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Arctic Drilling

The Overview Effect

Michael Brune | Posted 05.17.2013 | Green
Michael Brune

Few of us will ever venture past the 60-mile boundary that separates Earth and outer space. If you do, though, you're likely to experience something known as "the overview effect" -- a cognitive shift in how you perceive our planet.

Support for Keystone XL Pipeline 'Zucks,' Facebook Says

OnEarth | Posted 05.06.2013 | Green
OnEarth

By Jessica Camille Aguirre, OnEarth Usually when hordes of people threaten to quit Facebook, it's over an unpopular redesign or a sneaky switch in the...

Remembering the Consequences of Deepwater Horizon

Cindy Shogan | Posted 04.19.2013 | Green
Cindy Shogan

The infrastructure to clean up a spill in the Arctic Ocean is non-existent -- the U.S. Coast Guard is 1,000 miles away -- and there is no demonstrated response capability. The Arctic's harsh and chaotic environment would make any cleanup effort a nightmare.

Sami Lessons in Caring for Nature and Love

Josefina Skerk | Posted 04.10.2013 | Green
Josefina Skerk

I live in a culture with close ties to the Arctic. Much of our traditional lands are above the polar circle. I also live in a culture where all questions are considered environmental questions. I was taught that if I show care for our nature, I also show care for myself and the people I love.

Arctic at the Crossroads

Kelly Rigg | Posted 04.08.2013 | Green
Kelly Rigg

While politics between the two poles are literally polar opposites, campaigning to protect these last frontiers from unbridled exploitation have much in common. The Arctic, like the Antarctic 25 years ago, is at a crossroads.

Shell's Arctic Failure Is Obama's Chance to Act

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 04.30.2013 | Green
Kumi Naidoo

Millions have been calling for a global sanctuary in the uninhabited area around the North Pole. Because we know that despite the big promises of being the best in the business, Shell was in fact putting the Arctic at risk every day it operated there.

Shell Suspends Drilling For Arctic Ocean In 2013

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 04.29.2013 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An effort to give the United States a new source of domestic oil and refill the trans-Alaska pipeline took a hit Wednesday w...

America's Environmental Future Starts Now

Philip Radford | Posted 04.17.2013 | Green
Philip Radford

If you're coming to D.C. this weekend, you won't see your parents' environmental movement here on the Mall. The climate crisis has forged a new, diverse coalition of Americans who have seen the effects of our fossil fuel dependency and want no future with it.

Are We Ready to Drill in the Arctic?

Marilyn Heiman | Posted 04.06.2013 | Green
Marilyn Heiman

America's Arctic Ocean is central to the sustenance and culture of indigenous communities that have depended on its bounty for thousands of years.

'Very Little Practical Value' For Spill Response Plans

Reuters | Posted 04.06.2013 | Green

* Eight-nation Arctic Council drafts oil spill plans * Guidelines avoid details such as corporate liability * Greenpeace...

PHOTOS: Protesters Occupy Shell Station In Resort Town

AP | Posted 03.27.2013 | Green

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Activists with a big fake polar bear have occupied a Shell service station in the Swiss resort of Davos to protest Royal D...

Will Shell Get Anything Right in Its Bid for Arctic Drilling?

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 03.26.2013 | Green
Carol Pierson Holding

How can Shell continue to claim victory in the face of such appalling failures? As Shell continues to pile insult on injury, our outrage grows.

North to the Arctic?

David Burwell | Posted 03.24.2013 | Green
David Burwell

With all the challenges, and burgeoning new reserves opening up in sunnier climes, why are oil companies risking so much money and braving brutal conditions to drill in the Arctic? The answer may be surprising -- that is what we tell them to do.

Tom Zeller Jr.

The Road Forward: Obama On Environment Faces High Expectations, High Hurdles, In Second Term

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 01.24.2013 | Green

On the night of his re-election, President Barack Obama described grand ambitions for his second term, including a desire to bequeath to future genera...

Roundup: Climate Change, Arctic Drilling And Prairie Chickens

Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 03.16.2013 | Green
Tom Zeller Jr.

Kate Galbraith of the Texas Tribune looks at how wind farm developers, as well as oil and gas companies are facing off against a potentially formidable opponent: the lesser prairie chicken. This and other energy and environment news to kick off your week at All Terrain.

Another Stumble in the Quest for Arctic Oil

Ted Danson | Posted 03.15.2013 | Green
Ted Danson

The Department of the Interior must reassess its decisions that allowed Shell to proceed with its plans to drill in such a harsh but ecologically-sensitive area of the world.

Stop Reckless Drilling: A New Year's Resolution for Our Ocean

Dennis Takahashi-Kelso | Posted 03.14.2013 | Green
Dennis Takahashi-Kelso

This year, let's make a New Year's resolution that protects our ocean from reckless oil drilling. We're barely two weeks into 2013, and Shell Oil has already made headlines by losing control of one of its Arctic drill rigs in the Gulf of Alaska.

House Members Want Grounded Shell Drilling Rig Investigated

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 03.05.2013 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Calls for federal scrutiny of Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling operations in Arctic waters swelled Thursday with a request for...

Shell: 'When Flawless Execution Does Not Happen, You Learn From It'

AP | By DAN JOLING | Posted 03.05.2013 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Members of Congress are calling for an investigation of Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Arctic offshore drilling operations as salv...

Arctic Drilling Proves Dangerous Again

Miyoko Sakashita | Posted 03.04.2013 | Green
Miyoko Sakashita

I couldn't help but wonder this week as Coast Guard crews braved Alaska's dangerous seas to regain control of Shell's drilling rig and evacuate its crew: Why is our federal government bending over backwards to let Shell drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean?

Shell's Arctic Oil Spill Gear "Crushed Like a Beer Can" in Simple Test

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 02.03.2013 | Green
Brendan DeMelle

If Shell is this ill-prepared to operate critical safety equipment in the calm waters of Washington State, then they clearly have no business drilling for oil in the Arctic.

Shell Ends 2012 Arctic Ocean Drilling Off Alaska

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 10.31.2012 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Shell Oil's flotilla of Arctic Ocean vessels is heading for warmer waters. Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced that it concluded exp...

America's Weakening Thirst for Oil Is Houston's Growing Problem

James Turner | Posted 12.16.2012 | Business
James Turner

Oil companies have a secret. Or rather, there's a crucial fact that they'd prefer you didn't know. Right now it's taken as gospel that America needs increasing amounts of oil, and that drilling here in the U.S. will help provide it.

Shell Starts Exploratory Drilling In Beaufort Sea

AP | Posted 12.04.2012 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shell Oil says it has begun exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's north coast as it continues to drill in t...

Shell Remains Persistent Despite Arctic Setbacks

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 11.30.2012 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The stars lined up — almost — for Shell Oil to drill exploratory wells this year in waters off Alaska's north coast. ...