Dept. of Interior approves drilling in Chukchi Sea
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar conditionally approved Shell Oil Company’s plan to drill three “exploratory, information-gathering” oil wells in…
More challenges for Arctic indigenous peoples
Alaska Indigenous people in Alaska are facing the difficult problem of reconciling development with native traditions. After a delay of…
The future of offshore drilling in the US Arctic
The Arctic supposedly holds 90 billion barrels of oil – 22% of the world’s remaining oil and gas reserves. These…