Environment Worker The reason is Fourth road bridge To close near Edinburgh, after closing its side to block a tanker.
green Peace Ten protesters said Was participating In protest against one Tanker carrying fractured gasImages suggest that the workers are hanging Bridge with banner flying,
They are protesting against the freedom of the Ineos ship, due to reaching Grangemouth on Friday. Greenpeace has accused the firm Attempting to vandalize a global plastic treaty, which is to be voted in less than a fortnight by the UN member states in Switzerland.
Greenpeace is calling these negotiations to cut down to reduce global plastic production of at least 75 percent by 2040, and to exclude lobists from Ineos and other fossil fuel companies from the treaty negotiations for the United Nations.
Greenpeace UK Program Director Amy Cameron said: “Plastic pollution has reached a crisis point: it is poisoning our land, sea, wind, even our body. The global plastic treaty gives us a generation opportunity once a generation, so it is not a surprise, so it is not surprising that they can do everything.
“Rachliffe tries to distract us with sports teams and sponsorship, but we are not allowing him to fill our planet with plastic, so he can fill his pocket with profit. Ratcliffe is trying to block a strong global plastic treaty, so today we are blocking it.”
However, Ineos has described the protest as “dangerous, disruptive and completely upside down”.
“It can catch the headlines, but it does nothing to reduce plastic pollution or distribute real -world solutions, and eventually endanger efficient jobs in Scotland,” said in a statement.
However, Greenpeace has claimed that the plastic industry is planning to send a “hundreds of lobists” at the United Nations meeting – INEOS said it is sending only two people.
The activists suspended themselves using ropes and are about 25 meters from the water level on high tide.
They have a support team on the bridge and on water, saying with the group that they plan to stay in place for 24 hours – using the swing to use the swing if they need.
The group has blocked deep water shipping lane, which means that large ships cannot reach the channel, but small boats are unaffected.
A RNLI boat was sent to a scene from a nearby station this afternoon.
A statement from the police Scotland said: “On Friday, July 25, at around 1.05 pm, the police is closed due to a protest to the police.
“Officers are in appearance and attach to the people involved. Please avoid the area.”
An I -IS spokesperson said it produces materials that depend on society, from wind turbine blades and medical devices, to clean the drinking water pipe – it claims to create a safety harness used by the protesters.
In a statement, he said: “As long as groups like Greenpeaces do not stop attacking companies like Ineos and start supporting the rollouts of waste infrastructure and advanced. RecyclingThey are actively contributing to the problem.
“They are standing in the way of very solutions that are needed, whether we produce more or less plastic.
“If Greenpeace really cares about the results, they will stop targeting companies and start supporting serious policy reforms on garbage collections and global recycling standards.
“We will continue to work safely, legally and responsibly and we will stand for British industry, energy security and practical environmental progress.”