Environmental groups concerned about the potential damage to the Arctic environment suffered another blow after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted a temporary air permit for Shell to work off the coast of Alaska. Continue reading
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Study Suggests the Arctic May not Contribute as Much Oil and Gas as Thought
With the constantly rising demand for oil around the world, oil and gas companies are looking to extract every drop of oil they can from around the world. Continue reading
Arctic becomes cold war zone
“Global warming has ignited a rush to exploit Arctic resources — and Greenpeace is determined to thwart that stampede.“
Gee. I hope those green people don’t get too badly hurt as they are swept aside as the misanthropic garbage they are. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas
Tagged anti development, arctic, hatred of humans, misanthropy, offshore drilling
Netherlands: Arctic energy rules needed
New international rules are needed to protect the arctic environment as it is targeted for more energy exploration, the Netherlands said this week. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas
Tagged arctic, deepwater drilling, offshore drilling
Shell seeks more time to drill exploratory well in Chukchi Sea
With its bid to launch offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean running up against a deadline to protect against sea ice, Shell Alaska has requested an extension in its window for drilling in the Chukchi Sea. Continue reading
‘The Black Plague’: Russia Plays Game of Arctic Roulette in Oil Exploration
Thawing sea ice and improved technology is opening up the race for natural resource exploration in the Arctic Circle, home to nearly a quarter of the world’s untapped oil reserves. Russia leads the race and has promised to adhere to environmental guidelines. But accidents and other damage resulting from the country’s oil exploration tell a different story. Continue reading
Norway braces itself as scramble for Pole position begins
The Norwegian town of Kirkenes, on the far northern border with Russia, is on the cusp of becoming an oil boom town. But, asks Colin Freeman, will the world play fair for the Arctic’s spoils? Continue reading
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Tagged arctic, deepwater drilling, natural gas, offshore drilling
Errors in the CBO Report on ANWR
In August, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a little-noticed report on the budgetary effect of opening federal lands to oil and gas exploration. Continue reading
Shell running out of time to drill this year in Arctic
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has spent seven years and $4.5 billion, and fought off at least 50 lawsuits, for a chance to tap what is thought to be the biggest source of oil in the U.S. outside of the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading
Shell’s drilling rig begins two-week trek to Arctic sea
Shell’s Kulluk drilling rig began a two-week journey to the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska on Monday, marking a major step forward in the company’s slow march toward a new era of oil exploration in the region. Continue reading
Shell Races the Ice in Alaska
Delays Put $4.5 Billion Arctic Drilling Plan in Danger of Missing Window Before Next Freeze Continue reading
Luboš Motl: Arctic warming: a 1947 hysteria
Steve Goddard found a pretty interesting article from the Saturday May 31st, 1947 edition of the West Australian published in Perth,
ARCTIC phenomenon: Warming Of Climate Causes Concern
It’s interesting to observe these things especially this summer when theNH sea ice anomaly stands at –2.2 million squared kilometers or so which means a significant deficit but the sea ice is so far well above thelate Summer 2007 minimum. Continue reading
Arctic Drilling Will Begin This Year, Shell Official Says
Despite embarrassing delays and trouble with its equipment, Shell remains confident that it will get final approval from regulators and be able to begin drilling for oil in Arctic waters off the Alaskan coast this summer, the oil company’s top Alaska executive said on Friday. Continue reading
Despite Chilly Reception, Greenpeace Vessel Approaching Arctic Drilling Platform
Boy’s Own Annual stuff from the greenpeas children:
“ON BOARD THE Arctic SUNRISE, The Barents Sea — Each morning at about 9:30, an Illyushin-38 patrol aircraft zooms in from the aft, circles once and then flies off back south.” Continue reading
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Tagged arctic, greenie obstructionists, insane greens, offshore drilling
Greenland melt spawns iceberg threat in search for offshore oil
Yeah, there were no icebergs before SUVs (proof – Australian Aborigines have no word for “iceberg” in any of their languages!). Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Development, Oil and gas
Tagged arctic, deepwater drilling, greenland, offshore drilling
Coast Guard prepares for an expanded role in Arctic
Commandant declares he has faith in Shell’s oil spill preparations. Continue reading
Shell takes key step on scaled-back Alaska drilling
Shell on Tuesday began preparations to install anchors at the site of one of its planned wells in the Chukchi Sea north of Alaska — a major step toward launching a new era of Arctic oil exploration, even as the company has been forced to scale back its drilling plans. Continue reading
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Tagged arctic, deepwater drilling, offshore drilling
Tropical plankton invade Arctic waters
For the first time, scientists have identified tropical and subtropical species of marine protozoa living in the Arctic Ocean. Apparently, they traveled thousands of miles on Atlantic currents and ended up above Norway with an unusual—but naturally cyclic—pulse of warm water, not as a direct result of overall warming climate, say the researchers. Continue reading
Climate change opens up Arctic fisheries – but should Canada cut bait?
Pangnirtung was once supported by sealing, but after the market for fur fell apart in the 1980s, experts from Greenland were brought here to teach the former sealers to fish through the ice for turbot, a commercially valuable fish with which few Inuit had any experience. Continue reading
Robin McKie: Arctic wilderness faces pollution threats as oil and gas giants target its riches
Melting ice caps, the influx of trawlers and tourists, and Shell’s £4bn investment to drill for fossil fuels in the Chukchi Sea all raise fears Continue reading
