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Shell's Arctic oil rig hits the rocks

Blog entry by Ben Ayliffe | January 3, 2013

More evidence that we cannot let Shell drill in the Arctic. All rights reserved. Credit: US Coast Guard In yet another example of just why drilling for oil in the Arctic is such a monumentally bad idea, Shell’s drilling rig, the ...

Government hypocrisy risks pushing climate past point of no return

Blog entry by Aaron Gray-Block | January 23, 2013

Devastating storms and lives lost, houses destroyed, sweltering heat waves, menacing bushfires, plunging winter temperatures, droughts, floods and even snowstorms in the desert: this is the reality of our weather – it's not a forecast...

Greenpeace, the Yes Men and the inside story of #ShellFail

Blog entry by James Turner | June 12, 2012

Original #ShellFail video here. Shell has spent billions trying to persuade the world that Arctic drilling is not as obscene as it really is. The company opens its giant war chest every time it needs to put a message in front...

Shell less than transparent about worst UK oil spill in a decade

Blog entry by Bex | August 18, 2011

As I write, Shell is working to contain an oil spill off the Aberdeenshire coast that is already, reportedly , the worst spill in UK waters for over a decade. As well as indulging in some shameless greenwashing (Shell is choosing...

SUCCESS! Shell stops Arctic oil drilling for this year

Blog entry by Ben Ayliffe | September 17, 2012

You did it. For over six months, huge numbers of us have been pressuring Shell to stay out of the Arctic. Well this morning, company bosses announced they were scrapping their oil drilling programme for this year. It's a huge ...

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