Shell are not going to drill in the Arctic !!!!!

Just received this news today ! What a success ! Mind you these International companies should not need to be persuaded to protect nature, but unfortunately money matters an awful lot more than saving our wonderful creatures from extinction, it seems.

Unfortunately this world needs international groups like Greenpeace, and I feel privileged to be a part of this brave and committed group. OK it's only a tiny part, but I'm too old to do anything like climb buildings and tie banners. If I was in my 20s or 30s I would be one of their physical activists, believe me ! As it is, I can sign petitions and contribute a bit of money every so often. I just wish I was able to do more. It seems that Greenpeace is the only group fighting for the earth's survival .................................................. ...........



Hi Gill,

Heart-stopping moment: Shell just announced they will stop drilling for oil in the Arctic!

The Guardian reports today that on top of rising costs, “Shell has privately made clear it is taken aback by the public protests against the drilling which are threatening to seriously damage its reputation.”

Three long years of campaigning, one incredible summer of action, and 7 million of us around the world in a rising global movement for the Arctic - just, wow![/COLOR]

Share today’s remarkable news on Facebook: https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/Shell-Victory-Share

Re: Shell are not going to drill in the Arctic !!!!!

Don't think they have worried too much about protests, simple fact is there is not enough oil there to make it a viable investment.

Re: Shell are not going to drill in the Arctic !!!!!

... and the price of oil had gone down. That makes it much harder to justify the cost of drilling.

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I think Purwell and Mr. Magoo's posts show the real reason behind Shell's decision. Personally, I see Greenpeace as analagous to Animal Rights activists - irresponsible zealots who often do much more harm than good to their cause. They lost an awful lot of public support when they damaged the Nazca lines in Peru in December 2014



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Re: Shell are not going to drill in the Arctic !!!!!

One has to balance human needs against protecting the environment. A delicate task to say the least. If you study what has gone on in the past it is those at the top of the animal kingdom that survive and lesser species that get extinct.

I am all for protecting the planet but the world we now live in demands natural resources as well.

Yes Greenpeace does a good job in this respect as someone has to keep an eye on excessive natural wastage, but not to the extent of totally anti every thing. It is a question of give and take

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Ah, the Nazca Lines was a bad mistake, however, it wasn't just Greenpeace as the villains...........................

http://www.newser.com/story/200549/i...zca-lines.html

Just to create a sort of balance ! ........................some of Greenpeace's successes .....................................

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/about/successes

Also.................................itemising 40 years of environmental and wildlife protection.....

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/about/impact/history


As I have said, the world needs international groups like Greenpeace. Can you imagine how things would be if there were no such groups to 'police' the world's major industrialists ? It would be a nightmare ! IMO

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But instead of attacking individual 'causes' why don't they use all their resources to attack the one thing that is really destroying our world, namely the dominance and utterly unsustainable replication of humans, There are just TOO MANY humans on the planet now and the birth rate is rising like an Apollo rocket.

It hardly requires much brain power to see this but politicians, rights groups (Like Greenpeace) and frankly most people completely ignore the problem.

Winning against oil drilling in the Artic now might seem like a success but in a 100 years from now I forsee cities being built there, suspended on huge steel legs above the ice what ice is left of course

Re: Shell are not going to drill in the Arctic !!!!!

Hi

I think that a better title would have been Shell are not going to drill in the Arctic for now.

Far more to do with the oil price than any ecological victory