Greenpeace today welcomed the announcement by Royal Dutch Shell that the company will not attempt to pursue offshore drilling in Alaskan Arctic waters in 2013. Phil Radford, Greenpeace USA Executive Director said in response:“This is the first thing Shell’s done right in Alaska – calling it quits. Shell was supposed to be the best of the best, but the long list of mishaps and near-disasters is a clear indication even the ‘best’ companies can’t succeed in Arctic drilling. Secretary Salazar and President Obama gave drilling a chance; now the responsible decision is to make Arctic drilling off limits, forever.
“Taking the lead on saving the Arctic from dangerous exploitation will not only protect the fragile Arctic ecosystem and the communities that depend on it, it will send a powerful signal to other nations that it’s time to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. Drilling in the Arctic will propel us towards catastrophic climate change, so it needs to end now.
“Shell’s announcement today is an admission that the millions of people around the world were right to urge Obama to keep the company out of the Arctic. Now Obama needs to listen to the 2.7 million people who have signed on to #SaveTheArctic and make Arctic drilling off-limits forever.”
Tell President Obama to make Arctic drilling off limits for good.
Thank you, thank you, Thank You!!
i think that it should be off-limits forever to because it not just could hurt the people it could hurt the climate and the animals.and i don’t want them getting hurt.
i also feel good knowing that they put that off for now and i hope they put that off forever
“Shell’s announcement today is an admission that the millions of people around the world were right”
Umm, as an Alaskan and a witness to the abuse the oil companies perpetrate not only to our environment but our economy, I can assure you that Greenpeace had nothing to do with their decision.
Perhaps as an organization you could spend that 11 mil in revenue doing something effective as apposed to taking credit where it is obviously not due. Even better, try feeding a few starving families!
There are other ways we can get energy for example perpetual motion gravity is free what dnt these dumbfucks understand we are polluting our world for our kids this needs to be stopped people fracturing the earth pumping pressure to extract natural gas that’s why there’s earth quakes the earth has to move some how with all these extractions.the pumps used to pump pressure in fracking have like 40 inch pipes blowing so much smog into our air Not just one but imagine 20 of those pipes at the same time full blast not to mention all the acid and water being spilled on these locations the owners of the ranch dnt give a shit because there getting rich while they pump and on the way pollute are water table