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Royal Dutch Shell PLC will move forward with drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast if it can obtain permits it needs and drill safely, its chief executive officer said…
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Drilling Will Cost the Arctic its Wildness, Adventure Journal (12-12-2013)
The Arctic has long repelled most industrial development, despite vast reserves of oil and gas. However, Arctic’s ability to foil human incursions is beginning to change as the surrounding region warms twice as fast as the rest of the globe.
Why Would Royal Dutch Shell Abandon the Arctic? (Video); Livescience (02-08-2014)
Geologists estimate that the Arctic holds more than 20 percent of the planet’s oil and gas resources. Alaska’s waters alone may contain 24 billion barrels of oil. That’s about three-and-a-half years of U.S. oil consumption…
Oil pollution in Niger Delta: Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland Report; Unep, (Uploaded 08-04-2011)
A report by the UN Environment Programme, which carried out a 14-month assessment of pollution from over 50 years of oil operations in Ogoniland – Niger Delta region, has found widespread and devastating oil pollution that may require the world’s biggest ever clean-up, that could take 20-30 years. The UNEP also called for the oil industry and the Nigerian government to contribute $1 billion to a clean-up fund for the region to properly address this “tragic legacy.”
