US EditionForth Road Bridge closed after Greenpeace abseil protest
SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND, JUL 25 – Ten Greenpeace activists suspended on the Forth Road Bridge aim to block an INEOS tanker delivering fracked gas to Grangemouth, urging a 75% global plastic production cut by 2040.
- Greenpeace activists protested on the Forth Road Bridge against the arrival of the Ineos ship Independence carrying plastic materials.
- Police Scotland closed the bridge and urged the public to avoid the area as the protesters suspended themselves 25m above the shipping lane.
- Greenpeace claimed Ineos was planning to send lobbyists to block a UN treaty aimed at cutting global plastic production by 75% by 2040.
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Forth Road Bridge shut after Greenpeace activists suspend themselves to block tanker
The Forth Road Bridge in central Scotland has been closed to traffic after 10 Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the structure in a dramatic protest aimed at halting a tanker carrying fracked gas to the Ineos plant in Grangemouth.
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Forth Road Bridge closed as 10 Greenpeace activists hang from ropes
The group said it wanted to block an Ineos tanker carrying fracked gas to the Grangemouth industrial site.
·Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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