Shell will be allowed to pester walruses in the Arctic, but not as much as it would like

Shell will be allowed to pester walruses in the Arctic, but not as much as it would like

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Nobody’s happy with the Obama administration’s ruling on how Shell is to treat the walruses and polar bears that will be hanging out and watching as the company drills in the Arctic.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a letter on Tuesday that it would allow Shell to interfere with Arctic mammals during its drilling, including incidentally “taking” or killing a few. But the agency also said, citing a 2013 wildlife protection regulation, that the company could not place drilling rigs within 15 miles of one another. Shell had planned to drill wells closer together than that, and in pairs.

Shell will be allowed to pester walruses in the Arctic, but not as much as it would like

-Grist, 7/1/2015

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