Shell's Arctic Sea Drilling Halted For Safety Reasons

Monday, September 10, 2012 Shell's Arctic Sea Drilling Halted For Safety Reasons ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Royal Dutch Shell on Monday was moving its drill ship off a prospect in the Chukchi Sea, a day after drilling began 70 miles off the Alaska coast because sea ice was moving toward the vessel. 2012 Has Been Warmest Year In U.S. To Date, Third Hottest Summer Romney Doubles Down On Planet-Hating BP Sells Some Gulf Of Mexico Assets To Cover Oil Spill Costs Washington Wildfires Prompt Evacuation Warnings Climate Change Stress Killing Forests BLOG POSTS Jeff Biggers: Mourning Keeper of the Mountain Larry Gibson, and the Appalachians He Defended His message was simple and to the point: Love them or leave them, just don't destroy them. Paul Douglas: Republican Meteorologist to Mitt Romney: My Top Ten Reasons for Republicans to Accept Reality on the Climate Will the GOP rise to the occasion, or bet the farm on carbon, and ask our grandkids to deal with the mess? It's time for bold leadership. Climate change is a threat, but it is also an opportunity to transition to a cleaner, greener, more sustainable economy. Robert L. Cavnar: Shell Begins Drilling in the Chukchi Sea: The Details and the Risks There are many questions to be asked about why our demand for hydrocarbon-based fuels is so great that we are now drilling for hydrocarbons in some of the most harsh conditions in the world. Carol Pierson Holding: Passing the Baton on Climate Change This is not old style environmentalism, where consumers change their behavior to be morally correct while denying themselves basic comforts. And it's certainly not capitalism as we know it. It's adaptation, where environment and capitalism come together. William Bradley: Pay No Attention to the Elephant: The Conventions and the Climate Nowhere is Romney's clinging to the old ways that have been getting us in trouble since the first Arab oil embargo nearly 40 years ago clearer than it is on energy policy and climate change.

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