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For oil. those rappelling protesters in portland came after the swarms of kayakers in seattle who had tried to block a different shell rig from docking in that city back in may. those kayakers came back to try to block that ship again in june when it was leaving seattle to go up to alaska. shell oil worked for seven years, they built $7 billion trying to figure out how to drill offshore for oil in what is basically uncharted territory off the northern coast of alaska up in the arctic. in august ...

All right. it was the last week of july in portland, oregon. high over the famous willamette river. environmental protesters were hanging out under the st. johns bridge. they had rappelled over the side of that bridge. they were hanging there like trapeze artists. and they were doing that so they could try to stop a giant icebreaker run by shell oil from leaving port and heading to the alaskan arctic to drill for oil. this wasnt the first time theyd put themselves between a shell vessel and its ...

All right. it was the last week of july in portland, oregon. high over the famous willamette river. environmental protesters were hanging out under the st. johns bridge. they had rappelled over the side of that bridge. they were hanging there like trapeze artists. and they were doing that so they could try to stop a giant icebreaker run by shell oil from leaving port and heading to the alaskan arctic to drill for oil. this wasnt the first time theyd put themselves between a shell vessel and its ...

This approval of the shell rig? >> i think at this point the president is pushing as hard as he can to point out what we need to do going forward. so if we disagree with him on part of his agenda, we agree with him on the overwhelming bulk of his agenda. the whole point of this trip, i think, is to say, where america is going on this is a new way, its a clean way, its for us to take the technology we have, take the policies we have, push them forward and lead the world. so the fact of the matter...

Not support issuing any new permits to drill in the arctic. yesterday more than 40 of his colleagues in the house came out and publicly called for a federal investigation into this incident. and over the course of this ongoing situation up there, the news has just gotten worse and not better for shell. shell currently has two rigs in operation in the arctic. the one on the left is the one that just ran aground off the coast. the one on the right is now as of today reportedly the subject of a cri...

Allowed inside and they wouldnt even let a photographer snap a quick picture or allow a reporter to glance at the sign-in sheet. this industry that has been facing pressure from washington over and over again in recent years, again with yet another one of these incidents is in full damage control. again. joining us now is jerry beilinson, editor at "popular mechanics." with a no-fly zone by shell, it is impossible to get firsthand reporting from the scene. but he follows the gas and oil industri...

Safety failures in the past, he does not support any -- he does not support issuing any new permits to drill in the arctic. yesterday more than 40 of his colleagues in the house came out and publicly called for a federal investigation into this incident. and over the course of this ongoing situation up there, the news has just gotten worse and not better for shell. shell currently has two rigs in operation in the arctic. the one on the left is the one that just ran aground off the coast. the one...

Reporter attempted to get close to the command center today for this incident, and reported that, quote, guards are stationed outside a meeting room that has been turned into a command post. they said no reporters were allowed inside and they wouldnt even let a photographer snap a quick picture or allow a reporter to glance at the sign-in sheet. this industry that has been facing pressure from washington over and over again in recent years, again with yet another one of these incidents is in ful...

How to rescue it. and by the way, it is packed with 150,000 gallons of diesel fuel and drilling oil. say hello to your new disgusting neighbor. late last week as shell was trying to tow that drilling rig back to the arctic, that was a real surprise in december, all 18 workers on board the rig had to be evacuated to safety. and then the mission to tow the rig itself to safety turned into a disaster. first, the vessel trying to tow the rig lost the connection to the rig in the high winds and chopp...

Environmental damage. the big rig ran aground near uninhabited island off the coast of alaska on monday night. >>gregg: how much of a real concern here is there that a spill could happen from the ship? >>guest: a spill response team is mobilizing equipment if it should happen and a spokesperson says pictures show no sign of a leak currently. an official from the shell rig says the rig recently had 292 million of improvements done. it is home to sales, see lions, and two endangered species and th...