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April 4, 2012

Greenpeace Calls for End to Arctic Oil Exploration After North Sea Gas Leak 
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Greenpeace has repeated its call for an end to oil exploration in the
Arctic Ocean after activists with the group found evidence of
environmental pollution in the North Sea connected to a natural gas leak
at a platform owned by the firm Total. Christian Bussau is leading the
Greenpeace expedition in the Arctic.

Christian Bussau: "When Greenpeace arrived early this morning at the
platform we found oil on the water surface, we smelt the gas and
chemical in the air and we took water and oil samples, and we took air
samples. We used our gas detection camera to make the gas visible, which
comes out from the platform. What we can say is that this accident is a
serious accident. It will not be easy for Total to solve the problem and
therefore our demand is: No oil exploration in the Arctic, this is far
too dangerous, this is far too risky and therefore we do not want the
oil industry to go into the Arctic."



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