Federal Agency Approves Shell Oil Drilling With Little Consideration for Arctic Environment
December 08, 2009
December 08, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 8 -- EarthJustice issued the following news release:
The federal government's Minerals Management Service put its rubber stamp on a plan today that allows Shell Oil to drill in Alaska's Chukchi Sea as early as next summer. MMS approved Shell's exploratory drilling plan without a full analysis of its potentially significant effects on wildlife and Alaska Native subsistence. Both are already threatened by climate change. Approval to drill was given despite a . . .
The federal government's Minerals Management Service put its rubber stamp on a plan today that allows Shell Oil to drill in Alaska's Chukchi Sea as early as next summer. MMS approved Shell's exploratory drilling plan without a full analysis of its potentially significant effects on wildlife and Alaska Native subsistence. Both are already threatened by climate change. Approval to drill was given despite a . . .