Emma Thompson helps build protest polar bear

In August, after years of lobbying, Shell received a controversial permit from the Obama administration that allows the company to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic.

On Wednesday (September 2nd), the 56 year old actress joined with Greenpeace’s ongoing protests, which have lasted a number of weeks, against Shell’s Arctic drilling programme.

The CEO said that his is 110 percent ready to work with people who want to find ways to improve drilling.

President Obama’s focus during his Alaska visit was on climate change, but Alaska’s offshore oil and gas development was also an important part of this historic visit.

But there is still a global glut of oil and the worldwide Energy Agency says there is unlikely to be a rebound in oil prices any time soon.

Obama said the bottom line is that “safety has been and will continue to be my administration’s top priority when it comes to oil and gas exploration off America’s precious coasts – even as we push our economy and the world to ultimately transition off of fossil fuels”. That could take more than a decade.

President Marvin Odum gestures while speaking to The… “In point of fact, and I’ve always been very leery of it and very concerned about it, but as I have learned more about it, particularly the new technologies, there are precious few incidents when you measure it against the amount that is taking place and what is happening”. I think the president understands that, I understand that.

The live recording of Charlotte’s one-off performance will be made available as a free download to help reach more people to let them know about the threat Shell’s drilling poses to the Arctic. Nearly all of the letter consists of language lifted directly from the Consumer Energy Alliance, an “astroturf” group funded by the oil industry, including Shell Oil.

IDAN HANEGEV INDUSTRIAL PARK, Israel (AP) – The chief executive of SodaStream, the beverage maker that is shuttering its West Bank factory in the face of worldwide boycott calls, accused his company’s critics Wednesday of anti-Semitism and hurting the interests of the Palestinian workers they claim to protect.

“It’s why we use a combination of satellite images, sonar and on-site reconnaissance to inform our operations”, he said.