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About that Shell Oil rig aground in Alaska? Turns out they were moving it to avoid state taxes on equipment

"Shell’s ill-fated attempt to tow an offshore oil rig from Alaska to... more

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Shell routinely paid Nigeria's military to suppress resistance to its oil activities

Shell has never denied that its oil operations have polluted large areas of the Niger... more

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Niger Delta fish farmer remembers oil spill tragedy

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Gas Prices in California Skyrocket. Set to go higher than $5.00 by summer

Analysts predict gas will go higher then $5 per gallon by summer.

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5 Dollar Gas? Get Ready To Pay An Arm And A Leg For Gasoline

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Fury Builds Over Blackouts Caused By De-Industrialization Of America

Fury is building over rolling nationwide blackouts triggered by the Obama administration’s deliberate agenda to block the construction of new coal-fired plants, as local energy companies struggle to meet Americans’ power demands amidst some of the coldest weather seen in decades.
- As we reported yesterday, four hospitals in Texas reacted furiously after they were hit with planned outages despite being promised they would be spared even as power to Super Bowl venues remains uninterrupted.
- Thousands in New Mexico have been left without natural gas as Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday declared a state of emergency. “Due to statewide natural gas shortages, I have ordered all government agencies that do not provide essential services to shut down and all nonessential employees to stay home” on Friday, Martinez said after meeting with public safety personnel in Albuquerque,” reports the Associated Press.
- Borderland residents have been asked to limit their use of natural gas as the Texas Gas Service asks that larger commercial facilities voluntarily close their doors to save supplies.
- People in Tucson have been asked to limit their use of hot water and moderate their thermostat levels to save on energy.
- Shortages of natural gas in San Diego County has forced utility companies to “cut or reduce the gas supplied to some of their largest commercial and industrial customers,” reports North County Times.
- In El Paso, “Hundreds of thousands of electricity customers continue to face periodic blackouts, and nearly 900 gas customers still have no heat,” reports the El Paso Times, with El Paso Electric resorting to using generators in a struggle to meet demand while still having to implement forced outages.
Coal-fired power plants are used to convert coal to synthetic natural gas. The Obama administration’s efforts to block the construction of new clean-burning coal plants has massively exacerbated this week’s outages.
Mexico has now announced that it will suspend supplying power to southern US states, underscoring how America has been left completely dependent and desperate as a result of the Obama administration’s war on the coal industry.
Cold weather is not the primary culprit behind the power outages that have hit many areas of the country this week. The real blame lies with the Obama administration’s deliberate war against the efforts of local power companies to meet America’s energy needs by building new plants, the vast majority of which have been blocked by judges, governors and the EPA over the last four years at the behest of the Obama administration in the name of preventing global warming.
State authorities in Texas have been engaged in a long-running battle with the EPA as the feds attempt to block the construction of new plants by enforcing adherence to new clean air permit regulations that cripple smaller companies’ ability to afford desperately needed new energy centers and plants. Twelve states are mounting a legal challenge against EPA restrictions that threaten to bankrupt the entire industry.

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WikiLeaks reveals how Shell infiltrated Nigeria

Al Jazeera: The petrol giant Shell has thoroughly infiltrated the Nigerian government,... more

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U.S. Oil Leaves Eco-Devastation in Nigeria

Nigeria's decades of oil spills have caused poverty for the people living there... more

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Oil Flow Estimate Has Been Raised to 35,000-60,000 Barrels a Day, Up to 50% More Than Previous Estimate

By the CNN Wire Staff June 15, 2010 5:40 p.m. EDT President Obama addresses the... more

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Tar Sands, Boreal Forest and the Battle for Canada's Oil

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Shell Oil to court: We're ready to drill Arctic Ocean

Shell Oil is ready to drill in the Arctic Ocean this summer and asked a federal appeals court Thursday to rule quickly on a challenge by environmentalists concerned about the risk of a major spill after the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

Kathleen Sullivan, an attorney for Shell, said the company has spent at least $3.5 billion on Alaska operations in the past few years as it prepares for exploratory drilling set for July in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.

"Shell has waited years to recover its investment," Sullivan told a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Portland. "We're ready to go."

