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Greenpeace ambush oil execs into phony meeting


Greenpeace has got one over on the top dogs of the oil industry after duping them into listening to a lecture about the perils of exploration in Greenland. Read the full story

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Cairn comes up empty-handed again


Cairn Energy has yet again failed to find oil or gas at its wells in Greenland. The Scottish exploration company’s shares fell one percent on the announcement that another two dry wells are to be plugged and abandoned. Read the full story

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Tensions bubble as Cairn fails again


British oil company Cairn Energy has announced that it has again failed to strike black gold at its sixth controversial well off the coast of Greenland, angering environmentalists and worrying investors. Read the full story

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Cairn spill plans rubbished by expert


Greenpeace campaigners have ripped apart Cairn Energy’s recently-published oil spill response plans, claiming the drilling company has vastly underestimated the effect of a potential disaster off the coast of Greenland. Read the full story

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Greenpeace palace gatecrashers spared jail


Three Greenpeace activists, who gatecrashed a dinner of world leaders at the 2009 COP-15 climate conference by passing themselves off as a head of state, his wife and their bodyguard, have been spared jail. Read the full story

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Greenland publishes Cairn spill plans


The Greenland government has published oil spill contingency plans for controversial drilling firm Cairn Energy after repeated calls for such action from environmental activists. Read the full story

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No oil found at Cairn’s Greenland well


British oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy has announced that it failed to find oil at one of its controversial wells off the coast of Greenland. Read the full story

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Greenpeace head arrested on Cairn rig


The global head of Greenpeace has been arrested after scaling an oil rig off the coast of Greenland, despite a recently imposed injunction. Read the full story

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Cairn wins Greenpeace injunction


Cairn Energy has secured an injunction which will make it illegal for environmental protesters to disrupt their oil and gas drilling operations off the coast of Greenland. Read the full story

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18 activists removed from Cairn rig


Cairn Energy has announced that drilling has begun again at its oil exploration rig in the Arctic, after 18 Greenpeace activists breached a restricted area and suspended operations for 12 hours. Read the full story

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