Obama's approval of Arctic drilling 'undermines his climate message'

US president's call for action on climate change is at odds with letting Shell drill for oil in the Arctic, says Bill McKibben

Barrack Obama has fatally undermined the message of his visit to the Arctic to highlight the dangers of climate change because his administration allowed Shell to drill there, a leading US environmentalist has said.

Bill McKibben, winner of the Right Livelihood prize in 2014, sometimes referred to as an alternative Nobel, and founder of 350.org, said that Obama's actions were a "bad contradiction".