California IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Greenpeace Members Arrested in Protests of Oil Dependence
Four members of the environmental group Greenpeace were arrested in a demonstration in which two people delayed the departure of a Chevron tanker by chaining themselves to the rudder. The other two arrested scaled the hull with mountain climbing gear to unfurl a banner that read, “Do People Die for Oil? People Do.” Greenpeace said the purpose of the protest was to call attention to the nation’s “overdependence” on fossil fuels and a need for an energy policy based on clean, renewable resources. The arrests occurred late Friday.
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