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'Paddle in Seattle' Arctic oil drilling protest
2015-05-17 00:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Hundreds of people have gathered in kayaks and small boats for a protest in the north-western US port city of Seattle against oil drilling in the Arctic by the Shell energy giant. Paddle in Seattle is being held by activists who say the firm's drilling will damage the environment. It comes after the first of Shell's two massive oil rigs arrived at the port. The firm wants to move them in the summer to explore for oil off Alaska's northern coast. Earlier this week, Shell won conditional...
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Seattle flotilla protests Shell's Arctic drilling plans
2015-05-16 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of activists in kayaks and small boats fanned out on a Seattle bay on Saturday to protest plans by Royal Dutch Shell to resume oil exploration in the Arctic and keep two of its drilling rigs stored in the city's port. Environmental groups have vowed to disrupt the Anglo-Dutch oil company's efforts to use the Seattle as a home base as it outfits the rigs to return to the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, saying drilling in the remote Arctic waters could lead to an ecological catastrophe. Demonstrators...
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Arctic pollution rules 'not enough'
2015-05-16 02:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: New guidelines have been passed to prevent pollution from ships in polar waters. The Polar Code, passed at a meeting in London of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), ban ships from releasing oil, sewage, chemicals and waste into the sea. The measures are set to come into force in 2017. But environmentalists say the regulations do not go far enough. WWF said a strong, legally binding Polar Code was particularly urgent in the Arctic, where new sea routes are expected to open up in coming...
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All eyes are on Seattle as it fights Shells dirty Arctic plans
2015-05-15 17:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Location, location, location the realtors mantra holds true, even in this virtual age. And right now, this weekend, the white-hot center of the environmental world is Seattle, Wash., because it sits on some of the most crucial real estate on planet earth. Seattle has long had a strong green tradition (why else would Grist make its home there?). It grew, perhaps, from the fierce attachment to the remarkable natural beauty of Puget Sound, of Mt. Rainier looming over the skyline. In any event, world-class...
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Pres. Obama Defends Arctic Drilling Decision
2015-05-15 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama on Thursday defended his administrations decision to allow offshore oil and natural gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, a move that has been the subject of criticism from environmentalists. Obama told reporters that although he wants the country to move completely away from fossil fuels at some point, domestic oil and natural gas production is still necessary in the short term. I believe that we are going to have to transition off of fossil fuels as a planet in order to prevent...
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