With this action they make committing the world to witness every step and misstep by Shell in its hunt for Arctic oil.
At this time dragging the oil company’s drilling platform in Asia through Seattle to Alaska. From this platform, Shell wants to drill in early June in the fragile Arctic. The Greenpeace activists impede navigation, but as long as possible on the platform to show the world what Shell is planning.
Faiza Oulahsen, campaign leader climate and energy at Greenpeace Netherlands, worries concerning the drilling plans of Shell. “Not only must keep the oil in the ground to keep climate damage in hand, an oil spill in the Arctic is inevitable. There are no proven effective methods to stop and clean up an oil spill in this fragile area. “
Obama
President Obama last week Shell’s drilling permits in the Chukchi Sea ratified . He thus explains not only the protests of citizens, environmental organizations and scientists ignore, but also the objections of his own government organization; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The probability of a major oil spill estimates the BOOM 75 percent. In addition, a study in Nature claims that 100 percent of the Arctic Oil in the ground, we must continue to keep global warming below the critical limit of 2 degrees Celsius.
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