Yesterday,Alaska Natives, Arctic experts and local activists met with the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ata conference room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska.The meeting was important because the Bureau is currently deciding whether Shell will be allowed to drill in the Arctic next year.
And while the discussions went on inside, we worked withAlaska Wilderness League, Sierra Club, and the art collective The Illuminator to light up the hotel walls with the message “Save the Arctic.”
Take action: Tell BOEM tosave the Arctic and stop Shell from drilling.
Inside, Greenpeace Arctic Campaigner John Deans and others live-tweeted the meeting:
Heading to hearing tonight in anchorage to tell @BOEM_DOI that drilling for oil in the arctic is too dangerous! #savethe arctic
John Deans (@johndeans) December 2, 2014
Activists demonstrating that @GiesselAkSenate has dirty oil money on her hands. @BOEM_DOI #SaveTheArctic pic.twitter.com/BVMHVVfNQv beyondcoalAK (@beyondcoalAK) December 2, 2014
Polar Explorer @ELexplore testifying against Arctic drilling live via @Skype in Anchorage #SaveTheArctic @BOEM_DOI pic.twitter.com/SiCq0INjvb
Laura Comer (@LauraComer) December 2, 2014
Nikos Pastos of AK Intertribal Council: “we do not have a safe way to clean up oil spills” #SaveTheArctic pic.twitter.com/5ynOxOaYkK
John Deans (@johndeans) December 2, 2014
@thebesthajduk: We don’t need to dig like dogs to dig up oil. #SaveTheArctic pic.twitter.com/qbPqfsOJJx what an amazing testimony
John Deans (@johndeans) December 2, 2014
On behalf of the Arctic, thank you to everyone who has worked toto defend the Arctic by giving testimony, sending public comments, and amplifying this issue across the country.
