Thursday, February 26, 2015

Why the Environmental Battle at the Port of Seattle Matters Everywhere #shell #oil #globalwarming

Shell destroyed the Niger Delta, while making billions.  Now it wants to drill in the Arctic. Seattle activists want to prevent their rigs from using Seattle's ports.  A good cause for the climate.

Best quote in this article: "values mean something"

And this is what we've been saying:
"There's a simple three-question test that could be applied to all such decisions; we could call it the "Yes, commissioner, Arctic drilling really is up to you" test:
1.    Do you accept the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change?
2.    Do you understand what scientists say about the impact that X action has on climate change?
3.    Are you supporting X action in a meaningful way?
It's that simple.
It's also chilling - normal, nice, non-sociopathic people are confronted with the preposterous fact that they're partly responsible for a decision that will lead to immeasurable destruction: more droughts (ask the people of Sao Paulo or Syria if they think we should support Arctic drilling), vastly worse storms (ditto the people of the Philippines), likely famines and widespread extinctions."
Read the whole article here