Press Cuttings

BP 'aims to bankrupt Greenpeace'
Kate Watson-Smyth, The Independent, 19 August 1997

Labour To Fight Greenpeace Over Oil Search
Steve Boggan, The Independent, August 4th

Labour Protects BP From Greenpeace
David Harrison, The Observer, Sunday August 3rd

Annual Oil Bids Invited To Speed Up Exploration
Frank Frazer, The Scotsman, Thursday July 31

Hidden Costs Of Eco-Battles In Rockall, Manchester, Newbury..
Sarah Ryle, The Guardian, Tuesday July 29th

Rockall Protest Victory Claim
Amanda Brown, The Scotsman, Tuesday July 29th

Greenpeace Claim Win In Rockall Fight
Evening News (Edinburgh), Tuesday July 29th

Law Of The Sea Decision Angers British Fishermen
The Courier and Advertiser, Tuesday July 29th

Rock And A Hard Place
Elizabeth Buie, The Herald, Tuesday July 29th

British Fishermen Are Split Over Rockall Loss
Bob Kennedy, Press and Journal, Tuesday July 29th

Interest Off Shetlands Drops
The Oilman Weekly Newsletter, Monday July 28

Investing With A Conscsience
Donald Malarkie, Press and Journal, Monday July 28th

Greenpeace Case Set To Run
Andrea Felsted, Energy Day, Monday July 28th

Britain Ceedes 60,000 sq Miles Of Atlantic
Lawrence Donegan and John Vidal, The Guardian, Monday July 28th

Activists' Rockall Record
Press and Journal, Saturday July 26

Greenpeace North Sea Oil Court Challenge Set For September
Reuters International Securities Report, Friday July 25th

Man With A Vital Story To Tell
Andrea Felsted, Energy Day, Thursday July 24th

Clearing Waters
Energy Day, Thursday July 24th

Greenpeace Challenge Oil Giants
The Orcadian, Thursday July 24th

Troubled Waters In Quest For Atlantic Oil
John Vidal, The Guardian, Thursday July 24th

UK 17th Round Acquisition At Seasonal Peak
North Sea Letter and European Offshore News, Wednesday July 23rd

Greens Spike Seismic Guns
Press and Journal, Saturday July 19th

Ullapool News
North Star,Saturday July 19th

Activists Halt Oil Explorers' Seismic Testing
The Herald, Monday July 14th

Oil Firm Accuses Green Activists Of Piracy
Andrew Woodcock and Tim Moynihan, The Scotsman, Monday July 14th

Greenpeace 'Pirates' In Sea Incident
The Courier and Advertiser, Monday July 14th

Safeguards Sought As Oil Exploration Moves West
Inverness Courier, Sunday July 8th

Protesters Disrupt Atlantic Oil Hunt
Stephen Jones, Press And Journal, Friday July 6th

Fishbox Finish To Oil Protest
Daily Record, Friday July 4th

Greenpeace Pledges Continued Disruption
Press And Journal, Friday July 4th

Police Remove Oil Protesters
Evening Express, Thursday July 3rd

Seismic Protest Six Board Oil Vessel
Press And Journal, Thursday July 3rd

Protesters Delay Oil Exploration
The Courier, Thursday July 3rd

Greenpeace Takes To The Water
The Oilman Weekly Newsletter, Monday June 30th

Greenpeace Reply On Rockall Protest
Letter from Chris Rose, Deputy Executive Director Greenpeace UK, The Times, Friday June 27th

Greenpeace Is Rapped Over UK Campaign
Quentin Sommerville, Energy Day, Thursday June 26th

Greenpeace Unveils Disposals Initiative
Quentin Sommerville, Energy Day, Thursday June 26th

Green Activists Disrupt Oil Tests
Christopher Cairns, The Scotsman, Tuesday June 24th

Showdown In Atlantic
Daily Record, Tuesday June 24th

Protest Halts Rockall Oilfield Exploration
Press And Journal, Tuesday June 24th

Atlantic Coral Reef Threatened By 'Illegal' Oil Drilling
Stuart Millar, The Guardian, Monday June 23rd

Rockall Battle Moved To London Conference
Angus MacDonald, Press And Journal, Monday June 23rd

Study On Oilfield Risk To Coral Reef
Rachel Cross & Jonathan Wills, The Scotsman, Monday June 23rd

