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SCIENCE
NASA Aircraft Spots Mysterious Circles In Remote Arctic Sea Ice
By
Ed Mazza
Scientists say they haven't seen these features before.
Streeter Lecka via Getty Images
GREEN
Company Behind Massive Pipeline Leak Wants To Drill In The Arctic
By
Miyoko Sakashita
, Contributor
Oceans Program Director, Center for Biological Diversity
What could go wrong?
Patty Waymire
GREEN
She Went To Alaska To Photograph Polar Bears In Snow, But Found No Snow
By
Hilary Hanson
"The shot struck me immediately."
ENVIRONMENT
Seattle Requires New Permit for Shell's Arctic Drill Ship to Moor, but May Not Issue It
By
Alaska Dispatch News
, Contributor
Alaska's best news and opinion
A drill ship that Shell intends to use to drill oil wells in Arctic waters off Alaska cannot be moored at the Port of Seattle without a new permit, Seattle city officials said Monday.
POLITICS
Alaska Lawmakers Take Shot at State of Washington Over Arctic Development
By
Alaska Dispatch News
, Contributor
Alaska's best news and opinion
After sending salvos at President Barack Obama and federal government bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., top Republicans in the Alaska Legislature have a new focus for their ire: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Seattle's mayor and city council, foes who they say would stymie oil development in the Arctic.
POLITICS
Interior Department Rolls Out First Rules For Arctic Drilling
By
Kate Sheppard
The rules will be open for public comment for 60 days. Shell is the only company with immediate plans to drill in the U.S
ENVIRONMENT
How The Long, Strange 'Witch Hunt' Of An Arctic Whistleblower Came To An End
By
Kate Sheppard
"I was being effective," he said. "I felt compelled to work deliberately to get those studies in place. As long as the agency
ENVIRONMENT
The Trail of the Whales: Look How Far We've Come
By
Doreen Walton
, Contributor
Writer, science journalist, mother and whale nerd
We've nearly made it to the end of our journey. My toddler and I have been following the grey whale migration up the west coast of the Americas. I pieced the journey together using public transport, on a tight budget and tight schedule.
GREEN
Latest Shell Debacle in Alaska Part of a Larger Pattern of Risk and Failure
By
Frances Beinecke
, Contributor
Former President, NRDC
Shell has poured billions of dollars into offshore Arctic drilling, but no matter how much it spends, it cannot make the effort anything but a terrifying gamble. And if Shell, the most profitable company on Earth, can't buy its way to safety in Alaska, nobody can.
ENVIRONMENT
Revisiting an Arctic Tale of Ice and Shell
By
Subhankar Banerjee
, Contributor
Author, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
In light of all the recent developments the Obama administration has an unique opportunity, a turning point.
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ENVIRONMENT
Of Ice, Whales, and Lack of Leadership
By
Robert L. Cavnar
, Contributor
Energy Veteran and Author, Founder, this-small-planet.com
Before the 2010 election, the House, under Democratic control, attempted to raise the liability cap. When the Republicans took over in January of 2011, that effort died a swift death. No legislative action to improve drilling safety or enact comprehensive policy has been taken. None.
ENVIRONMENT
Shell Arctic Ready Hoax Website By Greenpeace Takes Internet By Storm (IMAGES)
By
Timothy Stenovec
LOOK: Spoof advertisements from Arctic Ready: But would Royal Dutch Shell really splash "LET'S HIT THE BEACH" across a grey
ENVIRONMENT
Shell's Arctic Drilling Venture Stumbles Toward Reality
By
Tom Zeller Jr.
, Contributor
MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow
"Our goal remains flawless operations," the company declared in a statement posted to its website. "Even a 'near miss' is
ENVIRONMENT
BP Disaster Anniversary a Reminder of Regulatory Changes Needed
By
Vikki N. Spruill
, Contributor
CEO, Ocean Conservancy
We need to decide whether it is appropriate to lease sensitive areas of the ocean for oil and gas development. To make smart decisions, though, we need solid scientific information -- and that information does not exist for most "frontier" areas.
BUSINESS
Shell Supports Iran's Murderous Mullahs; Should We Be Supporting Shell?
By
Raymond J. Learsy
, Contributor
Author
The callous greed in the oil patch seems to know no limits. Here we have a company, Royal Dutch Shell, bursting with earnings, at the apogee of its yearly returns, going after the last dollar or Euro to make things fatter still.
ENVIRONMENT
Are We Really Ready to Expose Our Arctic Waters to the Threat of a Major Oil Spill?
By
Vikki N. Spruill
, Contributor
CEO, Ocean Conservancy
The icy waters north of Alaska are home to polar bears, walruses and whales; it's a fragile environment, and our understanding of this unique marine ecosystem is not well developed.
GREEN
North Sea Spill Reveals Risks of Drilling in the More Remote, Less Regulated Arctic
By
Frances Beinecke
, Contributor
Former President, NRDC
Drilling in the inhospitable waters of the Arctic Oceans presents far more logistical and environmental challenges than the well-charted North Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
ENVIRONMENT
BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling
By
Subhankar Banerjee
, Contributor
Author, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
We must envision and fight for a sustainable and clean energy future for our sake, our future generation and for all life on earth.
ENVIRONMENT
Fill the Gaps in Arctic Science Before We Decide on Drilling
By
Vikki N. Spruill
, Contributor
CEO, Ocean Conservancy
We have the opportunity to do things right in Arctic waters, but only if we take the time to understand this extraordinary and fragile part of our national and natural heritage
ENVIRONMENT
Arctic Drilling: Lessons Learned From the Deepwater Horizon Spill
By
Marilyn Heiman
, Contributor
Director, U.S. Arctic Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Government must ensure strong prevention, containment and response measures that are on site and ready to go given the Arctic's remote and extreme conditions.
ENVIRONMENT
Earth Activism: What We Don't Want
By
Subhankar Banerjee
, Contributor
Author, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
The EPA is under attack from the Republicans, and we must fight to protect the very agency that works to protect public and ecological health in America. Is this a private fight or can anyone get in it? Earth activism is a public fight.
ENVIRONMENT
We Have the Technology -- Let's Go
By
Subhankar Banerjee
, Contributor
Author, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
When you hear -- "We have the technology, let's go" -- you might perhaps think the statement came from a stately presidential announcement. As it happens that statement didn't come from any presidential address. It was printed on a Shell ad.
ENVIRONMENT
After The Arctic Spill -- Shell, Palin and Obama
By
Subhankar Banerjee
, Contributor
Author, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
Did the administration approve Shell to go drill in the Arctic or not and if yes, then when? The truth it seems is somewhere in between.
ENVIRONMENT
Cancún Opens for GREEN Business, but REDD Will Destroy Indigenous Forest Cultures
By
Subhankar Banerjee
, Contributor
Author, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
How would anyone who is supporting REDD feel if they're evicted from their home -- it's been happening a lot in U.S. with the real-estate collapse and no one likes it. So why would we support REDD?
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