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Saturday, May 16, 2015
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Campaign to protect the Arctic Ocean and the polar bears
| Hey Friend, See Lauren’s note below? Basically, we have a big fight to win and it’s only just beginning. Can we count on you to be in our corner – be in our oceans’ corner? Support our campaign to protect the Arctic Ocean and the polar bears, beluga whales and many other creatures that live there from the threat of dangerous offshore drilling >> This week’s developments bring Shell even closer to being unleashed upon the U.S. Arctic Ocean as early as this summer. And believe me, that’s a scenario we don’t want to see. Together, we can stop Shell – we’ve done it before, now let’s do it again. Help our campaign win this fight against the looming menace of oil spills in the Arctic once more! Pitch in now to help keep Shell out, before it’s too late >> Thanks for showing your dedication to our oceans time and time again. The oceans need more people like you. For the oceans, Alex Gray Digital Campaigner Oceana |
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BREAKING: On Monday, the federal government granted a conditional approval for Shell’s plan to drill exploration wells in the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska’s northern coast. Donate now to help keep Shell out, before it’s too late >>
Antonio,
Just two days ago, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management took a big step toward making offshore oil and gas exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s northern coast a reality – as early as THIS SUMMER. If it allows Shell to pursue its drilling ambitions, the government will expose the Arctic Ocean to the risk of a BP Deepwater Horizon-like catastrophe. But there’s still time, and our campaign is working on overdrive to block Shell from repeating its failed 2012 Arctic exploration season. Will you support our work? Make a donation now to support Oceana’s work to protect the Arctic Ocean from dangerous offshore drilling >> We can’t let offshore drilling and oil spills become the new normal for the Arctic Ocean. The government can still prevent this grave threat to the U.S. Arctic Ocean and the beluga whales, polar bears, ice seals and many other important marine animals that depend on it. With your support, our Arctic campaign has so far helped protect these waters by seizing opportunities like this one. Oceana is a leading force in protecting the U.S. Arctic Ocean. From producing exclusive reports and filing winning lawsuits to being featured in The New York Times, we’re in this fight no matter the cost. Together, let’s find a way to win, again! Give now to help keep us in the fight >>  For the oceans,Lauren Parks Director of Digital Engagement Oceana  | ||
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Weekly Reader: House Acquisition "Reforms" Written by Defense Contractors
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Help expose the TPP's pro-fracking language
Friends,
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is so bad, it's hard to believe -- but this stunning part of the deal has been independently confirmed:
The TPP would eliminate environmental reviews of fracked liquid natural gas export facilities, which could be used to move half of the gas drilled in the US overseas. These massive, multibillion dollar fossil fuel projects would make fracking companies a fortune -- and be completely exempt from federal environmental review.
Fracked gas is difficult and expensive to export. The TPP would rubber stamp facilities that make it easier for Big Oil to ship gas to places where they can sell it at higher prices.
People need to know about this. Can you share this image on Facebook to help expose the TPP's pro-fracking language?
If this sounds like something straight from the wildest fantasies of Big Oil, that's because it basically is -- the TPP has been written and championed by fossil fuel lobbyists from the very beginning.
The deal faces an uphill battle in Congress for a simple reason: the more people find out about it, the less they like it.
We're gearing up to deliver this petition opposing the TPP to Congress in the coming weeks. The more we can expose the deal between now and then, the better.
Yours in disbelief,
Linda
Sources:
"What a Secretly-Negotiated Free Trade Agreement Could Mean for Fracking in the U.S." DeSmog Blog, Sept. 25th 2013.
"How an international trade deal will impact Western states" High Country News, April 25, 2015.
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NET NEUTRALITY HAS BEEN SUED
Free Press Jumps in to Defend the Net Neutrality Rules in Court
Candace ClementMay 15, 2015Net Neutrality
The FCC and Media Policy
As John Oliver might say, Free Press exists to stop “cable company f*ckery.”
It’s been a banner year for doing that and protecting the open Internet. We’ve stopped Comcast’s attempt to take over Time Warner Cable — crushing a mega-merger that would have made Comcast the only truly high-speed broadband provider available to about 4 out of every 10 U.S. homes. And we put Net Neutrality back on solid legal ground when the FCC voted in February to reclassify broadband as a Title II service — and put in place strong rules to prevent blocking, throttling and paid prioritization.
But even then we knew the fight wasn’t over. Before we’d finished toasting the victory, we were plotting the next steps. How will we defend this win in Congress? In the courts?
Since the February ruling, 10 big phone and cable companies or various lobbyists for these companies have filed lawsuits that for the most part are designed to gut the Net Neutrality rules. And this week the ISPs also filed what’s called a joint motion for a stay of the FCC’s reclassification decision, a move that would delay implementation of the rules and undercut their effectiveness.
We’ve been keeping a close eye on all of these proceedings. And this week, Free Press took the next major step to protect this win by filing to intervene in the industry-backed court case and defend the FCC decision against those challenging the agency’s rules.
We filed in court because we want to be sure that you are represented in this debate. The fight for Net Neutrality united millions of people, businesses and organizations behind a simple idea: Internet service providers should not be allowed to interfere with what we say or do online. With the fight moving to the courts, we need to keep the public’s voice front and center.
“Free Press will fight the spurious and unsubstantiated claims of the phone and cable companies and uphold the FCC’s decision to root open Internet protections in established law,” said my colleague Matt Wood, the Free Press policy director. “This fight includes opposing the industry attempt to get the court to delay the implementation of these fundamental safeguards for Internet users."
Free Press will be there every step of the way. And as the legal battle rages on, we welcome your support for our efforts in court, too.
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Bernie Sanders pushes new pay hike for federal contractors
Bernie Sanders pushes new pay hike for federal contractors
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Anti-Arctic drilling kayak activists hold ‘Shell No’ protest
Anti-Arctic drilling kayak activists hold ‘Shell No’ protest
Martha Bellisle: Associated Press: May 16, 2015
Anti-Arctic drilling kayak activists hold ‘Shell No’ protest
SEATTLE — Activists opposed to drilling for oil in the Arctic plan to launch a flotilla of kayaks and other boats on Seattle’s Elliott Bay on Saturday, two days after the arrival of a towering oil rig that is the centerpiece of Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet.
The “Paddle in Seattle” — a daylong, family friendly festival in a West Seattle park and an on-the-water protest by “Shell No” kayaktivists — aims to continue the message sent as the Polar Pioneer drilling rig arrived: “Stand up for the climate and say no to Shell’s drilling plans.”
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Arctic Drilling Protests Greet Royal Dutch Shell Drilling Rigs In Seattle
Arctic Drilling Protests Greet Royal Dutch Shell Drilling Rigs In Seattle
By: MICHEAL KAUFMAN: Published: May 16, 2015 at 9:07 am EST
The protest by environmental groups and the people of Seattle against Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) move to dock its drilling rigs at the city’s port is growing by the day. The port of Seattle had earlier decided to grant access to Shell’s Arctic drilling rigs.
As part of the lease agreement between the port of Seattle and shell subsidiary Foss maritime, the latter will service Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet for two years. On May 11, the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management had given a conditional approval to the Anglo-Dutch company to conduct oil exploration in the Arctic.
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