Shell Oil’s Cold Calculations For A Warming World

Shell Oil’s Cold Calculations For A Warming World
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Photo Shell's Polar Pioneer drill rig nearing Port Angeles, Wash., aboard a transport ship, on April 17, 2015. Credit Daniella Beccaria/Seattlepi.com, via Associated Press Last week, when the Obama administration gave tentative approval to Shell Oil’s plan to return to the Arctic after its disastrous attempt to find oil there in 2012, I found myself thinking of a conversation I had several years ago with a man named Jeremy Bentham. A theater-loving Englishman, Bentham leads Shell’s legendary team of futurists, whose methods have been adopted by the Walt Disney Company and the Pentagon, among others.

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The Daily Digg Tuesday, May 19, 2015 NOTHING CRUDE ABOUT IT Shell Oil’s Cold Calculations For A Warming World nytimes.com Last week, when the Obama administration gave tentative approval to Shell Oil’s plan to return to the Arctic after its disastrous attempt to find oil there in 2012, I found myself thinking of a conversation I had several years ago with a man named Jeremy Bentham. A theater-loving Englishman, Bentham leads Shell’s legendary team of futurists, whose methods have been adopted by the Walt Disney Company and the Pentagon, among others. 'I WILL WEAR THEM TO MY FUNERAL' VIDEO: This Is All The Excitement This Guy Could Muster For His Sneaker Review digg.com Brad Hall joined YouTube last month and has since uploaded three videos, all of which are sneaker reviews. But his genuine love of shoes is somewhat at odds with his impossibly monotone voice. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Slack Made A Podcast. Yes, That Slack. slack.com The second season of “Serial” isn’t out yet, so you need something to listen to. May we humbly suggest the Slack podcast? (Spoiler: No one gets murdered) TO HAVE AND TO HOLD Fifty Years On The Path To Marriage Equality newyorker.com A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, a consolidation of the petitions of four couples seeking relief from state same-sex-marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. The coincidence of the fiftieth anniversary of the Court’s ruling in Griswold and its anticipated decision in Obergefell makes this, inescapably, an occasion for considering the past half century of legal reasoning about reproductive and gay rights. BEETLE JUICES Scientists Examine Why Men Even Exist washingtonpost.com From a purely biological standpoint, the existence of the male sex is kind of perplexing: When it's time to create a new generation, the males of a species often contribute nothing but genetic material to the mix. Scientists turned to beetles for an answer. DUST BUSTED How The Soviet Union Tracked People With 'Spy Dust' io9.com The US started hearing about a substance that could be used to track the movements of any person who touches, or walks across, a contaminated surface. in 1963. It wasn’t until 1984 that they got a sample of the stuff. Get more stories on Digg.com → NATIONAL DISASTER Residents look for survivors after and avalanche in Salgar, in Colombia's northwestern state of Antioquia, Monday, May 18, 2015. The avalanche of mud and debris roared down Salgar before dawn, killing at least 49 people in a flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains. Survivors barely had enough time to gather their loved ones. Credit: AP Photo/Luis Benavides

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