NovoPraxis - Shell hires Bush's environmental adviser

Shell hires Bush's environmental adviser

Written by The Guardian
Monday, 05 February 2007
Gale Norton, a former interior secretary for the Bush administration and a supporter of opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other sensitive environmental landscapes for oil production, has taken up a senior legal post at Shell. The 52-year-old's arrival is the latest in a series of controversial US appointments at the company which has been trying to increase output of carbon-intensive shale and oil sands schemes from places such as Colorado while also arguing it wants a key role in the fight against climate change. Read the full story... Click here to add this page to your social bookmarking site...