Shell Attempts to Silence Dissent Over Arctic Drilling

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Chris Eaton

Do you disagree with Shell Oil’s plan to drill in the Arctic? Well, Shell is trying to silence you.

This week, the Shell Oil Company responded to Greenpeace New Zealand activists who boarded its drillship by filing a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Greenpeace USA. Shell’s proposed order would have been one of the broadest and most restrictive in US legal history.

If granted, the restraining order could have been applied to any of the 500,000 online activists associated with Greenpeace USA who chose to take action with the organization at Shell’s gas stations, regional offices or its other venues around the country.

But, on March 1 a federal judge in Alaska rejected the bulk of the request as too broad. Instead, the judge issued a limited order against Greenpeace USA to keep us from approaching either of the drilling vessels that will be used for offshore exploratory drilling north of Alaska. Continue reading →

Obama Could Make You Safer With the Stroke of His Pen

Posted on February 29, 2012 by John Deans

This country is littered with chemical plants and you’re likely close enough to one that stores or uses deadly chemicals, like chlorine gas, to be at risk of a catastrophe if something unexpected were to happen. Most people in the U.S. are. Continue reading →

Lucy Lawless joins Greenpeace action against Arctic oil drilling

Posted on February 23, 2012 by admin

by Nick Young, Greenpeace New Zealand.

Right now Greenpeace activists are stopping a Shell drill ship from leaving the Port of Taranaki in New Zealand for the Arctic.

Climbers – including actress Lucy Lawless -have scaled the rig’s drill derrick and set up camp, equipped with enough gear to last for days Continue reading →

President Obama Risks the Arctic and His Voter Base

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Phil Radford

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Earlier today, President Obama’s staff held a hearing on their proposed 5 year oil leasing plan. A plan that would open up drilling in the Arctic. I was there with Cindy Shogan of Alaska Wilderness League, rallying people to urge the President to stop risking the Arctic and the support of young environmental voters.

When the BP Deepwater disaster happened, I saw firsthand the destruction that oil drilling causes on the environment.

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