Obama administration approves Shells plan to drill in the Arctic

Obama administration approves Shells plan to drill in the Arctic

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The Obama administration gave conditional approval today to Shell to start drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean this summer. Shell has been fighting for the right to drill in the Arctic for years, despite a number of botched forays in recent years, and it looks like they are still going to get their way.

Last month, the Department of the Interior opened the door to selling offshore drilling leases in the Arctic, even though a court-ordered re-analysis showed that the environmental impacts could be far worse than previously thought.

Obama administration approves Shell’s plan to drill in the Arctic

-EcoWatch 5/11/2015

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