Get the Shell Out Banner -- Final Delivery at Shell Headquarters

It wasn't easy to get a personal meeting with the president of the world’s largest oil company, but the support from all of you around the world helped us secure this meeting, where I presented Shell Canada's CEO, Lorraine Mitchelmore, with the massive banner and PS postcards, bearing more 60,000 names.

Last week, I hooked up with some awesome volunteers in Calgary, and unfurled your message in front of Shell Canada's Headquarters. The banner caught the eye of a lot of passers by - tourists, business men who had stayed late at the office, the Shell security guard, whom I saw out of the corner of my eye reporting into his radio what we were doing (nothing that he really seemed too concerned about).

Despite a respectful conversation, it’s clear that our fight isn't over yet. Can you thank her for meeting with us, but warn her that you’re not giving up until Shell backs down?

It worried me when Ms. Mitchelmore said, “We believe we can develop [coalbed methane] sustainably.” Because so far, we’ve mostly been hearing about drinking water lighting on fire when energy companies do what Shell has planned for the Sacred Headwaters.

We spoke about the problem of Shell drilling in an area so critical to salmon, bears, and caribou, and so sacred to nearby communities. I explained that if she won’t leave this pristine wilderness alone, we’re going to target her boss (Shell CEO Peter Voser) and her landlord – British Columbia’s government.

While I'll be relieved not to have to juggle that unweildly load (the giant banner and the postcards) to the airport with me on the way home, I am still in awe of the incredible display of support from around the world telling Shell to stop their plans to frack in the Sacred Headwaters.

THANKS! This conversation could not have happened without you.

Sincerely,

Karen Tam Wu
Senior Conservation Campaigner

P.S. If you didn't know, the Sacred Headwaters are not only vital to First Nations communities in the region, but also support wildlife including bears, moose and caribou. Shell's plans would forever transform a vast stunning landscape of snow-capped mountains surrounding streams winding their way between the delicate lakes with thousands wells and roads, threatening sensitive salmon ecosystems and fragmenting critical wildlife habitat, and destroying a revered area to the local indigenous communities.