Failure to remove activists occupying Arctic-bound rig could cause the oil firm to miss the summer drilling window in the Chukchi Sea, court filings by the company reveal

Shell has warned it could miss a window to drill for oil in the Arctic this summer, if six Greenpeace activists occupying a rig under contract to the company are not removed, court filings by the oil company reveal.

Failure to act against the climbers who boarded the Polar Pioneer rig 750 miles north of Hawaii on Monday would result in “irreparable harm” and “monetary damages”, the document seen by the Guardian shows.

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