Greenpeace Shard climbers: Activists protest Arctic drilling

Greenpeace Shard climbers: Environmental activists in London attempted to climb Western Europe's tallest building Thursday, in protest of drilling for oil in the Arctic. The Greenpeace Shard climbers were about halfway up the skyscraper by midmorning.?

By Associated Press / July 11, 2013

A Greenpeace demonstrator climbs the Shard building, in central London Thursday. Greenpeace said on its website that the six women attempting to climb the Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe, were protesting against drilling for oil in the Arctic.

Neil Hall/Reuters

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Six environmental activists were attempting Thursday to scale the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building, to protest drilling in the Arctic by oil companies.

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Greenpeace?group said the six climbers, all women, hoped to affix an artwork to the top of the 310-meter (1,017-foot) tower on the south bank of the River Thames in London.

Greenpeace?said the climbers were from Britain, Canada, Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands and Belgium.

It said the Renzo Piano-designed 72-story?Shard?had been chosen because it looms over the London offices of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which has drilled for oil in the Arctic Sea off Alaska.

London's Metropolitan Police Force said officers were called to the building before dawn and were monitoring the situation.

By midmorning, the climbers were about halfway up the glass-clad skyscraper, which opened earlier this year.

Management of the?Shard?said the building was open, and "we're working with the relevant authorities to try to ensure the safety of all concerned."

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