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Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate
Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate The historic announcement by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau that both countries would ban oil and gas development in Arctic and Atlantic waters was a major victory to protect our oceans and the people who depend on them, and a real victory for our climate. But […]
UK Govt Report: Oil Companies Drilling in the Arctic Will Find It’s Unprofitable
UK Govt Report: Oil Companies Drilling in the Arctic Will Find It’s Unprofitable Major oil companies from the US, UK, Norway, Sweden, and Russia are all set to drill in the Arctic, but a report from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) suggests they may be setting themselves up for failure. Drilling in the Arctic […]
A New Era For Canadian Oil And Gas, For Better Or Worse
A New Era For Canadian Oil And Gas, For Better Or Worse Canadian voters kicked out the conservative government in the October 19 election, a party that had been in power for a decade. Polls had predicted a slight lead for the Liberal Party, but in a surprise result, the Liberals actually won a majority of […]
Field Notes to Life During the Apocalypse
Field Notes to Life During the Apocalypse Shell’s Arctic drilling rig. Photo: Greenpeace. When the apocalypse arrived no one knew it could be so seductive. In the Pacific Northwest global warming has meant winter days fit for lounging outside in t-shirts. Wildfires feeding on drought-stricken forests are producing surreal tangerine-orange sunlight. The heat has wreaked havoc […]
Hundreds Rally in Alaska to Tell Obama ‘Climate Leaders Don’t Drill the Arctic’
Hundreds Rally in Alaska to Tell Obama ‘Climate Leaders Don’t Drill the Arctic’ Climate groups rallied in Anchorage, Alaska yesterday to demand that the U.S. government, President Obama and Alaskan leaders take the urgent action needed to stop climate change. The “Rally to Confront the Glacial Pace of Political Action” took place as President Obama met with ministers from around the world […]
Does Arctic Drilling Have A Future With Sub $50 Oil?
Does Arctic Drilling Have A Future With Sub $50 Oil? Italian oil group ENI is expected to begin production from the Goliat Field off Norway in a few short weeks. The project, which has cost $5.6 billion, is expected to produce 34 million barrels of oil per year by the second year of production. Yet […]
Greenwash: Shell May Remove “Oil” From Name as it Moves to Tap Arctic, Gulf of Mexico
Greenwash: Shell May Remove “Oil” From Name as it Moves to Tap Arctic, Gulf of Mexico Shell Oil has announced it may take a page out of the BP “Beyond Petroleum” greenwashing book, rebranding itself as something other than an oil company for its United States-based unit. Marvin Odum, director of Shell Oil’s upstream subsidiary companies in the Americas, told Bloomberg the name Shell […]
Shell Approval May Trigger Resource Race In The Arctic
Shell Approval May Trigger Resource Race In The Arctic In a few short months Shell will (re)enter the Chukchi Sea. The oil and gas major still awaits approval from a number of state and federal agencies, but in early May the company received the consent of the Obama administration to explore the remote Arctic sea 70 miles […]
Fight Over Shell’s Arctic Drilling Escalates As Polar Pioneer Arrives and #ShellNo “Paddle in Seattle” Begins
Fight Over Shell’s Arctic Drilling Escalates As Polar Pioneer Arrives and #ShellNo “Paddle in Seattle” Begins Check back often as I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with photos and updates. Here we go. Shell’s Polar Pioneer drilling rig is making its way through Puget Sound and will arrive later this afternoon at Terminal […]
Shell clears major hurdle for Arctic drilling
Shell clears major hurdle for Arctic drilling Exploration plan calls for 2 ships to drill up to 6 wells northwest of Wainwright, Alaska Just days ahead of a planned protest of Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program in Seattle, the company on Monday cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to drill off Alaska’s northwestern coast. The […]
Russia To Power Arctic Drilling With Floating Nuclear Reactors
Russia To Power Arctic Drilling With Floating Nuclear Reactors It would sit in the icy waters of the Arctic, and provide a constant supply of electricity to a massive rig drilling for oil. They could be mass produced, potentially cutting the cost of drilling projects. The twist? The electricity on these floating power plants would […]
Arctic Oil On Life Support
Arctic Oil On Life Support Oil companies have eyed the Arctic for years. With an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil lying north of the Arctic Circle, the circumpolar north is arguably the last corner of the globe that is still almost entirely unexplored. As drilling technology advances, conventional oil reserves become harder to find, and climate […]
