Ten Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Forth Road Bridge Protest Blocking Fracked Gas Tanker

Ten Greenpeace activists were arrested after suspending themselves from the Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh to block an Ineos tanker carrying fracked gas to the Grangemouth petrochemical plant. The protesters hung about 25 meters above the water, halting the tanker for a full 24 hours since it could only travel during high tides. Police Scotland confirmed the arrests of five men and five women on suspicion of culpable and reckless conduct. Greenpeace declared the protest a success, highlighting it drew global attention to Ineos’ extensive plastic production and criticized the company’s reliance on recycling as a false solution. Amy Cameron, Greenpeace UK's programme director, emphasized the massive plastic pollution problem, noting that less than 10% of plastic is currently recycled globally and production is set to triple, advocating for a legally binding global plastics treaty to address the issue at the source. The Forth Road Bridge remained closed to traffic during the protest and subsequent police inquiries.