Taking Your Support to Capitol Hill

Earlier this week, Shell received final approval to drill in the Arctic Ocean – but the fight is far from over. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has introduced the Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2015 (S. 1794), which aims to prohibit oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Ocean, protecting this amazing ecosystem and the…

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#ShellNO – Coast To Coast

Back in June, hundreds of activists gathered in kayaks in Seattle to draw attention to the Arctic Ocean and to protest Shell’s Arctic drilling program and the use Seattle ports as a base for its Arctic drilling fleet. Since then, “kayaktivism” has been embraced by citizens across the country and has become a unique and…

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It’s Time to Take Arctic Drilling Off the Table

(This blog first appeared on Huffington Post Green.) Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior swung the door wide open to drilling in the remote waters of the iconic Arctic Ocean when it announced that it was reaffirming controversial Bush-era leases for the Chukchi Sea – a lease sale referred to as Lease Sale 193.

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Rallying To Remember A Historic Oil Spill

From Climate Progress: Activists and representatives from Alaska Wilderness League, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth and World Wildlife Fund held a rally outside of the White House on the 26th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.

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Projecting Positivity: “Save the Arctic” Goes Up In Lights

“Save the Artic” shone brightly on the walls outside of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Anchorage, where the League joined Greenpeace, Sierra Club and others to demand protection for the Arctic Ocean.  Passionate Alaskans rallied below; they had come from across Alaska and beyond to attend a public hearing and express their opposition of Chukchi…

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Let’s Finish What We Started

Have you seen our new video? We worked with Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Fiore to raise awareness about Shell’s abysmal past performance and to rally the country to stop Shell before it can do more damage in “Deadliest Crude: Risking It All for Black Gold and Green Profits.”

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