After a setback in Seattle, organizers announced plans to hold weekend events to protest Shell’s drilling plans in the arctic waters off the coast of Alaska. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray last week expressed opposition to Shell’s lease for a port terminal for use for its drilling plans offshore Alaska. The western port city is ready to help the port authority attract clean companies, “rather than the polluting industries of yesterday,” he said. Port officials in January approved plans to lease Terminal 5 to Foss Maritime, which would facilitate Shell’s regional operations. The mayor’s appeal for a new permit, Foss said, would cause “long-term harm” to the industry. The federal Department of Interior in April […]