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  Indigenous Activists Challenge Shell

  Andy Rowell, May 21, 2013
  Shell was challenged at its AGM by Indigenous activists over the tar sands and Arctic drilling
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  Norway Examines New Arctic Drilling

  Andy Rowell, April 22, 2013
  Yesterday, Norway’s ruling Labour Party took a “major step” towards opening up other areas of the Arctic to oil drilling that are currently restricted from drilling
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  Bankers Warn Oil is “Unburnable Carbon”

  Andy Rowell, January 29, 2013
  A report from HSBC suggests BP, Shell and Norway’s Statoil could lose some 40 and 60 per cent of their market value if “unburnable carbon” scenarios are put in place.
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  Despite Shell’s “Epic Failure”, UK Backs Arctic Drilling

  Andy Rowell, January 15, 2013
  Instead of learning the lessons of Shell's disastrous Arctic drilling campaign, the UK government is refusing to support a moratorium on Arctic drilling.
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  “Blundering” Shell Has to be Banned from Arctic

  Andy Rowell, January 7, 2013
  The latest disaster is just one more in a long list for Shell in its Arctic debacle. It gives further fuel to the fire for those who argue that oil drilling in the region should be banned.
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  Oops: Shell’s Spill Dome “Crushed like a Beer Can”

  Andy Rowell, December 4, 2012
  Documents reveal that Shell's oil spill containment dome is "crushed like a beer can,” in tests.
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  The Next President Must Act on Climate

  Andy Rowell, November 6, 2012
  As the world watches with baited breath as to who will become the next President of the US, there are increasingly calls that whoever wins the election must radically tackle climate change. Whilst this election has been widely criticised for its climate silence, Hurricane Sandy may have just been a game changer in the political...
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  TOTAL Says No to Arctic Oil Drilling

  Andy Rowell, September 26, 2012
  In the fight for the Arctic and the planet’s future, this is big news. We are witnessing a split in Big Oil’s attitude to the Arctic.
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  Two-Faced Shell Talks Clean, But Acts Dirty

  Andy Rowell, September 24, 2012
  The advert in the weekend edition of the Financial Times is heart-warming... from Shell?
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  RIP the Arctic

  Andy Rowell, September 10, 2012
  Yesterday marked the beginning of the end for the Arctic. Yes the oil industry has been drilling in the high North on Prudhoe Bay for decades now, but yesterday oil giant Shell begun drilling the first well in the Arctic Chukchi Sea in more than two decades. Yesterday morning, Shell’s Noble Discoverer drill-ship began to...
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