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May 18, 2015

Seattle Activists Take to Sea to Protest Shell Drilling in Arctic 
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About 500 environmentalists and indigenous leaders took to kayaks and
small boats in Seattle on Saturday to protest Shell's plans to drill for
oil in the remote waters of the Arctic. The so-called "Paddle in
Seattle" came as Shell's massive Arctic-bound Polar Pioneer drill rig
arrived at the Port of Seattle, despite local opposition. The protests
are expected to culminate today with nonviolent civil disobedience to
disrupt Shell's operations. The Obama administration recently defied
environmentalists by granting Shell conditional approval to drill in the
Arctic this summer.

 

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