The Port of Hamburg and the Northern Sea Route
The port city of Hamburg, Germany actually lies 130 kilometers inland from the North Sea. Despite this distance, it has been…
Greenpeace protestors greet arrival of first barrels of Arctic oil in Rotterdam
While the media focuses its attention on the vulnerabilities of pipelines that transport natural gas from Russia to Europe, Gazprom has been busy…
Putin signs law allowing oil and gas corporations to defend infrastructure
On September 18, 2013, 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists sailing on the non-profit organization’s icebreaker, Arctic Sunrise, boarded Russia’s Prirazlomnoye…