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10-04-2025
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Greenpeace UK leader arrested for targeting American embassy with ' blood-red dye': report
Greenpeace's United Kingdom leader and five other activists reportedly were arrested Thursday after tossing hundreds of liters of "blood-red dye" into a pond at the U.S. embassy in London in a protest against the war in Gaza. The environmental group said the action was to "highlight the death and devastation caused in Gaza as a direct result of the US' continued sale of weapons to Israel." "Twelve activists tipped the non-toxic, biodegradable dye from containers emblazoned with the words 'Stop Arming Israel' into the large pond located in front of the embassy building in Nine Elms, south-west London," Greenpeace said in a statement. "The containers were delivered to the Embassy on bicycles with trailers disguised as delivery bikes." Greenpeace later said Will McCallum, the co-executive director of Greenpeace UK, was one of six people taken into custody. Controversial Climate Group Facing Bankruptcy, How Did It Get Here? "At 07:30hrs on Thursday, 10 April, officers on duty at the US Embassy in Nine Elms became aware of a group of Greenpeace protesters putting red dye into the pond at the side of the building. The group made off, but officers responded quickly and carried out a search of the area," a Metropolitan Police spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Six people have so far been arrested nearby on suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to cause criminal damage. Read On The Fox News App "The pond is accessible via a public footpath. There was no breach or attempted breach of the secure perimeter of the site," the spokesperson added. The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond Thursday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Judge Finds Greenpeace Liable, Ordered To Pay Hundreds Of Millions Over Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Protests Footage released by Greenpeace UK purportedly showed the activists dumping the dye into the pond at the American embassy Thursday. "We've turned the embassy pond blood-red because U.S. weapons continue to fuel an indiscriminate war that's seen bombs dropped on schools and hospitals, entire neighborhoods blasted to rubble, and tens of thousands of Palestinian lives obliterated," Areeba Hamid, co-executive director at Greenpeace UK, said in a statement. "The ceasefire Trump claimed credit for has collapsed and full-scale war is back. If Trump has any real interest in stopping the war, he should listen to the majority of Americans and stop arming Israel now," she added. "And the U.K. government should do the same."Original article source: Greenpeace UK leader arrested for targeting American embassy with ' blood-red dye': report
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26-03-2025
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Controversial climate group facing bankruptcy, how did it get here?
One of the leading global environmental networks has been drained of hundreds of millions over the years as a result of several lawsuits filed against their involvement in anti-oil protests. Greenpeace, an international environmentalist group, has been at the center of several highly controversial environmental cases over the years and has been accused of hiring protesters and rioters to advance their cause. Most recently, Greenpeace was found liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages resulting from a pipeline protest. The group recently said that such a ruling could "shut down Greenpeace USA." Here are some of the top cases that got Greenpeace to the dire straits it is in right now. More than 800 people were arrested in 2016 during a monthslong protest, led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, opposing construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), an oil pipeline that runs from North Dakota to Illinois. Jury Finds Greenpeace Liable, Ordered To Pay Hundreds Of Millions Over Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Protests Read On The Fox News App Energy Transfer, the developer of the pipeline, sued Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International for $300 million on claims the climate groups orchestrated the protests by providing resources to the activists and, therefore, were liable for the expenses that resulted from construction being postponed. In March 2025, a North Dakota jury found Greenpeace liable for about $660 million resulting from the protest. Greenpeace Vows More Legal Action After Getting Hit With $660M Ruling That Would 'Shut Down' Organization "Our lawsuit is about recovering damages for the harm Greenpeace caused our company. It is not about free speech. Their organizing, funding, and encouraging the unlawful destruction of property and the dissemination of misinformation goes well beyond the exercise of free speech. We look forward to proving our case, and we trust the North Dakota legal system to do that." The weekslong Morton County trial, which began in late February, heard testimony that claimed that Greenpeace not only trained the DAPL protesters, but purchased supplies to aid their resistance. Greenpeace described the battle as "one of the most consequential free speech cases in recent history." Greenpeace settled a lawsuit with Shell after four individuals affiliated with the group boarded and occupied a Shell oil company vessel for two weeks in 2023. The activists "unlawfully scaled" a moving vessel in the North Sea while carrying a banner reading "Stop Drilling. Start Paying." Because of this incident, Greenpeace was ordered to make a payment of 300k pounds to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and the group was barred from going within 500 meters of a Shell platform in the North Sea. In 2020, the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled against Greenpeace's attempt to block new oil exploration in the country. Greenpeace was joined by Young Friends of the Earth Norway in a 2016 lawsuit filed against the Norwegian Government after several new oil and gas leases were granted in the Balian Sea. The lawsuit, known as "People vs. the Arctic," was the first case to challenge the country's constitution on environmental rights. The environmental groups claimed that the Arctic drilling would violate Section 112 of the Norwegian Constitution, which states that everyone has the right to a healthy environment. Despite extensive appeals, Greenpeace failed to secure a single victory in the Norwegian court system, which found at every level that the government in that they did not violate the country's constitution. Dark Money Fund Poured Millions Of Dollars Into Eco Activist Groups Blocking Highways, Destroying Famous Art Commenting on the North Dakota ruling, a representative for Energy Transfer told Fox News Digital it was "very pleased that Greenpeace has been held accountable for their actions against us and that the jury recognized these were not law-abiding, peaceful protests as Greenpeace tried to claim." The representative said their victory was shared with the local native tribe and people throughout North Dakota who "had to live through the daily harassment and disruptions caused by the protesters who were funded and trained by Greenpeace." "It is also a win for all law-abiding Americans who understand the difference between the right to free speech and breaking the law," said the representative, adding, "that Greenpeace has been held responsible is a win for all of us." Sushma Raman, a representative for Greenpeace USA, told Fox News Digital that the group will be appealing the decision, saying, "we will not back down from this fight, and we will not be silenced." Greenpeace Co-founder: No Scientific Proof Humans Are Dominant Cause Of Warming Climate Raman said that Energy Transfer "knows we don't have $660 million" and claimed "they want our silence, not our money." "This case should alarm everyone, no matter their political inclinations," she said. "It's part of a renewed push by corporations to weaponize our courts to silence dissent. We should all be concerned about the future of the First Amendment, and lawsuits like this aimed at destroying our rights to peaceful protest and free speech." A representative for Greenpeace International pointed out to Fox News Digital that the ruling does not impact Greenpeace's 24 other national and regional organizations. The representative said these groups will "continue functioning as normal even in the worst case scenario." The representative also pointed out that Greenpeace is counter-suing Energy Transfer in a Netherlands court to recover all fines lost in the North Dakota article source: Controversial climate group facing bankruptcy, how did it get here?
