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DONT FLUSH OUR RIGHTS DOWN THE TOILET

Need some inspiration? The good folks at Namecheap who made this billboard action possible made their own video to help educate the Internet public about the importance of net neutrality. Once you get to the part where people are riding on toilets chasing Wall Street Bankers up a bike ramp, you’ll understand why its already been viewed nearly half a million times.

The best part? Namecheap wants to help support our work for net neutrality for the long haul, so they’re donating $0.25 to us every time someone shares or tweets the video. That adds up! They’ve already raised more than $30,000 for Internet freedom! If this tweet gets 100k retweets, they’ll up the donation to $100,000! That would unlock a huge amount of Internet freedom fighting potential, but it can only happen with your help.




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JOHN DONOVAN SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 ARTICLES

Royal Dutch Shell Fire Sale Continues

Sep 15th, 2014 

by John Donovan. 

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According to a Financial Times article, “Royal Dutch Shell has revived plans to dispose of its European liquefied petroleum gas business four years after a second failed attempt to sell the assets.” 

Shell has already disposed of under-performing assets around the globe, including Australia,  the USA and in the North Sea. The latest move is part of the $15 billion fire sale announced by the incoming new CEO Ben van Beurden earlier this year, following the surprise issuance of a Shell profits warning that shook the markets.

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Posted in: Australia, Ben van Beurden, GoogleNews, John Donovan, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell Firesale, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, United States.
Tagged: Australia · Ben van Beurden · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc

Shell shareholders can only wish that they had never heard of Alaska

Sep 15th, 2014 

by John Donovan. 

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By John Donovan

Christopher Helman of Forbes has neatly summarised the misadventures of Royal Dutch Shell in Alaska…

“Consider for a second the $5 billion misadventure that Royal Dutch Shell has had in Alaska. Here’s a quick recap: In 2008 Shell acquired the rights to exploration blocks in the Beaufort Sea north of the North Slope. Shell, in 2012 (after years of studying whales and seals, negotiating with the native peoples, and satisfying draconian EPA rules governing diesel emissions in the middle of freaking nowhere) finally floated its Kulluk drillship into the Beaufort, where it only got to drill for a few weeks before having to be towed back to port lest icebergs crush it. On the way out it got grounded on the rocks of Kodiak Island. Shell decided to press pause on its Alaska project, and Shell shareholders can only wish that they had never heard of Alaska.”

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Environment, Forbes, GoogleNews, John Donovan, Oil, Oil Spill, Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, Shell Employee Safety, Shell Project Delays, Shell Project Overruns, United States.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Beaufort Sea · Chukchi Sea · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc ·Russia

Potential serious impact on Shell from new Sanctions on Russia

Sep 15th, 2014 

by John Donovan. 

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American and European explorers such as Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell Plc , which is drilling in Siberian shale rock formations, will have to act fast to avoid violating the bans. “Those new sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. and Europe on Friday will, among other things, force Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell… and other big oil companies to wind up their joint ventures with Kremlin-controlled Rosneft and Gazprom

By John Donovan

The territorial ambitions of the aggressive and dangerous Putin regime in Russia looks likely to undermine the fortunes of Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil in Russia and the Ukraine. This is dispute the grovelling attitude towards Putin by Exxon’s Rex Tillerson and Shell CEO Ben van Beurden, who actually bowed to Putin in their last meeting. 

Energy Law360 reports that “The U.S. and European Union moved in conjunction to dramatically escalate new sanctions against Russia on Friday, ratcheting up pressure on Moscow’s financial, energy and defense sectors and further severing the nation’s corporate titans from lucrative capital markets in response to the persistent unrest in Ukraine.

According to a New York Times article: “The United States and Europe will both further tighten restrictions first imposed in July on the export of energy technology that would help Russia develop its Arctic, deep sea and shale oil reserves, officials said.

Related extracts from an article by Epoch Times

The sanctions “prohibit the exportation of goods, services (not including financial services), or technology in support of exploration or production of Russian deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects that have the potential to produce oil,” the Treasury said. In a coordinated effort, the European Union has matched the U.S. sanctions.  The Hague-based Royal Dutch Shell Plc has a 28 percent interest with Russian gas giant OAO Gazprom in the Sea of Okhotsk. It also has a joint venture with Gazprom in Bazhenov, a Siberian shale formation with high potential for shale oil similar to the Bakken shale in the United States.

Joe Carroll warns in a Bloomberg report: “American and European explorers such as Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), which is drilling in Siberian shale rock formations, will have to act fast to avoid violating the bans, said Mark Herlach, an international lawyer and partner at the Sutherland Asbill Brennan LLP law firm in Washington. U.S. companies have until Sept. 26 to shut down sanctioned operations with Russian partners, according to the new rules.”

