Fines ordered as long as ship blocked from heading to Arctic
By STEVEN DuBOIS and DAN JOLING
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Alaska on Thursday ordered Greenpeace USA to pay a fine of $2,500 for every hour that protesters dangle from a bridge in Oregon and block a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker from leaving for oil drilling in the Arctic.
There was no sign that the protesters were going to abandon the blockade in Portland after the ruling in Anchorage by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason that Greenpeace is in civil contempt.
Greenpeace USA Executive Director Annie Leonard said the activists will stay in place for now.
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