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Friday, May 15, 2015

ARCTIC ALARM BELLS: SHELL KICKS OUT 60 WORKERS IN HOLLAND FOR DRUG USE

May 15th, 2015

By John Donovan

Royal Dutch Shell has expelled 60 workers from a Dutch chemical plant after workers were caught using drugs.

The Shell Moerdijk plant in the Netherlands makes chemical products from petroleum. It employs over 800 employees and over 500 contractors. It is one of the largest chemical complexes in Europe.

Last October I reported a steam leak at the plant which resulted in flaring activity and a declaration of force majeure by Shell.

Today comes news of widespread drug use by workers at the plant.

Imagine the potential consequences if Shell workers in the Arctic drilling campaign had a similar problem. Perhaps they did in 2012. It would explain a lot.

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Obama: Shell developed high safeguards against Arctic spills

May 15th, 2015

by John Donovan.

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Associated Press: 14 May 2015

Obama: Shell developed high safeguards against Arctic spills

CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama says experts have concluded that Royal Dutch Shell has developed strong safeguards to undertake offshore oil exploration in Arctic waters.

Obama says his administration delayed Shell’s application for exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska until it could provide necessary assurances. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved the company’s plan Monday after reviewing thousands of comments from the public, Alaska Native organizations, and state and federal agencies.

Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Environment, Greenpeace, Litigation, Oil Spill,Pollution, President Obama, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Chukchi Sea · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Seattle, like it or not, becomes Shell’s Arctic base

May 15th, 2015

by John Donovan.

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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.”

Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Associated Press, Chukchi Sea, Environment, Greenpeace,Litigation, Oil Spill, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Chukchi Sea · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Shell oil rig arrives in Seattle waters amid protests, permit controversy

May 15th, 2015

by John Donovan.

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Shell oil rig arrives in Seattle waters amid protests, permit controversy

Markets | Thu May 14, 2015 7:24pm EDT

The first of two Royal Dutch Shell drilling rigs slated for Arctic oil exploration arrived in Seattle on Thursday as environmental activists geared up for days of protests over plans to store the equipment at the city’s port.

Shell is planning to use Seattle as a base to store and maintain the rigs and other equipment as it resumes exploration and drilling this summer in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, where it has not drilled since a mishap-filled 2012 season.

Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Environment, Gas, Greenpeace, Litigation, Oil Prices, Oil Spill, Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Chukchi Sea · Litigation · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Jeb Implodes Over Iraq

FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015

Brent Budowsky: Bush’s two-day implosion of confusion about his position on the Iraq War, which he may or may not get right on his third try, will do severe and lasting damage to his presidential prospects. READ MORE

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Birth of a Movement

André Coleman: Patrisse Cullors seizes the moment to remind the world that Black Lives Matter.

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Assessing Jeffrey Sterling

Norman Solomon: The only fair sentence for Sterling would have been no sentence at all. Or, at most, something like the recent gentle wrist-slap for former CIA director David Petraeus.

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Does California Need More Police?

Joe Mathews: Instances of misconduct will just get worse if the statewide shortage in officers continues to grow.

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The Bush Years: An Explainer

Tina Dupuy: Jeb has repeatedly said George W. will be the person he listens to on Mideast issues.

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Flat wages and the end of pensions have left millions of Americans facing a retirement crisis.

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Flat wages and the end of pensions have left millions of Americans facing a retirement crisis. Already, nearly half of our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents would live in poverty if it weren't for Social Security.

There is a simple solution, and it starts with defending Social Security from the right wing's lies. That's exactly what I do in the third video of the ten-part Big Picture series, and I need your help spreading the word.

The corporate media won't cover this. I need you to watch and share Expand Social Security now:

The Big Picture: 10 Ideas to Save the Economy

In the coming weeks, MoveOn and I will bring you seven more commonsense ideas that have the power to make our economy work for everyone. We'll be relying on you to tell us which ideas you like most by sharing them with your friends and family.

MoveOn will launch full-blown campaigns—in solidarity with organizations doing important work every day—on the ideas that members like you are excited about and share with your friends and family. So make sure to watch and vote—by sharing—to help us get these ideas in front of millions of Americans!

Thanks for all you do.

–Robert Reich

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