Excerpt: "Shell is almost ready to drill in the Arctic but its icebreaker containing a vital piece of drilling equipment hit something, causing a gaping hole. So it had to come down here to Portland to get patched up. We are now what stands in between Shell and an Arctic oil catastrophe."
Activists hang under the St Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon, in an attempt to block the Shell-leased icebreaker MSV Fennica. (photo: Steve Dipaola/Greenpeace)
ALSO SEE: Activists Hang From Bridge in Portland to Block Shell's Arctic Vessel
Greenpeace: We're Blocking Shell's Icebreaker
29 July 15
Greenpeace climbers plan to spend days hanging from the bridge in Portland, Oregon in an attempt to hinder Shell’s Arctic oil drilling plans
*We're blocking Shell's ship! *
*Ask President Obama to deny Shell from drilling in the Arctic.*
s I write this, I'm preparing to suspend myself from a bridge, blocking Shell's icebreaker from leaving Portland, OR for the Arctic. And if you got this email, that means I made it.
Shell is almost ready to drill in the Arctic but its icebreaker containing a vital piece of drilling equipment hit something, causing a gaping hole. So it had to come down here to Portland to get patched up. We are now what stands in between Shell and an Arctic oil catastrophe.
Shell isn’t just threatening polar bears and walruses with its drilling plans. By tapping into a new source of oil ironically only accessible because of melting ice it’s threatening the entire world with worsening climate change.
I’m prepared to stay up here as long as possible, and so are my friends. We have enough supplies to last several days, and we’re not letting Shell's ship through.
I’m inspired by the courage of everyone who has acted so far: from the Alaska Native communities who have been resisting driling for years, to the thousands of kayaktivists who met the rig in Seattle, to the millions who have spoken out against this terrible plan.
The fight to save the Arctic is heating up, and we can win. There’s only a very short window of time that Shell can drill, and this once leaky icebreaker already threatened the whole operation.
Shell has been here before. In 2012, the company conducted Arctic drilling tests, spectacularly crushing a containment dome (the same piece of vital equipment aboard this leaky icebreaker) and crashing a drilling rig into the Alaskan coast.
But Shell still thinks it can safely drill and, for some reason, the Obama Administration agrees. The government just allowed Shell to clear a major legal hurdle. So that leaves it up to us to stand up against the oil giant.
And that’s why we’re out here. I don’t know how long we’ll be able to stay, but we’re going to delay Shell for as long as we’re able. And we’re going to make sure the world is watching so everyone knows about Shell's dirty plans to spoil the Arctic and heat up our world.
Join me today and tell President Obama to stop Shell and leave a clean climate legacy.
For the Arctic,
Georgia Hirsty
Greenpeace climber
P.S. We'll be here blocking Shell as long as we can.Follow along live and join the call to President Obama to protect the Arctic and our climate.
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