ASSOCIATED PRESS: The oil drilling rig that will be sent to the Arctic is being staged in Seattle’s harbor.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: The oil drilling rig that will be sent to the Arctic is being staged in Seattle’s harbor.
“Unless people get out there and put themselves on the front lines and say enough is enough, then nothing will ever change,” said Jordan Van Voast, 55, an acupuncturist who was going out on the water to confront the Polar Pioneer. “I’m hopeful that people are waking up.”
About two dozen kayakers paddled around Elliott Bay as the towering rig passed the city’s Space Needle. The tiny boats, which kept their distance from the rig, were dwarfed by the 400-foot-long structure rising nearly 300 feet above the water. The image suggests how outmatched Shell’s opponents have been as they try to keep the petroleum giant from continuing its $6 billion effort to open new oil and gas reserves in one of the world’s most dangerous maritime environments.
