Friday 21 October 2011

Shell targets polar bear's home for drilling. We're suing says NRDC




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Shell in court!

Polar Bear
Shell is moving full speed ahead with its plan to drill off the coast of the Arctic Refuge, the polar bear’s favorite onshore birthing ground. Help send NRDC to court to stop Shell!
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Important news:

We have filed suit in federal court to stop Shell from drilling off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge next summer.

We can’t wage and win this courtroom battle without your help.



Please make an online donation right now that can help us stave off Shell’s latest assault on Arctic wildlife.

As you know, the Obama Administration recently gave Shell tentative approval to begin exploratory drilling near the Arctic Refuge, the polar bear’s favorite onshore birthing ground. Shell’s rigs will operate in wildlife-filled waters -- home to vulnerable populations of seals, whales and migratory birds.

An oil spill in this fragile and sensitive ecosystem would be devastating.


Any polar bears swimming in thickly-oiled waters will most certainly die, and an oil spill offshore could blanket the coast of the Arctic Refuge with a layer of thick, toxic oil for generations to come.

Help NRDC fight in court and make sure this tragedy never happens.

Shell’s oil spill response plan reads like a fantasy.


The oil industry still has no proven method for cleaning up spills in ice-filled waters. Yet Shell is claiming that more than 95 percent of spilled oil will be recovered before it hits shore.

Only five percent of the oil unleashed by BP in the Gulf was ever captured.

Thanks to your support, we’ve been fending off Shell’s repeated attempts to drill near the Arctic Refuge since 2008. But with the Obama Administration now paving the way for Shell’s latest plan, we need your help more than ever before.

Shell has vast resources to bring to this fight. We, on the other hand, rely entirely on Members and activists like you to help ensure the survival of America’s polar bears and other Arctic wildlife.


And unlike Shell, we can’t afford to lose even once.

Your tax-deductible donation will allow us to wage and win this courtroom battle against Shell’s scheme and defend our environment in the most effective way possible.

If we’re going to stop Shell before it sinks its first drill bit into Arctic water next summer, we have no time to waste.


Please let me know that I can count on your support today.

Sincerely,
Frances
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

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