Shell’s Arctic oil exploration rig draws hundreds in protest at Seattle port

Shell’s Arctic oil exploration rig draws hundreds in protest at Seattle port

May 19th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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Rose Hackman in New York: Monday 18 May 2015

At least 200 Seattle environmental protesters blocked the entrance to a terminal in Seattle’s port on Monday where a massive Royal Dutch Shelldrill rig is temporarily resting on its way to explore for oil in Alaska this summer.

The 400ft long, 355ft tall Shell rig, named Polar Pioneer, has witnessed at least three staged environmental protests since it arrived since it arrived in the port of Seattle on Thursday afternoon.

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The real story behind Shell’s climate change rhetoric

The real story behind Shell’s climate change rhetoric

May 19th, 2015 

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The real story behind Shell’s climate change rhetoric

Terry Macalister: 17 May 2015 

…we reveal Shell’s pursuit of ever riskier reserves is at odds with its own forecasts for dangerous global warming

“Meanwhile, a recent, seismic corporate event put even greater distance between Van Beurden’s words and reality.”

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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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Obama Seeks Oil Demand, Climate Balance With Shell Arctic Permit

Obama Seeks Oil Demand, Climate Balance With Shell Arctic Permit

May 18th, 2015 

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Article by Rakteem Katakey published 18 May 2015 by Bloomberg.com

U.S. President Barack Obama is balancing the need to meet oil demand and concerns about climate change as his government considers final approvals for Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Arctic drilling plans, according to a state department official.

“If you go up to Alaska and speak to many Alaskans, as I have, they feel like the President is shutting down the Arctic,” Robert J. Papp Jr., U.S. Department of State special representative for the Arctic, told a conference call Monday. “When you talk to the environmental groups, they feel the president is opening up the Arctic.”

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