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Shell's Arctic Return Timeline Is Uncertain, Says Company Official

2013-10-07 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: Peter Voser, the outgoing chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, said the company hasnt decided when it might attempt to relaunch oil exploration in Arctic waters off Alaskas northern coast. We dont know yet if well go back in 2014 or 2015. But over the months to come, we will get more clarity on how we are prepared and how we can drive this forward. I still see this as a great long-term prospect, but we need to prove its there, and thats why were spending the money, Voser told The Financial...

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Gazprom to produce from Russia's Prirazlomnoye Arctic oil project

2013-10-07 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Moscow's Gazprom is set to commence oil production by the year's end at the Prirazlomnoye Arctic oil project, located on the Pechora Sea shelf, 60km off the shore at water depth of 19 to 20m.

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Australian Greenpeace activist charged with piracy over Arctic protest

2013-10-04 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: An Australian activist is among 30 Greenpeace crew to be charged with piracy by the Russian government after a direct action in the Pechora Sea last month. Colin Russell, a radio operator on Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship, faces a maximum 15 years in jail for taking part in the action, which Greenpeace maintains was peaceful and occurred in international waters. Russell's wife, Christine, issued a short statement to the press on behalf of herself and daughter. "Madeliene and I are extremely...

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What is the impact of Arctic drilling?

2013-10-02 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Russia today charged Greenpeace activists with piracy for their protest action on a Gazprom oil rig in the Arctic Circle. Russia's police action and the potential for draconian punishments (piracy carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in Russia) is "the most serious threat to Greenpeace's peaceful environmental activism" since the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, according to Greenpeace executive director, Kumi Naidoo. Apart from Greenpeace's right to protest, what is at stake in the Arctic? And...

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Polar opposites: Why climate change affects Arctic & Antarctic differently

2013-10-02 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: The sea ice around Antarctica reached a record high in August of 7.2 million square miles (18.6 million square kilometers) -- the greatest extent observed since recordkeeping began in 1979. But as Antarctic sea ice grows, the sea ice of the Arctic is shrinking dramatically. The Northern ice cap reached a record low of 1.32 million square miles (3.42 million square km) in September 2012, due to warming air and waters. If the Earth is warming, and both ends of the planet are affected by climate...

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