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Shell Oil Can’t Drill This Year in Beaufort Sea, Court Rules

August 16, 2007 – 2:30 pm

EARTHJUSTICE
Ninth Circuit Court halts exploration amid concerns over environmental harms
August 15, 2007
San Francisco, CA — Shell Offshore Inc. — which was on the verge of oil exploration in the Beaufort Sea — cannot proceed until the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decides whether environmental harms were properly considered by the federal agency that gave Shell [...]

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Victory: Illegal logging stopped by Amerindians

June 5, 2007 – 3:04 pm

Source: Eco-Earth Environment Portalby Dr. Glen Barry
Yet another stunning victory for Ecological Internet’s (EI) Earth Action Network and partners, as Amerindian Villages in Guyana where Barama/Samling has been logging illegally have thrown Samling out of those communities. Or depending upon how you spin it, Samling withdrew after being told in no uncertain terms that the [...]

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