Seattle, like it or not, becomes Shell’s Arctic base
BY PHUONG LE: Associated Press: 14 May 2015
Seattle, like it or not, becomes Shell’s Arctic base
The arrival in Seattle Thursday of an oil rig Royal Dutch Shell is outfitting for oil exploration in the remote Arctic Ocean marks a pivotal moment for an environmental movement increasingly mobilized around climate change.
Activists paddling out in kayaks to meet the rig off Seattle’s picturesque waterfront said it’s their moment to stand against opening a new frontier of fossil fuel exploration.
“Unless people get out there and put themselves on the front lines and say enough is enough, than nothing will ever change,” said Jordan Van Voast, 55, an acupuncturist who was going out on the water to confront the Polar Pioneer. “I’m hopeful that people are waking up.”
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