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Shell Arctic drilling rig departs Seattle surrounded by protesters
2015-06-15 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic left its temporary base in Seattle on Monday for the trip north to Alaska as dozens of activists in kayaks tried to stop it, authorities said. Live television showed the rig being towed out of its terminal at the Port of Seattle with kayakers fanning out in an arc as it moved into the Puget Sound. Twenty-five people were detained by the Coast Guard for violating a safety zone around the vessel and were fined $500 each,...
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Court Rules Against Greens Endorsing Feds' Handling of Arctic Spill Response Plans
2015-06-12 14:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: A federal court on Thursday affirmed the Obama administrations oversight of Shells plans for cleaning up an oil spill should one occur during its work in the Arctic Ocean, delivering a blow to environmentalists who argued the governments scrutiny was superficial. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that Interior Department regulators were right to subject Shells oil spill plans to a streamlined analysis, without conducting a broad environmental assessment...
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Climate Change Has Left the US Exposed in the Arctic, Say Military Experts
2015-06-11 22:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Political gridlock over climate change has left the US military exposed to Russia's superior fleets in the Arctic, flooding in its naval bases and a more unstable world, according to high-ranking former military commanders and security advisors. The comments, published on the Weather Channel on Wednesday, echoed president Barack Obama, who recently lambasted climate skeptic politicians for jeopardizing global and national security. Sherri Goodman, who served as Bill Clinton's deputy undersecretary...
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Arctic, Project 22220 LK-60 Nuclear Icebreaker
2015-06-10 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The Arctic is the first vessel in the series of three Project 22220 LK-60 Nuclear Icebreakers being constructed by Baltic Shipyard Shipbuilding, for Atomflot. It is touted to become the world's biggest and the most powerful icebreaker.
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Shells Arctic drilling is real threat to the world, not kayaktivists
2015-06-09 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shell has one or two rivals for the title of Planets Most Irresponsible Company, but its definitely the most ironic. The grand irony, of course, is that, having watched the Arctic melt as global temperatures rose, Shell was first in line to drill the newly melted waters for yet more oil which would raise the temperature some more. But lately, the planetary-scale irony was compounded by one of a more local variety, contained in the phrase safety zone. Heres the backstory: In May, Shell...
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