Shell the polluting oil company has yet again demonstrated that they cannot be allowed to drill for oil in the fragile arctic waters after one of their drill ships The Kulluk ran aground onto Kodiak Island in Alaska with 155,000 gallons of fuel on the ship.
After yet another serious accident, one that threatened not just the environment but also their own staff of 18 crew who had to be evacuated from the ship after it broke free from its moorings.
Go here for the full story
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/01/oil-ship-runs-aground-alaska
and more news
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-shell-kulluk-grounded-20130101,0,7770041.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-shell-kulluk-arctic-20121228,0,6515665.story
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/01/drifting-shell-drill-ship-grounds-alaska_n_2391742.html
Shell should in no way be allowed to drill for oil in this environment, time and again they have shown themselves to be unable to safely operate in these waters and are essentially an accident waiting to happen.
Go here for a re-cap of another blow to Shell earlier this year
Join with us and help save the arctic, visit http://www.savethearctic.org/ and help us tell Shell to GET OUT OF THE ARCTIC before a major catastrophe is visited on this beautiful but wild region that should be designated a world sanctuary.
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