Greenpeace protesters board Shell platform bound for Shetland

Four activists board 52,000-tonne vessel north of Canary Islands and demand company 'Stop drilling - start paying'Greenpeace protesters have boarded a Shell floating oil platform which is being transported over 12,000 nautical miles to the Shetland Islands with signs demanding that the fossil fuel giant "Stop drilling - start paying".The four activists from the UK, Turkey, the US and Argentina climbed on to the 52,000-tonne heavy-lift vessel just north of the Canary Islands on Tuesday morning and displayed a banner from the platform in what it said was a peaceful protest against the climate devastation around the world "caused by Shell and the wider fossil fuel industry, without paying a penny towards loss and damage". Continue reading...