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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBad Omen: Shell’s oil rig is already falling apart — and it hasn’t even left for the Arctic
In todays HOLY SH*T WTF!? news: The Noble Discoverer, Royal Dutch Shells oil drilling rig, already failed a routine Coast Guard inspection months before it is even scheduled to leave for the Arctic. VICE News reports that inspectors found malfunctioning anti-pollution machinery aboard the rig last month.
This is one hell of a bad omen for everyone.
Why? Heres a little history: In 2012, Shell stationed the Kulluk, an oil drilling barge, and two tug boats off the coast of Alaska to drill five oil wells in the Chukchi Sea. After multiple failed drilling attempts, the Kulluk ended up wrecked in the Aleutian Islands. The disastrous oil exploration mission ended with the rigs handlers pleading guilty to eight felonies for marine crimes.
With that kind of track record, its no surprise environmentalists and concerned citizens are up in arms about the companys plan to return to the Arctic this July.
Naturally, Shell officials assure us that everythings JUST DANDY. From VICE:
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http://grist.org/list/shell-oil-noble-discoverer-arctic-rig-has-already-broken-down-but-its-on-its-way-to-seattle/
randys1
(16,286 posts)There is no end to our stupidity.
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cali
(114,904 posts)Chuckchi Sea. Here's another reason not to trust Shell-
Shell agrees to start clean up of two devastating oil spills 7 years later
Shell has agreed with Nigerian fishing community of Bodo in the Niger Delta to start the clean up of two devastating oil spills in 2008, activists and locals said Saturday.
"Shell officials met with representatives of Bodo community in Port Harcourt yesterday (Friday).
The meeting was attended by officials of the Dutch embassy, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), Amnesty International and some local activists," Steven Obodekwe of the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development lobby group told AFP.
"It was agreed that the clean up would commence in July or August," he said.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-shell-agrees-to-start-clean-up-of-2008-niger-delta-oil-spill-2015-5#ixzz3ZrvlkjjV
cwydro
(51,308 posts)As far as I'm concerned.