Around 5 am on October 2007, a group of 50 Greenpeace activists illegally broke into Kingsnorth power plant in Kent, England. The group split up into teams, each of whom targeted a different area. Their various "monkeywrenching" activities included immobilizing the conveyor belt and then chaining themselves to the machinery, climbing the 200 meter smokestack and then painting the word "Gordon" (after the Prime Minister of the time) on the chimney, and using an...
Thirteen Greenpeace protestors attached themselves to the St. Johns Bridge and dangled there for almost 40 hours in an attempt to block Royal Dutch Shell's icebreaker MSV Fennica from continuing its journey to drill for oil in the Arctic. Along with several Greenpeace "kayactivists", the protestors were successful in blocking the ship from moving forward Thursday morning. However, later in the afternoon Portland law enforcement got involved. They successfully convinced...
Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.