~~December 3, 2013~~
The Arctic is in danger! If companies like Gazprom and Shell go ahead with their plans to extract oil in the offshore ice covered Arctic, a catastrophic oil spill is just a matter of time.
Shell has just announced they plan to drill in 2014 — take action now to stop Arctic drilling before it starts! http://bit.ly/IH1wmy
Stop Shell’s 2014 Arctic Drilling Plans Before They Start
Shell has just announced it plans to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic in 2014.
Shell will stop at nothing to get at the oil it believes is under the Arctic. As a senior Shell official reminded the world last week, drilling for oil in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea is “the single largest exploration prospect in the Shell Group.” The stakes couldn’t be higher for Shell or the environment.
Stopping them is simple: President Obama has the power to pull Shell’s drilling permits any time he wants. But it’s going to take overwhelming public support for the President to do the right thing and stand up to Big Oil.
We must stand with the 28 Greenpeace activists and 2 independent journalists facing disproportionate charges like piracy and hooliganism for peacefully protesting oil drilling in the Russian Arctic.
Send a message right now to President Obama asking him to pull Shell’s permits to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic.
Sample letter to the President of the United States:
Subject: Stop Shell from drilling in the Arctic in 2014
On November 6th Shell Oil announced its intention to start drilling next summer for Arctic oil in the Chukchi Sea. As you well know, letting big oil companies drill for oil means exposing the pristine Arctic ecosystem and its people to a higher risk of being affected by an oil spill, which will also undermine all efforts done so far to stop runaway climate change.
The most recent International Energy Agency report flagged that the environmental risks of Arctic oil are substantial, and costs are high. Clean, renewable, and safe energy alternatives are ready to be deployed now.
The efforts to counter the most extreme effects of climate change can’t be undermined by allowing big oil companies like Shell to drill in the Arctic for more oil. Doing that would be a slap in the face of those who were impacted by Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy or Typhoon Haiyan, and of those who faced jail for peacefully raising awareness around the madness of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic.
Nature gives us clear signs of the climate chaos every day around the world. The last thing we need to save the climate is allowing Shell to tap out the oil beneath the Arctic Ocean.
President Obama, Shell has made clear which climate future and Arctic landscape they want. Now is time to hear from you.
Sign petition: https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1531&s_src=fbstatus
Source: https://www.facebook.com/greenpeaceusa
Russian oil company Gazprom is responsible of 206 oil spills on land in at least 2 years (since Greenpeace Russia started monitoring them)!
With this horrific track record, the oil giant is now planning to extract the first offshore oil from icy Arctic waters in December putting the fragile Arctic at tremendous risk.
From an awesome website:
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Gazprom is the first company to install an oil drilling platform, called Prirazlomnaya, in the offshore ice covered Arctic Pechora Sea.
Gazprom’s plans to extract the first Arctic oil in December 2013 have been heavily criticized due to the serious risks to the environment. Gazprom has to date refused to make its oil spill mitigation plan public.
From the available summary, it is clear that Gazprom is not prepared for the high risks which drilling under Arctic conditions entails. Nevertheless, Gazprom claims the company is committed to upholding high environmental standards and is moving ahead with its plans.
Source: http://publiceye.ch/en/case/gazprom/
Vote now to help expose Gazprom’s irresponsible practices: http://publiceye.ch/en/case/gazprom/
This #GivingTuesday is about giving back to this big and beautiful planet.
The Arctic 30 are currently facing years of jail sentencing for protecting the Arctic from oil drilling by Gazprom. Gazprom, a Russian oil company, plans to extract oil from the Arctic THIS MONTH.
If you want to, donate to protect the Arctic from drilling now: http://on.fb.me/1hvJTEC
Source: https://www.facebook.com/greenpeaceusa
Save The Arctic– Greenpeace Project
Save the Arctic and Free the Arctic 30
Published on Nov 13, 2013
http://www.greenpeace.org/freethearct…
The Arctic is majestic, extreme, and extremely fragile. Companies like Gazprom and Shell want to drill for oil, putting the entire planet at risk. Now 30 men and women are imprisoned in Russia for trying to stop this destruction and protect the region. ACT NOW to Save the Arctic and Free the Arctic 30:http://www.greenpeace.org/freethearct…
Illustrations and animation by Emanuele Colombo (http://www.emanuelecolombo.it)
Produced by Latte Creative (http://www.lattecreatie.com)
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