STOP DRILLING THE NORTH POLE!

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Stop Shell from drilling the Arctic Ocean

Click here to access the petition.

Shell is racing to drill in the Arctic Ocean this summer. With a 75% chance of an oil spill and 100% chance of climate disruption, Shell’s plan to drill must be stopped.

Shell’s deplorable track record speaks for itself. In 2012, Shell’s attempt at Arctic oil drilling failed dramatically when one of its drilling rigs ran aground off of Kodiak Island, Alaska. The drilling rig’s critical oil spill containment dome was “crushed like a beer” can during testing and both of its drilling rigs came under federal investigation.

Instead of inviting an near certain oil spill that cannot be cleaned up, the Obama Administration should focus on developing clean energy and leave dirty fuels in the ground. Allowing Shell to drill in the Arctic Ocean is risky for the climate, our waters, wildlife and the communities that rely on them.

Take action and tell the Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to reject Shell’s plan to drill in the Arctic Ocean.

Click here to access the petition.

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Polar Bear, Nanuq and Kaya

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Abandoned Polar Station, North Pole // x

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Greenland 2012 - by Dorthe Pedersen

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North Pole Sunrise

This photo appears to be of a sunrise over a vast sheet of ice. It was taken near the North Pole on March 25th; sunrise was on March 21st. The March equinox gives the North Pole its one and only sunrise each year. For the next 6 months, the sun will remain continuously in the sky and appear to move in a horizontal circle, never setting. Sunset will finally come at the September equinox.

When this photo was taken, the sun was still relatively low on the horizon at the North Pole, which is why it looks like sunrise (or just after sunrise). Throughout the day, the sun will rise roughly 0.4-degrees while it circles the horizon. As the Earth continues to tilt on its axis and points the northern hemisphere towards the sun, the sun will appear to be higher in the sky. The exact increase varies day-by-day but typically there are greater increases closer to the equinox and smaller increases closer to the solstice. It will reach the highest point, a mere 23.5 degrees above horizon, at the June solstice. This relatively low angle is why the North Pole stays cold in spite of receiving 24-hours of sunlight for 6 straight months.

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Photo Credit: NASA’s IceBridge Mission

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There is always time to play! | video source

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More Than Two Environmental Activists Were Killed Each Week in 2014.

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Climate Change Effects Happening Now

“A warming planet, catastrophic weather events, and the melting of Greenland’s “most stable” glacier are not part of an apocalyptic future. They are the results of global climate change happening right now, according to a report the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release at the end of this week.

The dangers of a warming Earth aren’t limited to animals like polar bears. They’re immediate and very human, the report says.”

Read more. 

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HELLO!

Photograph by Daniel J Cox

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Any news from Bangladesh?

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EXXON VALDEZ: The body of a California gray whale washes up on Latoucha Island, Alaska, in the wake of the Valdez oil spill. (John Gaps III / Associated Press) April 9, 1989

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1967 March 18, Cornwall, Eng.: Torrey Canyon ran aground, spilling 38 million gallons of crude oil off the Scilly Islands.

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Deep in the Amazon, a Tiny Tribe Is Beating Big Oil

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by Paul Souders

[greenpeace]

Turtle Tuesday, anyone?

A Green turtle lays her eggs on Heron Island, and then returns to the sea. Her habitat, the Great Barrier Reef, is under threat from massive coal developments and climate change. Do something about it here.

12/12/2013 || © Dean Sewell / Greenpeace