Staking Claim to the North Pole – Interactive natural resources map
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Shell Arctic Spill Response Plan Gets Approval
Arctic drilling: Beaufort Sea oil spill response plan approved By Kim Murphy
A Dangerous Gamble in the Arctic
A Dangerous Gamble in the Arctic by Bill Meadows The Arctic recently sent a strong warning that hubris has no place in one of the world’s most challenging, high-stakes environments. Shell Oil, which is ready to take a dangerous drilling gamble in the Arctic’s icy waters, should take note. In mid-February, the Spanish company Repsol suffered a blowout at its onshore Qugruk 2 well on Alaska’s North Slope. Drillers hit
We Have “Learned Nothing” from BP Disaster: Obama Opens More of Arctic to Offshore Drilling
Yesterday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the Obama Administration’s highly anticipated plan for proposed offshore oil and gas leases from 2012-2017. It focuses on exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and giving oil companies the chance to bid on drilling rights in Arctic waters, including the Beaufort and Chukchi seas and the Cook Inlet. Because the plan targets areas with known potential for oil and gas development where exploration is