By: MICHEAL KAUFMAN: Published: May 20, 2015
The protests against Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) plans to drill in the Arctic have been going on for days in Seattle. The city’s port has seen hundreds of demonstrators including environmental groups and city residents protesting on kayaks and canoes to oppose Arctic drilling, as well as the presence of Shell’s rigs in Seattle waters. Shell wants to drill in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska.
On Tuesday however, Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said that despite the ongoing protests, the company will proceed with its Arctic drilling plans this summer. He also rejected claims that Shell was using the Seattle port unlawfully, Reuters reports.
Protesting environmental activists have warned that the oil giant’s plans to explore for oil in the Arctic this summer could result in an ecological disaster. They are showing their opposition to Shell’s move by trying to obstruct the company’s rigs from entering the port. Environmental groups are concerned that drilling in a remote area with extreme weather conditions like the Arctic could lead to accidents, and make rescue and cleanup efforts very difficult. The Arctic region has a delicate environment which is covered in sea ice that helps control global climate.
At the company’s annual general meeting in The Hague, Mr. Beurden told investors that the contract Shell has with maritime contractor Fos and the latter’s lease in terminal 5 were legal and that they had tested it. He said that the company will proceed with docking its Polar Pioneer rig there to get it ready for its destination in Alaska. He added that although there were protests, the company faced no legal impediments to those plans.
Protesting environmental activists have warned that the oil giant’s plans to explore for oil in the Arctic this summer could result in an ecological disaster. They are showing their opposition to Shell’s move by trying to obstruct the company’s rigs from entering the port. Environmental groups are concerned that drilling in a remote area with extreme weather conditions like the Arctic could lead to accidents, and make rescue and cleanup efforts very difficult. The Arctic region has a delicate environment which is covered in sea ice that helps control global climate.
At the company’s annual general meeting in The Hague, Mr. Beurden told investors that the contract Shell has with maritime contractor Fos and the latter’s lease in terminal 5 were legal and that they had tested it. He said that the company will proceed with docking its Polar Pioneer rig there to get it ready for its destination in Alaska. He added that although there were protests, the company faced no legal impediments to those plans.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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