[sustran] Oil & Polar Bears Don't Mix. Stop EMBARQ-partner Shell Now

[Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory]

Hi all,

EMBARQ has two "Global Strategic Partners": Shell (Foundation) and 
Caterpillar (Foundation).

I did write directly to someone at EMBARQ about their partnership with 
Caterpillar (see links below) over a month ago but received no reply.

Greenwashing by the automobile industry and its energy suppliers is a 
much of a threat as peer-imagery (i.e. what the neighbours are 
driving...), and perhaps even more so in the developing world, which is 
of course the main focus of EMBARQ. The involvement of Caterpillar in 
oppression of Palestinians is perhaps even worse.

The links following this forwarded and manipulated email will hopefully 
shed some more light on this subject.

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/*
/*The Obama Administration has given EMBARQ-partner Shell the green 
light to begin exploratory drilling off the coast of the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge -- during the Refuge's 50th Anniversary Year no less!

Unless we block EMBARQ-partner Shell's plan, drilling could begin this 
summer! Please donate now 
<http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=JIez609PQgD7sCoU4xnlxA..> and help 
NRDC fight in court to protect polar bears, whales, and walruses from 
EMBARQ-partner Shell's reckless scheme.
Frances */


	Block Shell's Arctic drilling and save polar bears from a deadly oil 
spill. <http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=CJDslCwg8-QRQlH_E0Cafw..> 	
		
		
Stop EMBARQ-partner Shell's Attack on the Polar Bear's Birthing Ground 
Before Drilling Starts This Summer!
Oil-covered polar bears stand almost NO chance of survival 
<http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=4ksEYkaJ-ndPe8B1thQLGw..>
Even government officials admit that *an oil spill is inevitable* if 
full-scale production occurs off the coast of the Arctic Refuge -- the 
main birthing ground of Alaska's polar bears.

Help NRDC fight back in court!
Give now to stop Shell 
<http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=chBTVNmdo04EF3_S7-aN1A..>

	

Dear Todd,

Just when you thought the Arctic Refuge and its polar bears were safe 
from the last administration's pro-polluter policies and EMBARQ-partner 
Shell's drilling schemes, *the threat of deadly oil spills has reappeared.*

Yes, *I'm sorry to say that EMBARQ-partner Shell is back* with a plan to 
drill off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- even after 
NRDC sent them packing in a major court victory two years ago.

*I'm even sorrier to tell you that it's the Obama Administration that 
has given EMBARQ-partner Shell the go-ahead this time* -- which is 
deeply disappointing since the White House has proposed steps that would 
strengthen international protections for polar bears.

Now NRDC is going back to court to block EMBARQ-partner Shell's latest 
plan, and we need your emergency donation 
<http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=pdb-6WaakM4XjoC_DFiaKg..> to *help 
us prevail for the sake of polar bears and other imperilled wildlife.*

The shores of the Arctic Refuge are Alaska's main birthing ground and 
denning area for polar bears.

And *government experts have predicted at least one oil spill will occur 
if full-scale oil production moves ahead.* What's worse, the oil 
industry has no proven method for cleaning up oil in icy water.

When that inevitable oil spill happens, *any polar bears swimming in the 
thickly oiled waters will most certainly die* -- since there is almost 
no chance of survival for oil-covered polar bears.

*Polar bears that step in oil that washes up on the shore could be 
killed as well* -- as they try to lick off the toxic oil to groom 
themselves. Mother polar bears and their cubs are especially in danger 
during denning season.

But it's not just polar bears that would be imperilled. *Whales would be 
suffocated or poisoned* ... hundreds of thousands of birds would be 
killed ... and seal populations would be severely impacted.

In short, an oil spill would be an unmitigated catastrophe *-- 
blanketing the coast of the Refuge with an irremovable layer of thick 
toxic oil* for generations to come.

Yet, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has given EMBARQ-partner Shell the 
green light to begin exploratory drilling anyway -- *during the 50th 
Anniversary of the Refuge no less!*

NRDC needs your immediate financial help to fight in court 
<http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=6jfFSb73yKmCbB0_LcdWHg..> and stop 
the drilling -- BEFORE it begins this summer.

Yes, we've defeated EMBARQ-partner Shell before -- and we can do it 
again. *But we cannot take on Big Oil and the government without your 
immediate help.*

So please, give your most generous gift to help us stop Shell and defend 
our environment in the most effective way possible. 
<http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=u5_IH_LsCjDf6CPZEBEsiQ..>

I look forward to celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Arctic Refuge 
with you -- knowing that together we have kept EMBARQ-partner Shell's 
oil rigs out of its coastal waters.

Sincerely,
Frances
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

P.S. Please don't wait for disturbing photos of polar bears covered in 
oil before taking action. By then it will be too late. Please give now 
<http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=8qcyUyGs5177kHlUgJfPNw..> and NRDC 
will fight to make sure that an oil spill never happens!

		
		  		







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http://www.embarq.org/en/about/global-strategic-partners

**Related info on Shell in Nigeria: *
*http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/12/nigerians_win_right_to_sue_she.php

In Canada:
http://www.shell.com/home/content/can-en/aboutshell/our_business/oil_sands/
http://www.oilsandswatch.org/home
http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/tarsands/

on Caterpillar, which makes bulldozers for the Israeli Army:
http://www.shellfoundation.org/pages/core_lines.php?p=corelines_inside_content&page=embarq&newsID=82
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/950666.html
http://www.icahd.org/eng/news.asp?menu=5&submenu=1&item=683
http://wfol.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2196&Itemid=14

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