"Shell Files Lawsuit Against Arctic Drilling Protesters"

"Shell filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday seeking to kick six Greenpeace activists off one of its chosen Arctic drilling rigs and block the advocacy group from boarding more of its vessels.

The complaint, lodged in a federal district court in Alaska, comes one day after the activists grappled their way onto Shell’s contracted Polar Pioneer drillship while it traveled across the Pacific Ocean toward the United States.

Armed with food, hammocks, sleeping bags and other supplies, the protesters could remain camped out on the rig for days — using tweets, videos and pictures from the exercise to bolster a campaign against Shell’s plans to drill new wells in the Chukchi Sea north of Alaska this summer."

Jennifer A. Dlouhy reports for FuelFix April 7, 2015.