Cries of Betrayal, Calls to Organize as Obama Approves Arctic Drilling

[RiverLover]

13. Not a warrior, an enabler. Any drilling there, under any "conditions" is reckless.

“We’ve seen time and again, most recently just last week: when you drill, you spill. And when you spill in the Arctic Ocean, the consequences are all but irrevocable,” said Rachel Richardson, the director of Environment America’s Stop Drilling program. “The area is simply too fragile and too remote to ever fully recover from a catastrophic spill, and polar bears, beluga whales, and other wildlife unique to this precious area will pay the price.

http://ecowatch.com/2015/07/23/obama-grants-shell-arctic-drilling/2/

However, there is still hope it can be stopped~

“President Obama’s misguided decision to let Shell drill has lit the fuse on a disaster for our last pristine ocean and for our climate. Fortunately, Big Oil faces a long road before commercial production of Arctic Ocean oil begins. Any plan to combat climate change over the long term must reverse course in the Arctic now.”

http://ecowatch.com/2015/07/23/obama-grants-shell-arctic-drilling/2/

But in all, its just sad, from the same link~

“The President ignored his advisors when they said that any drilling in the Arctic carries a 75-percent risk of a ‘major’ oil spill; he ignored the people as hundreds of thousands of Americans continue to come together and call on Obama to say ‘Shell No’ to drilling in the Arctic Ocean; and he ignored common sense as Shell continues to commit one reckless mistake after another.”