Greenpeace activists climbed a North Sea platform 45 miles off the coast of Norfolk yesterday (Thursday, August 14) before spraying 1,000 litres of blood-red liquid onto a large white canvas they had fastened to the side of the structure.

WATCH: Climate protestors climb gas platform and spray giant blood-red 'artwork'

The stunt was in a protest against the fossil fuel industry, which the climate activism group blames for recent heatwaves, wildfires and floods.

Greenpeace climate activists boarded Shell's Skiff gas platform 45 miles off the Norfolk coast before spraying 1,000 litres of a blood-red liquid onto a white canvas (Image: Andrew McConnell) But Kevin Keable, chairman of the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), said........

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