Lucy Lawless Arrested After 77-Hour Protest Aboard Oil-Drilling Ship

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Zach Johnson - Us Weekly




Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless is fighting for a very important cause.

The actress, 43, was one of seven Greenpace New Zealand volunteers arrested Monday in an environmental protest aboard a Shell-owned oil-drilling ship; they were each charged with burglary. Greenpeace insists that no property was taken or damaged during the 77-hour occupation.

"This chapter has ended, but the story of the battle to save the Arctic has just begun," Lawless told Us Weekly in a statement before being arrested. "Seven of us climbed up that drill ship to stop Arctic drilling, but 133,000 of us came down."

"We will continue to stand in solidarity with the communities and species that depend on the Arctic for their lives until Shell cancels its plans to drill in this magical world, and makes the switch to clean, sustainable energy."

The seven protesters had boarded the Noble Discoverer at Port Taranaki on Friday. They will appear in New Plymouth District Court Thursday.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I for one am thrilled to pay $5 a gallon for gas. STOP THE DRILLING

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Do I detect a little bit of...

[PorkChopSandwiches]

[Noilly Pratt]

How I felt after hearing that gas had gone up about 7 cents overnight:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Ever notice how it's the rich famous people that always protest more drilling?

[Hal-9000]

she has nice nipples..

[Loser]

How I felt after hearing that gas had gone up about 7 cents overnight:

7 cents?

Srsly?

It jumped 35 cents in an hour where I live. I almost shit my pants, dug it out, and threw it at the fucking pump.

[Hal-9000]

7 cents?

Srsly?

It jumped 35 cents in an hour where I live. I almost shit my pants, dug it out, and threw it at the fucking pump.

our gas goes up 10 cents per liter.....4 of those in a gallon....trust me, you Americans don't get hooped like we do and we refine and export the shit ffs!!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

our gas goes up 10 cents per liter.....4 of those in a gallon....trust me, you Americans don't get hooped like we do and we refine and export the shit ffs!!

The United States is now a net exporter of petroleum products.

[Godfather]

Gas is fuggin' $1.43 here right now, that's almost $5.50/gallon... in a country that is one of the top 10 exporters of oil in the world What a piss off

[Hal-9000]

we're second only behind the Saudi's....we deserve better

[Muddy]

Gas is fuggin' $1.43 here right now, that's almost $5.50/gallon... in a country that is one of the top 10 exporters of oil in the world What a piss off

Totally irrelevant.. You fall prey to the open market.. Drill Baby Drill! What a crock...

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Gas is up another 10 cents this morning from when I got gas on my way to work yesterday

[Godfather]

Totally irrelevant.. You fall prey to the open market.. Drill Baby Drill! What a crock...

It's 30 cents lower in other towns because taxes are so high here. We have a shitty transit system, so to subsidize its failure we have an ass load of gas taxes that we drivers get to pay...