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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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Salty's on Alki Beach, Alaska Air get playful in delivery of first Copper River salmon in Seattle
2015-05-16 22:18:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Salty's on Alki Beach chef Jeremy McLachlan on Copper River in Alaska Thursday, May 14, with his catch of two small Copper River king salmon, the opening day for the fishery. He and Salty's owner Gerry Kingen and Steve Kelly from Pacific Seafood flew a Learjet 31 to Alaska to fish on opening day and return the same day for a tasting party at the restaurant, giving them bragging rights to get the first Copper River to Seattle.
Salty's on Alki Beach, Alaska Air get playful in delivery of first Copper River salmon in Seattle
2015-05-16 19:20:21| Airlines - Topix.net
Salty's on Alki Beach chef Jeremy McLachlan on Copper River in Alaska Thursday, May 14, with his catch of two small Copper River king salmon, the opening day for the fishery. He and Salty's owner Gerry Kingen and Steve Kelly from Pacific Seafood flew a Learjet 31 to Alaska to fish on opening day and return the same day for a tasting party at the restaurant, giving them bragging rights to get the first Copper River to Seattle.
Oil-drilling controversy in Seattle stirs old bitterness Alaska
2015-05-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: A month ago, the Alaska House of Representatives took time out from struggling to forge a state budget in the face of plummeting oil prices to talk about Washington state. For nearly an hour, they debated the wording of a five-page resolution that blasted Evergreen State politicians for their opposition to Shells offshore oil exploration in the Arctic and mockingly called for a different tack on combating climate change. Rather than try to block offshore oil development in the Arctic, the...
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