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Obama Tweets Why He Approved Arctic Drilling in the Face of Climate Concerns
2015-05-29 14:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: On Thursday afternoon, President Obama took to his newly-minted personal Twitter account to answer questions about climate change. After fielding a question about climate denial, the president took on the controversial question of drilling in the Arctic - something that has been seen as contradictory to his interest in fighting climate change. @POTUS Why are you allowing oil drilling in the arctic if you are concerned about climate change? #AskPOTUS -- Ben Alexander (@BigBennyFL) May 28, 2015...
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Norwegian energy consortium halts seismic tests in Canadian Arctic
2015-05-29 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
A Norway-based energy consortium has postponed plans to conduct seismic testing in the waters off Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic.
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Obama tweets it up on climate change and Arctic drilling
2015-05-29 00:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Obama recently joined Twitter (presumably so that racists can speak to him directly from the comfort of anonymity. Now thats serving the constituents!) His first significant act as @POTUS was to hold a chat on climate change. This looks like considerably more preparation and manpower than the rest of us devote to tweeting, but it`s nice to see that, in the end, he hunches over the laptop like the rest of us. Ready to answer your questions on climate change. Let's do this! #AskPOTUS...
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Arctic activist spent 66 hours suspended anchor said nature inspired cont protest
2015-05-25 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The activist who spent 66 hours suspended from the anchor of an oil exploration vessel has said she took strength during her protest from looking at the wildlife surrounding her. Chiara DAngelo attached herself on Friday evening to the anchor of the Arctic Challenger as it moored north of Seattle. The ship is among those that Royal Dutch Shell intend to use as they drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off northwestern Alaska later this summer. Ms DAngelo ended her protest at around 9.30m. Speaking...
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Environ activist spends 3 nights attached anchor Arctic Challenger
2015-05-25 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A female activist has spent three nights suspended from the anchor of a ship that is to be used in a controversial operation to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean. Chiara DAngelo, 20, attached herself to the anchor chain of the Arctic Challenger on Friday night, saying she wanted to draw attention to ship's role in the drilling operation. Royal Dutch Shell intends to use the ship as a support vessel when it carries out exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea, off northwestern Alaska, this summer....
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