[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Stop the next big oil spill

[Spencer Graves]

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Subject: 	Stop the next big oil spill
Date: 	Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:30:47 +0000
From: 	Josh Nelson, CREDO Action <act at credoaction.com>
Reply-To: 	Josh Nelson, CREDO Action <act at credoaction.com>
To: 	Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org>



       Stop Shell’s reckless Arctic drilling plan

    The Interior Department is considering a disastrous plan to allow Shell to
    drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean in 2015. Submit a public comment before
    the December 22 deadline.

    [1]Take action now ►

    Dear Spencer,

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    The last time Shell tried to drill for oil in the Arctic, its Kulluk
    drilling rig drifted out of control and slammed into Alaska’s Kodiak
    Islands with 150,000 gallons of toxic diesel fuel on board.

    Shell’s next Arctic drilling mishap could be much worse – and it could
    happen as soon as next year.^1

    The Interior Department is considering a plan to allow Shell to drill for
    oil in the Arctic in 2015 despite the Obama administration’s own
    analysis showing a 75% chance of a disastrous oil spill if the plan moves
    forward. The Interior Department’s crucial public comment period ends on
    December 22, so we need to act fast to keep Shell out of the Arctic.

    [3]Tell the Interior Department: No Arctic drilling! Click here to submit
    a public comment now.

    CREDO activists have been fighting to stop Shell’s Arctic drilling plans
    for years. Twice now – once during the Bush administration and once
    during the Obama administration – federal courts have invalidated the
    Interior Department’s sales of leases for Arctic drilling due to poor
    science and faulty economic assumptions. But Shell has continued pushing
    for drilling rights – and the Obama administration is now poised to give
    Shell the green light for drilling once again.

    Just this month, the contractor that operated Shell’s Kulluk drilling
    rig agreed to plead guilty to eight felonies for environmental and
    maritime crimes and pay more than $12 million in fines. Worse, a U.S.
    Coast Guard report on the incident released in April found that Shell made
    the decision to tow its rig away from Alaska through icy waters in
    December 2012 – which led to the rig running aground – in order to
    avoid millions of dollars in tax liabilities.^2

    Arctic drilling is an environmental nightmare. According to the Interior
    Department’s analysis, an oil spill in the Arctic could kill countless
    endangered beluga whales and polar bears, and thousands of seals.

    But even without a massive oil spill, allowing Shell to drill in the
    Arctic would be disastrous for the climate. The Arctic Ocean is estimated
    to hold 13 percent of the globe’s undiscovered oil and 30 percent of all
    undiscovered natural gas, so there is simply no way to keep climate change
    from spiraling out of control without putting a stop to Arctic drilling.

    [4]Click here to submit a public comment now: Stop Shell from drilling for
    oil in the Arctic Ocean.

    Thanks for fighting to stop Arctic drilling.

    Josh Nelson, Campaign Manager
    [5]CREDO Action from Working Assets

    Add your name:

    [6]Take action now ►

    [7]Learn more about this campaign

     1. "[8]Shell Oil renews plan to drill Arctic waters after 2012 debacle,"
        Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 28, 2014.
     2. "[9]Coast Guard Blames Shell Risk-Taking in Kulluk Rig Accident,"
        National Geographic, April 4, 2014.

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