A Forbes article by Christopher Helman warns: “Those new sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. and Europe on Friday will, among other things, force Exxon Mobil XOM -1.29%, Royal Dutch Shell , Total and other big oil companies to wind up their joint ventures with Kremlin-controlled Rosneft and Gazprom .”

Extract from an RIA Novosti report 

MOSCOW, September 15 (RIA Novosti) – Following the new Western sanctions imposed on Russia, Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company, Shell, is considering the potential impact the measures will have on the company and has recently appealed to Russian state authorities to clarify the situation, a spokesman for Shell in Russia told RIA Novosti on Monday. “We are proud of our strong partnership with Russian companies. Shell brings its technical and commercial expertise for the implementation of energy projects in Russia. We will explore the latest sanctions and their possible impact on our business. We are in consultations with (the) relevant government agencies to obtain the most complete information,” the company’s spokesman said adding that Shell was taking all the necessary steps to act in accordance with the sanctions.

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Posted in: Ben van Beurden, Business Principles, Exxon Mobil, Gas, Gazprom,GoogleNews, John Donovan, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Russia, Sakhalin II, Shell, Total.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Beaufort Sea · ExxonMobil · John Donovan · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Russia · Sanctions · Total

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	We Have Five Days to  Stand Up for Internet Freedom

Nation Action on September 10, 2014 - 11:00 AM ET

Net Neutrality protest (Courtesy: Flickr user Steve Rhodes, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

When people across the country visit many of their favorite sites today, they will be greeted by the “spinning wheel of death” that every frustrated Internet user knows as the sign of a slow connection. It isn’t because their computers are broken; it’s because a coalition of organizations including Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, Free Press Action Fund, Reddit, Netflix and The Nation have banded together for today’s “Internet Slowdown.” All over the web, sites are giving readers a taste of what it could feel like if big cable companies have their way and net neutrality is undermined.

If that happens, it could suddenly become much more difficult to visit under-funded start-ups, nonprofits or independent media outlets like The Nation—basically any site that doesn’t have the extra funds to pay for “fast-lane” service. Instead of the freewheeling, dynamic place we know it to be, the Internet would become more like cable television, with giant corporations essentially choosing what you can and can’t see.

 TO DO

The Federal Communications Commission will be accepting public comments on net neutrality until September 15. Use our advocacy tool to demand that the FCC stand up for real net neutrality. The FCC is particularly interested in personal messages, so be sure to add your thoughts on what net neutrality means to you as a business owner, student, activist or any other Internet user.

 TO READ

In the fight for net neutrality, we’re up against some powerful players. Earlier in August, Lee Fang reported on the censorship of his reporting by a telecom-industry related lobbying group.

 TO WATCH

When John Oliver pointed out the absurdity of net neutrality opponents earlier this year, thousands submitted comments on the FCC’s website, temporarily causing it to crash.

Related Topics: Internet and New Media | Activism


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Boycott Shell says Gerd Müller

German Minister calls for boycott of Shell

Sep 13th, 2014 

by John Donovan. 

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“If you went to the Niger Delta and saw the standard of oil extraction, none of you would use the petrol stations of that oil firm,” he said. He said the company prioritized profit over concern for the environment. “That is unacceptable,” Müller added.

By John Donovan

Germany’s development minister Gerd Müller attacked the production practices of Shell on Tuesday, suggesting indirectly that German consumers should boycott the companies’ products.

During a speech on Tuesday to the Berlin Chambers of Commerce and Industry (IHK), Müller denounced Shell’s poor regard for the environment, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.

He said that during a recent trip to Nigeria, he witnessed the oil production methods. “If you went to the Niger Delta and saw the standard of oil extraction, none of you would use the petrol stations of that oil firm,” he said.

He said the company prioritized profit over concern for the environment. “That is unacceptable,” Müller added. Shell is the major oil extractor in the Niger Delta but Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Agip and Total are also active in the country.

Environmental activists have long protested Shell’s oil production in the Niger Delta. Amnesty International and other groups released a report in August that stated the oil company had done little to clean up pollution from its oil production. Such production has left at least 10 communities in the area with contaminated drinking water, according to the report.

A United Nations assessment of the pollution in 2011 estimated that it could take up to 30 years to clean up.

Shell has blamed the spills on local villagers who drill holes into the pipelines to steal oil, leaving the pipelines open and causing spills. The company’s figures on the frequency of these incidents have been contested by Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth International.

About 200 business people came to hear Müller discuss Germany’s role in pushing for better social and environmental standards worldwide.

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Tagged: Niger Delta · Nigeria · Oil · Royal Dutch Shell Plc

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