"I'm sure Shell would like to win," replied Chief Judge Alex Kozinski.

But a coalition of environmentalists and Native Alaska groups who are challenging the drilling plans told the court the federal Minerals Management Service failed to consider the potential threat to wildlife and the risk for disaster before it approved the Shell project.

Christopher Winter, an attorney for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, said the Interior Department agency "simply ignored key aspects" about the possible effects of drilling operations on bowhead whales, including interruption of feeding patterns.

David Shilton, a Justice Department lawyer representing the minerals service, responded by saying studies have shown noise from drilling has only a "temporary and minor" effect on the whales, whose population is healthy and has been increasing.

Deirdre McDonnell, the attorney for the Native Village of Point Hope in Alaska, the lead petitioners in the case, argued that Shell had not made adequate plans to deal with an emergency, such as a major spill.

The Shell plan, for example, "doesn't say what happens if the drill ship is disabled or has sunk," McDonnell told the judges.

She also said government did not consider the cumulative impact of drilling in the Arctic Ocean.

Sullivan argued, however, the government must consider the facts at hand rather than "speculative" future impact and Shell has made extensive plans that include dealing with "the remote and infinitesimal likelihood of a spill."

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Did Shell draft a letter Tony Blair sent to Gaddafi while PM?

The Times claim they've obtained a letter which shows Tony Blair... more

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Science Museum switches from climate awareness to skepticism: exhibition sponsored by Big Oil

Yesterday The Times reported plans by the Science Museum to change the name of its... more

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Nneka on political corruption, Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Shell oil company in the Niger delta

Causecast interviews Nneka on the effects of pollution and political corruption in... more

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US gives Shell green light for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic

Conservation groups based in Alaska have accused the Obama administration of repeating the mistakes of George Bush after it gave the conditional go-ahead for Shell to begin drilling offshore for oil and natural gas in the environmentally sensitive Beaufort Sea.

The Minerals Management Service, part of the federal Interior Department, yesterday gave Shell the green light to begin exploratory wells off the north coast of Alaska in an Arctic area that is home to large numbers of endangered bowhead whales and polar bears, as well as walruses, ice seals and other species. The permission would run from July to October next year, though Shell has promised to suspend operations from its drill ship from late August when local Inuit people embark on subsistence hunting.

The question of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic was one of the controversial environmental issues that confronted the Bush administration. Its permission for exploration in the Beaufort Sea, widely condemned by environmentalists, was struck down last year by a federal court on grounds that it had failed sufficiently to consider the impacts on bowhead whales and the subsistence activities of Inuit populations.

The ruling was later set aside and Shell withdrew its drilling plans.

According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, there are between 30,000 and 50,0000 bowhead whales in the world, with up to 9,000 of them feeding in the Beaufort Sea. The whales migrate twice a year through the area and are crucial to the subsistence economy of the Inupiat people.

Whale experts warn that the bowhead stocks are sensitive to noise and could be driven further off shore by the disruption of drilling. That in turn would have an impact on their chances of survival, which have already been harmed by early side-effects of global warming.

There are also fears that any drilling could lead to oil spills which would be impossible to clean up amid the Arctic's broken sea ice.

Shell must now satisfy the authorities that it has met air and water quality standards and safeguards for whale protection before it can begin drilling. The oil company's head in Alaska, Pete Slaiby, said objections had been taken into account.

"We sincerely believe this exploration plan addresses concerns we have heard in the North Slope communities which have resulted in the programmes being adjusted accordingly," he said.Conservation groups based in Alaska have accused the Obama administration of repeating... more

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Greenpeace protesters breach “secure” oilsands site

EDMONTON — Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace seized a giant dump... more

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Shell oil charged with murder and torture

"NEW YORK - April 23 - This afternoon, Judge Kimba Wood of the U.S. District... more

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Shell Oil On Irish Soil

Shell Oil in County Mayo, Ireland. For over 9 years local people of Erris have had... more

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Shell Oil Co Hell Bent on Extracting Oil No Matter What The Cost to Our Future World!

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Policing The Pollution: "Don't Mention The Water."

In February 2007 I travelled to County Mayo, Ireland, to investigate allegations of... more

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