Video: Oil and ice don’t mix – the risks of drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean
Note: It only takes six minutes to demonstrate the insanity of drilling in Arctic waters… By Kiley Kroh and Michael Conathan, August 20, 2012. Source: Center for American Progress As the decision looms...
View ArticleShell blocks employee access to activist website
By Mary, October 2, 2012. Source: Yes Lab Houston, TX (October 2, 2012) — Early Monday morning, 71,010 Shell employees received an email from the company’s “Grassroots Employee Empowerment Division”...
View ArticleProtesting fracking in support of local farms
Note: The following action occurred after a weekend long direct action training hosted by our allies with the Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective. Shadbush works to confront the root causes of...
View ArticleThe Inuit sitting on billions of barrels of oil
By May Abdalla, November 29 2012. Source: BBC News After a decade of legal wrangling and spending $4.5bn (£2.8bn), this year Shell Oil was given permission to begin exploratory drilling off the coast...
View ArticleShell Chemical equipment failure causes flame and flares in St. Charles
By Juliet Linderman, December 3, 2012. Source: The Times-Picayune For more than 30 hours, Shell Chemical, located on the Motiva Enterprises campus in Norco, has been experiencing elevated flares,...
View ArticleWill Shell’s grounded drilling rig impact US energy policy in Arctic?
By Alex DeMarban and Suzanna Caldwell, January 2, 2013. Source: Alaska Dispatch As Royal Dutch Shell struggled Tuesday to salvage a fuel-laden drilling ship grounded on a remote Alaska island, the...
View ArticleVictory! With 2 ships damaged, Shell suspends Arctic drilling
By John M. Broder, February 27, 3013. Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — After a series of costly and embarrassing accidents in its efforts to drill exploratory wells off the north coast of Alaska...
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