Greenpeace Banned From Flying Drones Near Arctic Oil Rigs
12th May 2015
When Shell starts drilling in the Arctic this summer, they will do so free of harassment from robots, thanks to an injunction by an Alaskan district court. Greenpeace, which in April protested the opening of Shell’s Polar Pioneer oil rig by boarding its carrier ship, are now legally banned from the area surrounding the company’s Arctic rigs. The ban applies not just to human protesters, but to any unmanned vehicles they may bring along.
I have a question: When has Greenpeace ever worried about obeying the law?