Greenpeace in Arctic to stop British group drilling for oil

Greenpeace in Arctic to stop British group drilling for oil
Copenhagen (AFP) Aug 23, 2010 - Greenpeace said Monday its activists had arrived in the Arctic on board one of its ships to pressure Britain's Cairn Energy to stop oil operations off Greenland's fragile coast. Cairn Energy is drilling two wells off the west coast of Greenland and plans to drill two more before the end of October, the watchdog said. If the British group's prospecting is successful, the Arctic "could be ... more

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