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Royal Dutch Shell Launches Pre-emptive Legal Strike Ahead of Arctic Drilling, Decides to Sue Grassroots Organization Alaska Wilderness League

Subhankar Banerjee, ClimateStoryTellers.org. March 2, 2012.

Shell's twisted tragedy to get to drill in the Arctic involves launching an attack against an environmental and indigenous human rights organization.

Shell Spills 200 Tons of Oil in the North Sea

Environment News ServiceAugust 16, 2011.

"We are deeply worried that we still know far too little about the environmental impact of the spill, how it could impact wildlife, and the scale of the threat."

BPing the Arctic: How Shell's Dangerous Drilling Is Being Fast Tracked

Subhankar Banerjee, ClimateStoryTellers.org. August 15, 2011.

One of the riskiest and most destructive extreme energy oil exploration projects on the planet is moving toward implementation -- Shell's oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean.

Obama to Let 13 Oil Companies Drill Offshore With No Environmental Review

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. January 5, 2011.

The companies get to skirt the full environmental review Obama promised offshore drilling projects would have to face, and mostly due to political reasons.

Tell Shell Oil Co. to Stop Gas Flaring

Shell Guilty, June 15, 2009.

Their toxic practices are still putting people's health at risk.

Shell's Settlement Doesn't Hide Unsettling Realities in Nigeria

Steve Kretzmann, Huffington Post. June 11, 2009.

If Shell's CEO really cared about the Ogoni people, he would end practices that continue to ruin their lives.

In Biggest Oil Sale Ever, Iraqi Government to Put 40 Billion Barrels of Reserves Up For Grabs

Terry Macalister, Nicholas Watt, The Guardian. October 13, 2008.

BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are being given access to eight oil fields, which represent some 40 percent of Iraq's oil reserves.

Pentagon Hands Iraq Oil Deal to Shell

Nick Turse, AlterNet. October 2, 2008.

The U.S. government secretly facilitated dealings between Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts.

Chomsky: Bush & Cheney Always Saw Iraq as a Sweetheart Oil Deal

Noam Chomsky, Khaleej Times Online. July 12, 2008.

U.S. war planners want an obedient client state that will house major U.S. military bases, right at the heart of the world's major energy reserves.

The Five Secret Billion-Dollar Companies Sucking Obscene Amounts of Taxpayer Money

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com. June 26, 2008.

Meet the mystery defense contractors that are raking in billions in taxpayer dollars without notice.

Big Oil Returns to Iraq

Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. June 21, 2008.

The return of the four major Western oil companies will be greeted with dismay by many Iraqis who fear losing control of their vast oil reserves.