Sordid Affair That Despoils The Sea
Geoffrey Lean, Independent on Sunday, Sunday June 22nd

Oil Team Finds Giant British Coral Reef
Jonathan Leake, Sunday Times, Sunday June 22nd

Media Storm Bursts Over Rockall As Greenpeace Go To Court
Stornaway Gazzette & West Coast Advertiser, Thursday June 19th

Greenpeace's Embassy Regal
Press And Journal, Thursday June 19th

Greenpeace Issues Passports For The State Of Waveland
Martin Evans, Scotsman, Thursday June 19th

Council Will Waive Waveland Action
Press and Journal, Wednesday June 18th

Quest For Oil Could Harm Coral Reefs
Scotsman, Wednesday June 18th

'Waveland' Residents May Have To Pay Council Tax
The Herald, Tuesday June 17th

Rockall 'State' Warned
Iain Maciver, Press and Journal, Tuesday June 17th

Birth Of A Nation But Will The World Notice?
Press And Journal, Monday June 16th

Rockall Activists Declare New State
The Courier & Advertiser, Monday June 16th

Protesters Claim Rockall As New Sovereign State
Paul Riddell, Scotsman, Monday June 16th

Flag-raising protesters claim UDI for Rockall
Sebastien Berger, Daily Telegraph, Monday June 16th

Greenpeace Declares Oil Sovereignty
The Independent, Monday June 16th

Rockall Oil Protesters Try Out The Deckchairs
Press And Journal, Friday June 13th

Greenpeace 'Occupies' Rockall Isle
Mark Hillier, Upstream, Friday June 13th

Greenpeace Activists Settling In On Rockall
Joe Quinn, Press And Journal, Thursday June 12th

Protest Group Re-enters Deep Waters After The Battle Of Brent Spar
The Scotsman, Thursday June 12th

Fight To The Death On The Rock
Christopher Cairns, The Scotsman, Thursday June 12th

Outcrop That Became A Prized Outpost
The Scotsman, Thursday June 12th

Warning Over Gas And Oil Development
Graeme Smith, The Herald, Thursday June 12th

Greenpeace Occupies Rockall
The Herald, Thursday June 12th

Between A Rock And A Green Place
Anne Johnstone, The Herald, Thursday June 12th

A Hard Place For A Protest As Invaders Raise The Flag On Rockall
James Mellor, The Independent, Thursday June 12th

Stay As Long As You Like, Activists On Rockall Told
Shirley English, The Times, Thursday June 12th

Rockall Green Protest Gets Black Mark In The Isles
Eriend Clouston, The Guardian, Thursday June 12th

Greenpeace invades Rockall in oil protest
By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, Thursday June 12th

Letter to The Guardian
From Sarah Burton, Campaign Director, Greenpeace UK, Thursday June 12th

Ireland Awards 58 Rockall Trough Blocks
North Sea Letter And European Offshore News, Wednesday June 11th

Irish Award Deep Water Licences
John Murray Brown, Financial Times, Thursday June 5th

Spending on Fields out from Shetland to Plunge
Frank Frazer, The Scotsman, Thursday June 5th

Bonanza for UK Oil Firms as Irish Licences are Granted
Frank Frazer, The Scotsman, Thursday June 5th

Campaigners who Blend Reason with Grandstanding
Richard D North, The Independent, Thursday June 5th

Emissions target 'needs sacrifices'
Paul Brown, The Guardian, Thursday June 5th

Meacher attacks 'Selfish' Oil Giants
Nick Nuttall, The Times, Thursday June 5th

Cold Comfort for Coral as Oil Wells Advance
Rob Edwards, New Scientist, Thursday June 5th

Greenpeace Campaigns on a New Frontier
Upstream, Friday May 30th

BG Coy About Firth Find
Jeremy Cresswell, Press and Journal, Friday May 30th

BP: A Well Oiled Machine
Stanley Reed & Gary McWilliams, Business Week, Monday May 26th

OPEC's Lukman misses the beat
Upstream, Friday May 23rd

Now Is The Time To Cut Fossil Fuels
Letter to the Independent, Friday May 23rd

Greens' Atlantic Frontier
Scottish Press and Journal, Thursday May 22nd

Greenpeace Threatens To Make Waves Over Atlantic Oilfield
Nick Nuttall, The Times, Thursday May 22nd

