Greenpeace Protest Forces Shutdown at Woodside’s $12.5 Billion Gas Project
Two Greenpeace activists were arrested in Australia after they caused a halt in operations at Woodside Energy’s Scarborough LNG platform, off the coast of Western Australia. The two were charged with “interfering with offshore petroleum installations or operations”, the local authorities said in a statement as cited by ABC. The maximum penalty for that charge is 10 years in prison. The two activists boarded the platform on Saturday and spent the night there, Reuters reported, citing a Greenpeace statement that the activists would…