Responding to the news that Shell has decided not to return to the Arctic after an unsuccessful drilling season, Greenpeace USA Executive Director Annie Leonard said:
On July 29, 2015, Greenpeace climbers suspended themselves from Portland’s St. Johns Bridge to block a Shell Oil vessel as it attempted to leave for Arctic waters. One of the 13 anchor supports on top of the bridge, Kristina Flores was there. This is their story.
Today the Obama administration granted Shell the final approval for the company’s plans to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic—one of the most ecologically important places in the world.
WASHINGTON, DC, August 17, 2015 - The week after President Obama announced he will visit the Alaskan Arctic to meet with communities threatened by climate change, the Obama administration has approved Shell’s final permit to drill into oil-bearing rock in the Chukchi Sea.
On July 29, 2015, Greenpeace climbers suspended themselves from St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon to block a Shell Oil vessel headed to supported the company's Arctic drilling plans. Harmony Lambert was one of the 13 climbers suspended from the bridge. This is her story.
Shell is growing closer by the hour to drilling in the Arctic. Despite the narrowing window President Obama has to stop them, I remain hopeful because over the last few months, activists all across the world have banded together to say “Shell No” to Arctic drilling in some of the most brave and innovative ways I’ve ever seen.
Art and activism go hand-in-hand. Not just because the two words seamlessly combine to create the catchy portmanteau ‘artivism,’ but because both are built on exposing hidden truths through creative communication.
Portland, OR, USA—The 26 Greenpeace USA activists that formed the 40-hour blockade stopping Shell’s icebreaker from leaving port have now come down from the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon.
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