Police Scotland are to begin attempts to remove Greenpeace
activists occupying a BP oil rig in Cromarty,
Scotland.
On the 5th day of the standoff between Greenpeace and BP,
rig workers have informed the activist that the rig will be
lowered 20 metres into the sea to allow the police access by
boat. The Greenpeace activists have lowered themselves onto a
portaledge in an attempt to thwart the removal
efforts.
The move comes following an injunction issued to Greenpeace
in response to the occupation.The oil rig was due to head to
Vorlich field on sunday where BP hopes to access 30 million
barrels of oil.
Greenpeace is demanding that BP immediately end drilling
new wells and switch to only investing in renewable energy. If BP
does not do that, Greenpeace say, it should wind down its
operations, return cash to investors and go out of
business.
Rosie Rogers, Senior Climate Campaigner at Greenpeace UK,
said:
“We are determined to resist removal as long as BP remains
determined to drill for oil. BP’s plans are completely and
unacceptably at odds with the climate emergency we are facing. If
they put half as much effort into investing in renewables as they
appear to be putting into removing us from their rig, the world
would be looking like a much better place right
now.”
