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After seven years and $7 billion and a couple of spectacular rig disasters and several flotillas of protesting kayaks and people rappelling off a bridge and the rest of it, shell did finally get up to the arctic, and they drilled in the arctic. and what they found was bubkes. a couple of weeks ago shell announced that the company, having found bubkes, was going to give up. after all this time and all that money they were giving up their arctic drilling effort. what they found up there was not worth it. quote, "this is a clearly disappointing exploration outcome." "shell will now cease further ...

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 shell got the go-ahead from the obama administration to start that unprecedented arctic drilling. an...

He became the first sitting president to travel above the arctic circle. he went there specifically to highlight the effects of climate change and to talk about his administration's efforts to combat it. but he did that right after approving drilling the arctic for oil. here's the thing. after seven years and $7 billion and a couple of spectacular rig disasters and several flotillas of protesting kayaks and people rappelling off a bridge and the rest of it, shell did finally get up to the arctic, and they drilled in the arctic. and what they found was bubkes. a couple of weeks ago shell announ...

Speeches including powerful remarks he gave to a joint meeting of congress. hillary clinton, democratic presidential front-runner, came out against the keystone xl pipeline. and china, the biggest polluter on the planet, announced it will adopt a cap and trade program to limit carbon emissions. today another stunning headline. shell announces it will stop its massively controversial bid to drill in the alaskan arctic, years-long endeavor costing $7 billion. that's billion with a "b." shell says it ended exploration for the foreseeable future, citing not only those high costs but also admitting...

Remarks he gave to a joint meeting of congress. hillary clinton, democratic presidential front-runner, came out against the keystone xl pipeline. and china, the biggest polluter on the planet, announced it will adapt a cap and trade program to limit carbon emissions. today another stunning headline. shell announces it will stop its massively controversial bid to drill in the alaskan arctic, years-long endeavor costing $7 billion. that's billion with a b. shell says it ended exploration for the foreseeable future, citing not only those high costs but also admitting it just didn't find enough oi...