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Energy News Roundup: Greenpeace Activists Face 15-year Sentences in Russia

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Greenpeace Blockades Faslane Naval Base

Activists across the world rally to support 30 Greenpeace protesters detained in Russia after sailing toward a Barents Sea oil drilling operation. The incident blew up into a geopolitical game of chicken between Moscow and several Western countries native to the jailed activists. [Agence France Presse] Energy Intelligence ranked the world’s top 100 greenest utilities… Keep reading →

 /  Published October 8, 2013 at 8:30 AM

Energy Quote of the Day: Russia Blocks Greenpeace Access to Arctic, Blames Paperwork

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Greenpeace Blockades Faslane Naval Base

It’s unsurprising that Russia wouldn’t want to allow Greenpeace into its territorial Arctic waters, where the country hopes to open up vast new oil and gas fields to exploitation. State-controlled oil giant Rosneft has partnered up with ExxonMobil to develop oil and gas resources on Russia’s Arctic shelf, and potentially export LNG from the Russian… Keep reading →

 /  Published August 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM