Shell exploration drilling advances at Burger J prospect

Shell exploration drilling advances at Burger J prospect

Aug 27th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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BY TIM BRADNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE: 26 Aug 2015

Shell is keeping a tight lid on information about its Chukchi Sea drilling for now.

The semi-submersible Polar Explorer is at work drilling the first well in Shell’s 2015 program, Burger J, and a weekly report issued Aug. 25 by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, or BSEE, indicated that a shallow casing string has been installed and cemented into place on the well.

This is an initial “string” of casing that is typically installed once the “mud-line cellar” excavation is completed, a step Shell reported earlier. “Casing” refers to heavy steel pipe installed in the well through which the actual drilling tools are operated and drilling “mud,” or fluid, is circulated to keep up pressures at the bottom and to remove rock cuttings from drilling.

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

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Charlotte Church joins the campaign trail once again as she performs a requiem in musical protest over Arctic drilling

Charlotte Church joins the campaign trail once again as she performs a requiem in musical protest over Arctic drilling

Aug 27th, 2015 

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By REBECCA DAVISON FOR MAILONLINE: 26 August 2015

Singer Charlotte Church joined a protest rally outside the Shell headquarters in London on Wednesday in protest over Arctic drilling on behalf of Greenpeace. 

The 29-year-old took to the streets to lead a performance of Requiem for Arctic Ice as well as The Bitter Earth outside the building, writing ‘Save The Arctic’ across her hands in pen. 

According to Greenpeace, the campaign was part of the charity’s month-long run of Titanic-themed orchestral protests.

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Welcome to TrumpLand: A Local Example of Bigotry USA! USA! Style

Welcome to TrumpLand: A Local Example of 

Bigotry USA! USA! Style

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 10:19 AM PDT

By Doug Porter 

I’ve been trying not to say too much about The Donald. He’s playing the media like a great violinist plays a Stradivarius. He says jump and the stenographers posing as journalists say “how high?” I can no longer remain silent in the face of the hate-mongering coming from this public figure aimed at Latinos. He’s giving ammunition to assholes, and there are real consequences, even on the streets of San Diego. When a well-known and respected public advocate can’t take his child to a park without being race baited, it’s time to stand up and say No More. And, yes, it is precisely the rhetoric favored by Donald Trump that’s encouraging an upswing in bigotry.   [Read more...] 

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Welcome to TrumpLand: A Local Example of Bigotry USA! USA! Style Posted: 27 Aug 2015 10:19 AM PDT By Doug Porter I’ve been trying not to say too much about The Donald. He’s playing the media like a great violinist plays a Stradivarius. He says jump and the stenographers posing as journalists say “how high?” I can no longer remain silent in the face of the hate-mongering coming from this public figure aimed at Latinos. He’s giving ammunition to assholes, and there are real consequences, even on the streets of San Diego. When a well-known and respected public advocate can’t take his child to a park without being race baited, it’s time to stand up and say No More. And, yes, it is precisely the rhetoric favored by Donald Trump that’s encouraging an upswing in bigotry.   [Read more...]

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SANDAG’s Transportation Plan is Stuck in Reverse Posted: 27 Aug 2015 07:06 AM PDT By SanDiego350.org Climate change is a local issue that reaches every corner of the globe. Human activities, especially burning coal, oil and gas, are pumping heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. More than any other time in human history, we’re seeing unlivable marine habitats, rising seas that threaten to subsume coastal societies, and, on land, increases in extreme weather including droughts, floods and severe storms. The changes are happening everywhere, but the effects are felt locally. And the solutions have to come from changes we make in every community. At SanDiego350, a local nonprofit fighting climate change, we believe that San Diego is at an important crossroads where we must decide how we will reduce our contribution to Earth’s looming climate crisis.  Once a month in the San Diego Free Press we’ll discuss some of these issues, and how San Diegans can help address them.   [Read more...]

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There’s a museum that’s already responding to our call to divest

Friends, There’s a museum that’s already responding to our call to divest -- and they’re really upping the ante. Just hours after we launched a brand new campaign calling on museums to stand up as leaders in the face of climate catastrophe, the California Academy of Sciences made a bold statement: The California Academy of Sciences is stepping up, big time -- now let’s call on others to do the same. Click here to ask the country's top museums of science and natural history to divest from fossil fuels. The California Academy of Sciences is the first museum in the U.S. to make such a strong statement on divestment and cutting all ties to the fossil fuel industry. Not only have they already divested their direct holdings from fossil fuels -- they’re also refusing to accept fossil fuel sponsorships or funding, are phasing out oil, gas, and mineral leases on lands given to them by donors, and more. There's a clear lesson here: pressure works. Our message to museums is simple: the climate crisis calls for leaders that are ready to do more than observe and curate history -- it calls for leaders who are ready to help make it. The California Academy of Sciences has heard our call and upped the ante. It's rare to see such a quick and bold response from an institution like this, and we're excited that they're stepping up to the plate. This museum is paving the way for a whole new sector of institutions to take real leadership and divest -- but it's up to us to keep the divestment dominoes falling. Thank you, Zoë for the 350.org team & Beka for The Natural History Museum, a new mobile museum that champions bold climate action ------ More info: Dr. Jonathan Foley’s thoughts on divestment (California Academy of Sciences) California Academy of Sciences Will Divest from Fossil Fuels (Hyperallergic) 350.org is building a global climate movement. Become a sustaining donor to keep this movement strong and growing. 350.org

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Weinstein makes new demand of the Air Force Academy

MilitaryReligiousFreedom.org Fighting for our servicemembers' rights, so they can fight for ours. Please consider making a fully tax-deductible donation today.                Thursday, August 27, 2015 MRFF COVERED BY COLORADO SPRINGS INDEPENDENT Weinstein makes new demand of the Air Force Academy Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Mikey Weinstein, the crusader against religious bias in the armed forces, will ask the Air Force Academy to remove the words "in the year of our Lord" from diplomas for the class of 2016, which graduates in May, he tells the Independent. Because, he says, "We all know whose lord that is; it's a special seal of approval." The request comes not from Weinstein himself, but rather from a small group at the academy calling themselves The Spartacus Group, which pretends to be fundamentalist Christian to find a more hassle-free pathway through the academy, where favoritism of Christians is well-documented over the past dozen years. [read more] Click here to read more SLATE MAGAZINE ON THE STATE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY & LGBT EQUALITY IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE A Lesbian Officer Maligned in Ted Cruz’s Religious Liberty Ad Tells Her Side of the Story Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is centering his campaign around support for anti-gay “religious liberty,” claiming that Christians forced to tolerate gay people face religious persecution. On Sunday, Cruz released a video profiling “victims” of LGBT nondiscrimination measures. It was all nonsense, but one segment was particularly inaccurate: Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Phillip Monk alleged that he was “fired” by his lesbian commanding officer for “expressing a traditional view of marriage.” That commanding officer was Lt. Col. Liz Valenzuela, a married mother of two who served two tours of duty in Iraq. I spoke to her on Tuesday about the conflict with Monk, her experiences with homophobia, and the Cruz video. [read more] Click here to watch video interview, read more Connect with MRFF:    SUPPORT MRFF! Your Generous Support Allows us to Continue our Fight in the Courts and in the Media Make a Donation Join MRFF's Constitution Society (Recurring Donation) Help Build the Wall : Donate a "Brick"!

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Rays of Light in the Shadow of Dark Money

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