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Police Close Forth Road Bridge Due to Greenpeace Protest
SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND, JUL 25 – Ten Greenpeace activists suspended on the Forth Road Bridge aim to block an INEOS tanker delivering fracked gas to Grangemouth, urging a 75% global plastic production cut by 2040.
- On July 25, 2025, Greenpeace activists abseiled from the Forth Road Bridge to block an INEOS tanker, with police alerted around 1.05pm and ten activists hanging over the shipping lane.
- Greenpeace protested against INEOS, owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, opposing the Global Plastics Treaty less than a fortnight before Geneva talks.
- Unfurling six red `Plastics Treaty Now` banners, activists hang 25m above the main shipping lane of the River Forth supported by a rescue crew on the bridge and a boat team below.
- Police Scotland confirmed they are in attendance and engaging with those involved, as officers shut the bridge at 1.05pm on Friday, diverting traffic to the Queensferry Crossing.
- Greenpeace is calling for a 75% cut in global plastic production by 2040 while accusing Sir Jim Ratcliffe of trying to sabotage the treaty vote in Switzerland.
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Forth Road Bridge shut after Greenpeace activists suspend themselves to block tanker
The Forth Road Bridge in central Scotland has been closed to traffic after 10 Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the structure in a dramatic protest aimed at halting a tanker carrying fracked gas to the Ineos plant in Grangemouth.
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Forth Road Bridge closed as 10 Greenpeace activists hang from ropes
The group said it wanted to block an Ineos tanker carrying fracked gas to the Grangemouth industrial site.
·Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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