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Greenpeace activists stopped test drilling in Greenland

Four activists of the environmental organization Greenpeace is succeeded yesterday to climb to an oil platform in the Scottish drilling company Cairn Energy in the Arctic near Greenland and stop the test drilling was taking place there.

"Once the oil fields are depleted on the mainland gradually, the oil industry is now looking more and more intense both in the deep sea and in the Arctic to the precious commodity, "said Greenpeace energy spokesperson Jurrien Westerhof." However, there is no experience with offshore platforms in polar ice, and should there also be an accident, the consequences for nature would once more can be catastrophic, "said Westerhof

Leaking oil in the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean decompose hardly If it were so -.. as in the BP platform in the Gulf occurred in Mexico - a leak that is under the thick ice sheets in the Arctic Winter is virtually no way to curb oil pollution




video. Greenpeace / www.youtube.de


After the awarding of oil concessions to Cairn Energy companies now demand more access to the suspected oil off Greenland, including the two U.S. companies Exxon and Chevron. This now beginning oil boom in the Arctic, experts estimate, however, as a particularly damaging to the environment.

"In the Gulf of Mexico, we see even today how badly the oil industry, the disaster management under control," Greenpeace spokesman calls Jurrien Westerhof in memory. "A similar incident in the pack ice would be much more difficult to overcome, and for that reason alone there must be no licenses for drilling give in the Arctic, "says Westerhof


the subject. report" Danish Navy stopped Greenpeace ship "from 08/24/2010>>


Source: Ökonews, www.oekonews.at

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Minister Guttenberg may be a "trial period the federal government" to introduce

Defence Minister Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg wants to make military service more attractive. At the same time he can also imagine a "trial period with League". He said on 29 August in a newspaper interview. Herein, the minister some questions about the pending structural reform of the Bundeswehr.

Zu Guttenberg made it clear that he was not trying to abolish compulsory military service in general: " you must remain in the constitution, because we do not know what the situation in Europe looks like in 30 years. "However, you should make to their design ideas. " If anyone can say today, 'If I do not want to fret, I'm going to go there and not', then we have de facto already a volunteer army " said the minister.

Minister: Bundeswehr smaller and more make
In this context, he also made clear that the service - especially in the shorter servants - should be much more attractive. That means "no Gammel time, but: skills such as the acquisition of the licenses, regular payment, credit to pension, options on places and much more. "He could imagine a trial period with the federal government:" After six months can then say everybody, soldier is not for me. And vice versa, the Bundeswehr choose not this young man is right for us. "said

regard to the reduction of the armed forces to Guttenberg:" Today we can 252 000 soldiers in a total of just 7,000 at the same time for international operations provide. This is not glamorous Image we give here. My goal is to make the army smaller and stronger. "He also spoke of possible site closures. When asked how many survive to barracks, the Minister said: " Very much more than some fear. "The decisions about fall but not before the middle of next year.

Interview on bundesregierung.de >>



Source: Federal Ministry of Defence, www.bmvg.de , Burkhard Schmidtke