700 Walrus Seen Near Shell Oil Rigs in Arctic as Obama Visits Alaska

700 Walrus Seen Near Shell Oil Rigs in Arctic as Obama Visits Alaska

Aug 31st, 2015 

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World View | August 31, 2015

Thousands of Pacific walrus are coming ashore on the northwest Arctic coast of Alaska, repeating a migratory change for the walrus which U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have called a clear effect of loss of Arctic Ocean sea ice on which the animals rely. As the walrus swim south from the preferred but now ice-free feeding ground, Hanna Shoal in the Chukchi Sea, many are passing close enough to the flotilla of Shell Oil ships on its drill site to be seen from the ships.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Environment, Greenpeace, Oil Spill, Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, United States.
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Oil prices slide as Obama lets Shell drill in the Arctic

Oil prices slide as Obama lets Shell drill in the Arctic

Aug 31st, 2015 

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As the giant Shell oil company begins highly controversial and risky exploration drilling in the Arctic, the price of crude continues to slide. Kieran Cooke from Climate News Network reports: 31 August 2015

It’s a gamble — some would say a giant gamble. Before even one litre of oil has been found, the Anglo-Dutch Shell group is believed to have spent more than US$7 billion just making preparations for its latest Arctic venture.

Shell is betting on finding the oil industry’s Holy Grail: according to 2008 estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Arctic contains more than 20 per cent of the world’s remaining hydrocarbon resources — including at least 90 billion barrels of oil.

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Obama’s Alaska Visit Puts Climate, Not Energy, in Forefront

Obama’s Alaska Visit Puts Climate, Not Energy, in Forefront

Aug 31st, 2015 

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By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS: AUG. 31, 2015

WASHINGTON — President Obama will travel to Alaska on Monday to call for urgent and aggressive action to tackle climate change, capitalizing on a poignant tableau of melting glaciers, crumbling permafrost and rising sea levels to illustrate the immediacy of an issue he hopes to make a central element of his legacy.

But during a three-day trip choreographed to lend spectacular visuals and real-world examples to Mr. Obama’s message onglobal warming, he will pay little heed to the oil and gas drilling offshore that he allowed to go forward just this month, a move that activists say is an unsavory blot on an otherwise ambitious climate record.

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Disposable People: Obama, the TPP, and the Betrayal of Human Rights

Disposable People: Obama, the TPP, and the Betrayal of Human Rights

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 05:17 AM PDT

By Jim Miller 

During the lead-up to the vote on the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP) that the President narrowly won, Obama and his surrogates consistently suggested that those in labor and other allied groups opposing the deal were “fighting the last war” and were against “the most progressive trade agreement the world has ever seen.” Indeed, he even went so far as to accuse critics like Senator Elizabeth Warren of “making stuff up”. As we know, Obama defeated labor and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and, in concert with Republicans and just enough New Democrats like San Diego’s own Scott Peters and Susan Davis, he succeeded in forwarding the multinational corporate agenda. Since that time the gaze of the national media has turned elsewhere and, as negotiations have encountered difficulties, the administration has sunk to new lows in its zeal to finish the deal on the TPP.   [Read more...]

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Mayor Faulconer’s Convention Center Expansion: It’s Huuuge Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:58 AM PDT By Doug Porter Oh, those boys and their big shiny toys. Having failed in past years to gain approval for a waterfront expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, the City is about to throw its weight behind a $90,000 study promising “huuuge” (ala Trump) returns. The Union-Tribune says Mayor Faulconer finds the report so persuasive that he’s prepared to back a ballot measure increasing hotel taxes for 2016. Since those taxes are dedicated revenues, two thirds voter approval will be required. Today we’ll take a look at the spotty record of the outfit hired to do this report, along with various options along the way to getting a super-majority to go the polls and vote for this expansion.   [Read more...]

Disposable People: Obama, the TPP, and the Betrayal of Human Rights Posted: 31 Aug 2015 05:17 AM PDT By Jim Miller During the lead-up to the vote on the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP) that the President narrowly won, Obama and his surrogates consistently suggested that those in labor and other allied groups opposing the deal were “fighting the last war” and were against “the most progressive trade agreement the world has ever seen.” Indeed, he even went so far as to accuse critics like Senator Elizabeth Warren of “making stuff up”. As we know, Obama defeated labor and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and, in concert with Republicans and just enough New Democrats like San Diego’s own Scott Peters and Susan Davis, he succeeded in forwarding the multinational corporate agenda. Since that time the gaze of the national media has turned elsewhere and, as negotiations have encountered difficulties, the administration has sunk to new lows in its zeal to finish the deal on the TPP.   [Read more...]

Escondido’s Lyin’ King Sees Riches in the Safari Highlands Ranch Proposal Posted: 31 Aug 2015 05:16 AM PDT By Don Greene / Escondido Democrats In one of the more poignant scenes in the movie, The Lion King, Musafa says to young Simba, “Look, Simba, everything the light touches is our kingdom.” It seems that we have a touch of that same attitude on our City Council. As Mayor Abed and the rest of the council majority look out to the east, you can almost hear him say the same thing. Instead of birthrights and becoming King of the Animals, Abed speaks in our hypothetical of property rights and becoming King of the Developers. The land he looks over is the proposed Safari Highlands Ranch project, a 1084-acre land annexation and subsequent 550-home development, in unincorporated Escondido, just north and west of the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park. This project, and the means by which they intend to bring it to fruition, fits the S.O.P. of Abed and the council majority; they work the backroom deals with the developers and other agencies and put on a happy face with the public.   [Read more...]

Battle Lines Form in California Over Ambitious Climate Change Bills Posted: 31 Aug 2015 05:16 AM PDT Big Oil Goes Into Big Lie Mode With Campaign By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams California lawmakers are preparing to face off with the state's powerful fossil fuel industry in a battle over two potentially groundbreaking climate change bills. The more contentious legislation in question, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 (SB350), would increase California's share of electricity from renewable energy sources to 50 percent and reduce the state's use of oil in half by 2030—the equivalent of removing 36 million cars and trucks from the roads over the next 15 years—through new technology and more efficient planning. The second piece of legislation, the California Global Warming Solutions Act (SB32), would raise mandates for oil refineries and power companies, among other big polluters, to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.   [Read more...]

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