Shell Oil Foots Bill for Environmental Disaster Greenpeace Created Protesting Shell Oil
Emily Zanotti on 6.18.15
A group of Greenpeace “kayaktivists” took to the waters of the Puget Sound a few short weeks ago in an attempt to stop the Polar Pioneer, Shell Oil’s newest Arctic drilling rig, from taking a breather in port on its way up to Alaska. They were ultimately thwarted by the Coast Guard’s concern for their safety and Shell Oil’s determination to continue on its mission, and just a few short days ago, the last kayaks finally pulled back.
Little did we know, as they left, Heartland’s story on Greenpeace’s hypocritical opposition to Arctic drilling – they getplenty of funding from their own team of petroleum profiteers – wasn’t the end of coverage of the odd ironies of #ShellNo. As Greenpeace pulled away, they left behind an environmental disaster, littering a popular dive site and rolling over a marine wildlife habitat, causing around $10,000 in damage to a protected locale, and angering local environmental groups who had been working to save the natural resource and its inhabitants.
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