'Oil Fuels War': Greenpeace Activists Block Tanker Carrying Russian Diesel to UK

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'Oil Fuels War': Greenpeace Activists Block Tanker Carrying Russian Diesel to UK
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'To stand up to Putin, bring bills down, and tackle climate change, the prime minister must get us off fossil fuels as fast as possible,' said an oil and gas campaigner from GreenpeaceUK.

Skirting security, a dozen volunteers"reached the Andromeda tanker's intended berth at Navigator Terminals by boat late [Sunday] night and climbed onto it,"Greenpeace."Images from a vessel-tracking website show the tanker being turned around in the Thames shortly after the activists were in position."

As they prevented a tanker carrying nearly $37 million worth of Russian diesel from docking in Essex, campaigners unfurled banners with messages including"fossil fuels war" and"oil fuels war."published at the end of April showed that the U.K. imported almost two million barrels of Russian oil, worth roughly $270 million, in the first two months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale military assault on Ukraine.

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