Greenpeace Raps Energy Aid Policies
Andrea Felsted, Energy Day, Thursday May 22nd

Opponents Of Atlantic Projects Criticised
Frank Frazer, The Scotsman, Wednesday May 21st

Greenpeace In Attack On Fuel
Leyla Boulton, Financial Times, Wednesday May 21st

Greenpeace Calls On Blair To Halt Atlantic Oil Search
Christopher Cairns,The Scotsman, Wednesday May 21st

BP Sees Sunny Future For Solar Power Units
Frank Frazer,The Scotsman, Tuesday May 20th

Greenpeace Calls For Halt Of Atlantic Oil Production
Shetland Times, Friday May 16th

Green Shield
Energy Day, Thursday May 15th

Atlantic Oil Delays Cost £1.5m A Day
The Orcadian, Thursday May 15th

One Sky, Many Owners
Peter Barnes, New York Times, Sunday May 11th

Port Has Flurry Of Activity
Shetland Times, Friday May 9th

Foinaven Suffers Setback
Jeremy Cresswell, Offshore Journal, Thursday May 8th

Solar Power
Energy Day, Thursday May 8th

Shetland Battle Rejoined
Jonathan Wills, Offshore Journal, Wednesday May 7th

Campaign Ship is back in Shetland
The Press and Journal, Monday May 5th

Greenpeace Takes Shetland Stand
The Oilman Weekly Newsletter, Monday 5th May

Greenpeace Wants Licence Suspension
The Oilman Weekly Newsletter, Monday 5th May

Seventeenth Round Boost For Atlantic Margin
Petroleum Economist, May issue

Visiting Time
Energy Day, Thursday May 1st

Mobil North Sea On The Western Frontier
Energy Day, Thursday May 1st

Greenpeace Protest About Oil
Stornaway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser, Thursday May 1st

Greenpeace Is Invited To BP Talks
Energy Day, Monday April 28th

On Alert For Greenpeace
Dan Rigden, Upstream, Monday April 28th

Environmentalists' Ship Stops Of On Route To Oilfield
John O'Groat Journal and Weekly Advertiser, Friday April 25th

Junior Energy Minister Announces Details Of Latest Offshore Licencing Details
Caithness Courier, Friday April 25th

Greenpeace Goes West
Shetland Times, Friday April 25th

Waiting Almost Over For Flotta With Oil Only 'A Few Weeks Away'
The Orcadian, Thursday April 24th

Arctic Breaks Ice For Greenland Oil
Kelly Gilleland, Upstream, Monday April 21st

BP Face Atlantic Protest Over Oil
Bob Dow, Daily Record, Monday April 21st

17th Round Shows Rockall Interest
The Oilman Weekly Newsletter, Monday April 21st

On Site To Stop The Oil
Sunday Mail, Monday April 21st

Greenpeace Bid Rejected
Oil News Service, Saturday April 19th

Clean, Green And Controversial
Petroleum Times Energy Report Inc. The Price Report, Friday April 18th

DTI Awards Atlantic Oil And Gas Licences
Petroleum Times Energy Report Inc, Friday April 18th

Britain Is Shunning Sunshine
Building Design, Friday April 18th

Lib-Dems Back Solar, Slippery Protest
Environmental Health News, Friday April 18th

Solar Power
Energy Day, Thursday April 17th

Oil Bosses Admit To Problem With Image
Jeremy Cresswell, Press and Journal, Wednesday April 16th

Group's Oil Bid Blocked
Shetland Times, Friday April 11th

Greenpeace In Court Bid For Atlantic Oil Fields
The Chemical Engineer, Thursday April 10th

Atlantic Margin Success
Andrea Felsted, Energy Day, Thursday April 10th

Will 1997 bring a new oil boom or environmental catastrophe?
Mike Townsley, The Scotsman, Tuesday April 8th

Greenpeace Bids In 17th Round
Euroil, April 1997

DTI Returns Greenpeace Deposit
Darius Snieckus, Offshore Engineer, April 1997

Fiddling while Earth warms
Fred Pearce, New Scientist, Tuesday March 25th

Greenpeace Petrol Station Protests
Sporting Post, Saturday March 22nd