Shell exacerbates housing shortage in Alaska port town

Shell exacerbates housing shortage in Alaska port town

Aug 14th, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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Nation’s largest fishing port was already short on housing. With Shell in town, locals say things are getting worse.

Ryan Schuessler Aug. 13, 2015

Not much has changed in Unalaska, Alaska, since Flor Luna had trouble finding a place to live when she moved here 14 years ago.

“When I first came here, I put myself on every list [for housing] there was available,” Luna recalled. Nobody ever called her back.

She wasn’t the first or the last person to struggle to find affordable housing in the town that hosts the country’s largest fishing port. Out of what she called sheer luck, Luna was eventually able to find a place to rent, but not everyone is that lucky. During peak fishing season, Unalaska’s population can sometimes triple, and there still isn’t enough space for everyone who pours into town looking for work.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Environment, Oil Spill,Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Chukchi Sea · Environment · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc

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Former BP chief exec warns Shell about Arctic drilling

Aug 14th, 2015 

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Former BP chief exec warns Shell about Arctic drilling

Kamala Kelkar: August 13, 2015

The former chief executive of BP, who headed the company during a spate of nasty disasters including the biggest ever pipeline spill in the North Slope, warned Shell that drilling in the Arctic could hurt its reputation.

Former BP CEO Lord Browne told BBC News that he’s never been a supporter of “right-on-the-margin development” and that Arctic drilling is expensive.

Browne was head of BP in 2006, when the company pipeline spilled more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil in Prudhoe Bayresulting in a fine of $25 million. He was also in charge when a Texas City refinery exploded in 2005 and killed 15 people, and during the propane-market-manipulation case that resulted in civil and criminal penalties and a $303 million settlement.

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Green groups warn Shell boss over ‘reckless’ pursuit of Arctic oil

Aug 14th, 2015

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Green groups warn Shell boss over ‘reckless’ pursuit of Arctic oil

EXCLUSIVE: WWF chief executives write to Ben Van Beurden as Greenpeace and Oil International unveil new report highlighting Arctic drilling risks

By Jessica Shankleman  |  14 Aug 2015

Green groups have stepped up pressure on Shell over its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, with WWF leaders writing directly to the oil giant’s chief executive to express their “profound alarm” at the project.

In a letter sent on Wednesday and seen by BusinessGreen, David Nussbaum and Johan van de Gronden, chief executives of the UK and Netherlands branches of WWF, warned Shell chief executive Ben Van Beurden Arctic drilling would derail efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Can The Shell Rig Come Back? Examiner Reconsiders City Decision

Can The Shell Rig Come Back? Examiner Reconsiders City Decision

Aug 14th, 2015 

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By CAROLYN ADOLPH: 13 August 2015

Shell’s Polar Pioneer, briefly a resident at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5,  is drilling for oil in the Chukchi Sea. The question is whether the rig can return to Seattle this fall — and whether it can stay the winter. 

The Port of Seattle and Foss Maritime Co. are appealing a city decision to try to stop the rig. A city examiner is hearing arguments about what should happen next.

In May, the City of Seattle’s planning department threatened fines and a lawsuit when it learned the Polar Pioneer would be taking up space at a cargo terminal.

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