Greenpeace activists chain themselves to oil rig
Six Greenpeace protesters have secured themselves to an oil rig in the North Sea, the campaign group said today.
The activists climbed aboard the Sante Fe 135 oil rig 30 miles east of Aberdeen from the MV Greenpeace support ship at around 6.30am.
The protesters were inside in a bell-shaped capsule which they had hoisted up to the underside of the platform.
Greenpeace spokesman Rob Gueterbock said the protest was over the threat to global warming from the opening up of new oil fields.
He said: ‘‘The rig has been chosen because it is in a new oil field, which means more oil adding to global warming. It is a peaceful protest.’’
