Liberals Rally Around Bernie Sanders And Power Him To The Lead In Iowa

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Shell Exits Climate Change Group Amid Arctic Drilling Plan – FT

Shell Exits Climate Change Group Amid Arctic Drilling Plan – FT

Sep 11th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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Fri, 11th Sep 2015

LONDON (Alliance News) – Royal Dutch Shell has left an influential climate-change lobbying group sponsored by the Prince of Wales amid concern about the company’s attitude to environmental issues, the Financial Times reported Friday.

The Corporate Leaders Group released news that Shell had left, but did not state a reason for the FTSE 100-listed company’s departure, but people close to the group told the Financial Times that the oil major?s corporate policies, which include the controversial programme to drill for oil in the Arctic, made its membership of the group increasingly difficult.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Environment, Oil Spill,Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, United States.
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Shell’s big gamble: Oil wrangling at the far reaches of the Arctic frontier

Shell’s big gamble: Oil wrangling at the far reaches of the Arctic frontier

Sep 11th, 2015 

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By Steven Mufson September 11

Shell Oil Co.’s president Marvin Odum made the trip on Sept. 2 from Houston to this northern-most town in the United States, a spot whose traditional name, Ukpeagvik, means “place where snowy owls are hunted.”

Odum is here hunting, too, for oil offshore and political support from Alaska Natives living in Barrow, a ramshackle town of muddy streets, littered with all-terrain vehicles and guarded by snow fences on one side and on the other a four-foot-high earthen berm to protect against high winds and seas.

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Royal Dutch Shell plc: Appointment of Ronan Cassidy as Chief Human Resources & Corporate Officer

Royal Dutch Shell plc: Appointment of Ronan Cassidy as Chief Human Resources & Corporate Officer

Sep 11th, 2015 

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, September 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B)(the ‘Company’) today announces the appointment of Ronan Cassidy as Chief Human Resources & Corporate Officer with effect from January 1, 2016.

In his new role, Ronan will become a member of the Executive Committee and will take over from Hugh Mitchell who will be leaving the company after 36 years’ distinguished service.

Ronan is a British Citizen and currently Executive Vice President Human Resources, Upstream International / Rest of the World Operations. He joined Shell in 1988 and has held a variety of human resources positions across the Upstream and Downstream businesses. Ronan graduated from Worcester College, Oxford University, United Kingdom in 1988 with a BA in Modern History. Ronan is married with two children.

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Shell has left the Corporate Leaders Group

Save The Arctic via Facebook.com

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Shell has left the Corporate Leaders Group, a network of European business chiefs who advocate climate action.

Could its disastrous Arctic drilling project be costing the oil company valuable business allies?
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Shell leaves climate project it helped found amid arctic drilling row

Campaign against Shell’s drilling off coast of Alaska leads to company’s exit from Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leader Group

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James Bond actor Daniel Craig is "feeling the Bern,"

The Hill via Facebook.com

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James Bond actor Daniel Craig is "feeling the Bern," donating thousands in support of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.

James Bond donates thousands to Sanders PAC

The PAC was formerly called “Ready for Bernie Sanders 2016” and “Bet on Bernie 2016.”

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Who will refuse private-equity and hedge-fund money in their campaigns?

Robert Reich via Facebook.com

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Even Jeb Bush is now urging an end to the “carried interest” loophole that allows partners at private-equity and hedge funds to treat their income as capital gains for the purpose of getting the lower capital gains tax rate – even if they haven’t risked a dime of their own money. The loophole has been in place for years, surviving both Republican and Democratic majorities in Congress. Bill Clinton didn’t end it when he had a Democratic majority, and Barack Obama didn’t eliminate it when he had a Democratic majority. Why has the loophole proved so durable? Because private-equity and hedge-fund executives make gigantic campaign contributions, to both Republicans and Democrats.

Interestingly, Donald Trump has also called for an end to the loophole (which is probably gave Jeb his courage) as has Hillary Clinton and, of course, Bernie Sanders. But the real test is whether Jeb and Hillary will refuse private-equity and hedge-fund money in their campaigns.

For some background you might find useful our video, below.

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