Greenpeace protest ban

A JUDGE has granted an injunction against Greenpeace to prevent protesters holding up deep water oil drilling off the coast of Greenland.

Greenpeace campaigners trying to stop the drilling in Arctic waters say the operating company, Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy, and the authorities in Greenland are keeping the response plan "secret".

On Saturday 18 activists were arrested after climbing on to the Leiv Eiriksson rig. Yesterday a judge in a Dutch court granted the injunction which would see Greenpeace fined if operations are disrupted again.