ClydeR
02-23-2012, 07:43 PM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Television actress Lucy Lawless and six Greenpeace activists have climbed an oil-drilling ship bound for the Arctic to try and stop it from leaving.
Speaking from atop a 174-foot (53 meter) derrick aboard Shell Oil’s Noble Discoverer in New Zealand’s Port Taranaki, Lawless told The Associated Press on Friday that wind gusts were making it difficult to stay put but that she and the other protesters planned to stay there for “as long as we possibly can.” She said she had a “little bit” of food and some provisions with her.
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Police boarded the rig but did not arrest her, probably out of fear for their lives.
“I’ve got three kids. My sole biological reason for being on this planet is to ensure that they can flourish, and they can’t do that in a filthy, degraded environment,” she said. “We need to stand up while we still can.”
Speaking from atop a 174-foot (53 meter) derrick aboard Shell Oil’s Noble Discoverer in New Zealand’s Port Taranaki, Lawless told The Associated Press on Friday that wind gusts were making it difficult to stay put but that she and the other protesters planned to stay there for “as long as we possibly can.” She said she had a “little bit” of food and some provisions with her.
More... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/actress-lucy-lawless-and-greenpeace-activists-climb-oil-drilling-ship-in-new-zealand-protest/2012/02/23/gIQALAeRWR_story.html)
Police boarded the rig but did not arrest her, probably out of fear for their lives.
“I’ve got three kids. My sole biological reason for being on this planet is to ensure that they can flourish, and they can’t do that in a filthy, degraded environment,” she said. “We need to stand up while we still can.”