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[Greenpeace UK blog] As well as indulging in some shameless greenwashing (Shell is choosing to call the spill and the resulting 50 square mile slick a gentle sounding "oil sheen"), the oil giant has been less than transparent about the spill from the moment it started.
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[Updated News] Updated News » Blog Archive » Shell leak could be worst in North ...: "Thousands of young razorbills, puffins and guillemots are flightless and dispersing widely in the North Sea during late summer, so they could be at serious risk if contaminated by this spill," Stuart Housden, director of RSPB Scotland, said in a statement emailed to Reuters.
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