US Coast Guard ends Shell icebreaker bridge protest
Environmental activists have been removed from a bridge in Portland, Oregon, allowing an icebreaker to join a US Arctic oil-drilling operation.
Police lowered the Greenpeace campaigners dangling on ropes from St John’s Bridge into boats, while the Coast Guard cleared dozens of kayaks.
The icebreaker, chartered by Royal Dutch Shell, had been prevented from leaving port for hours.
A judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay $2,500 (£1,600) per hour of blockage.
The Fennica icebreaker was in Portland for repairs. At one point it had to retreat before the activists refused to move.
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