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Shell vows explore Arctic despite Seattle protests
2015-05-19 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Royal Dutch Shell will press on with a campaign to explore the Arctic for oil this summer despite protests in the port city of Seattle, chief executive officer Ben van Beurden said on Tuesday. Hundreds of environmental activists have fanned out across the Seattle Bay in recent days to disrupt the Anglo-Dutch company's rigs from entering the port en route to the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, saying drilling in the remote Arctic waters could lead to an ecological catastrophe. Van Beurden however dismissed...
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Shell knows climate change is real, but it wants to drill Arctic anyway
2015-05-18 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A man of Ben van Beurdens power and reputation for blunt speaking is capable of silencing a ballroom packed with his boisterous peers. When the chief executive of Shell rose to address an industry gathering in a London hotel, a respectful hush descended. Van Beurden, 57, rose from a modest background in the Netherlands to the top of a cut-throat, politically fraught sector that rarely finds itself out of the public firing line. The annual black-tie dinner at International Petroleum Week in February,...
Protesters gather in Seattle to block access to Shell oil rig
2015-05-18 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: About 200 protesters gathered at the Port of Seattle on Monday to block access to a Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig headed for the Arctic this summer to resume exploration for oil and gas reserves. Holding signs reading "Shell No" and "Seattle Loves the Arctic," protesters gathered early to prevent workers from reaching the rig, one of two that Shell will store in Seattle before sending to the Chukchi Sea off Alaska. Environmental groups have planned days of demonstrations over Shell's plans,...
Shell met by protestors in Seattle waters over Arctic drilling
2015-05-18 10:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Hundreds of people took to the water off Seattle near Shell`s Polar Pioneer drilling rig with kayaks and canoes to say no to recently approved plans to resume dangerous search for oil in Arctic waters. The sHell No protest saw hundreds on kayaks, canoes and paddleboards on Sunday standing next to the Shells Polar Pioneer drilling rig. Many held flags and signs calling for climate action. Last week, President Obama gave his approval for the oil giant to go ahead with Arctic drilling , provided...
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Shell accused of strategy risking catastrophic climate change
2015-05-17 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Royal Dutch Shell has been accused of pursuing a strategy that would lead to potentially catastrophic climate change after an internal document acknowledged a global temperature rise of 4C, twice the level considered safe for the planet. A paper used for guiding future business planning at the Anglo-Dutch multinational assumes that carbon dioxide emissions will fail to limit temperature increases to 2C, the internationally agreed threshold to prevent widespread flooding, famine and desertification....
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