Protest Oil Drilling

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  Greta Thunberg Joins Protest In France Against 8 Planned Oil Wells

  Ecological activist Greta Thunberg Sunday joined a protest in the south-west of France against eight planned oil wells, which in theory will be banned in the country by 2040.

• Spain's Canary Islanders Protest Against Oil Drilling

  About 200 people, including many tourists, formed a giant "SOS" on a beach on Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to protest against drilling for oil off the archipelago, a top holiday destination.

• Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise Ship Returns to Warm Welcome

  Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship arrived home to a warm welcome in The Netherlands on Saturday, almost a year after it was seized by Russia during a protest against Arctic oil drilling.

• Russia to Free Arctic Sunrise Ship: Greenpeace

  Russia in a "surprise move" is to release Greenpeace's Dutch-flagged Artic Sunrise ship, seized last year after a protest against Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group said on Friday.

• One dead, 100 Hurt in Anti-China Riot in Vietnam

  A riot at a steel plant in Vietnam has left one Chinese worker dead and over 100 injured, officials said Thursday, as an angry Beijing accused Hanoi of "connivance" in the worst anti-China unrest in decades.

• China Issues Vietnam Tourist Warning After Riots

  China has issued a warning to tourists planning trips to Vietnam, as state-run media on Thursday blamed Hanoi for encouraging the country's worst anti-Beijing riots in decades, which saw a Chinese worker killed.

• Large Protests in Vietnam Over China Oil Rig

  Protesters staged one of Vietnam's largest ever anti-China demonstrations on Sunday, decrying Beijing's deployment of a deep-water drilling rig in contested waters as territorial tensions soar.

• Six more Greenpeace activists leave Russia

  Five British Greenpeace activists and one Canadian flew out of Russia on Friday following an amnesty which halted their prosecution for a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, the environmental group said.

• Russia drops charges against Greenpeace activists

  Russia on Wednesday formally dropped criminal charges against Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest against Arctic oil drilling on Wednesday.

• Russia releases third Greenpeace activist on bail

  A Russian court has granted bail to a third crew member arrested for a protest against Arctic oil drilling, Greenpeace said on Tuesday.

• Women protesters scale London's Shard skyscraper

  Six women Greenpeace activists attempted to scale the Shard skyscraper in London today, western Europe's tallest building, in a protest over Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group and police said.