuels, it causes a wave of death, destruction and displacement around the world, hitting the most vulnerable and least responsible for the climate crisis hardest.”
According to Greenpeace, the platform is a key piece of equipment for Shell that will allow the company to work on eight new oil and gas wells at Penguins North Sea Oil in the North Sea.
“Shell and the fossil fuel industry are bringing the climate crisis to our homes, our families, our landscapes and our oceans,” Saño added.
“We are going to confront them at sea, at their shareholder meetings, in the courts, on social networks and in their offices. We will not stop until we achieve climate justice. We will get those who pollute to pay”.
The ‘White Marlin’ as the rig is known is a floating production, storage and offloading platform all rolled into one. When operating at full tilt it’s capable of extracting 45,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, which is roughly 10% of Spain’s transport consumption.Francisco del Pozo Campos, coordinator of the campaign against fossil fuels at Greenpeace Spain, concluded that: “The scientists coordinated by the United Nations (IPCC) have been crystal clear: if we want to fight the worst social and environmental effects of the climate crisis, we cannot drill any new oil or gas wells. Our only realistic salvation table is to urgently reduce our demand with renewable energies.”
Image: Greenpeace
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