Activists protest tanker as Russian oil imports flow into US ahead of ban

Greenpeace argues oil fuels conflict and urges Biden to invoke the defense production act to build energy independence

Environmentalists have launched protests against a Russian tanker bringing oil into New York, amid a flurry of oil imports into the US before a ban on oil and gas coming from Russia comes into force.

Activists from Greenpeace set out in two boats to intercept the Minerva Virgo oil tanker on Tuesday morning as it set about unloading its cargo in the port of New York. The green campaign group, which unfurled a banner reading Oil fuels war" in front of the 50,000-ton tanker, had already confronted the Greek-flagged vessel on Sunday as it made its way to the port.