Shell says FU to Seattle, brings rig to city despite objections

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By Lisa HymasMay 15, 2015, 12:43 pm153 pts
Shell brought its enormous Polar Pioneer drilling rig into Seattle’s port on Thursday — and Seattle is not happy about it. The oil giant intends to use the city as a staging ground for its drilling operations off the northwest coast of Alaska this summer. If the company’s disastrous Arctic drilling…

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