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Deep sea miners turn water hoses on Greenpeace activists in the Pacific (www.theguardian.com)
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Deep sea miners have turned water hoses on Greenpeace activists attempting to block their prospecting in the Pacific Ocean, according to footage released by the NGO.

For the past week, an international team of Greenpeace activists have been using canoes and dinghies to obstruct the Coco, a deep sea mining exploration vessel, as it collects data to file for a mining permit for waters between Mexico and Hawaii.

On Friday, after a Dutch court largely refused an application by miners to stop the protests, sailors on board the Coco appeared to turn hoses on the activists.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is a pretty standard defense plan for large ships; they often also collect lethal weapons from an offshore armory.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Curious if they would be liable if the little boat filled with enough water to sink it.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well it's in international waters so anything goes, I guess. Could be worse

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

... for them

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Would be a great album cover