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"New and Frozen Frontier Awaits Offshore Oil Drilling" [1]

President Obama's preoccupation with Shell's proposal to drill for oil in the offshore Arctic -- even after the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico -- appears to signal that it will be inevitable, barring a major legal challenge.



John M. Broder and Clifford Krauss report for the New York Times May 23, 2012. [2]

 

Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Public [7]
Source: NY Times [2], 05/28/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-and-frozen-frontier-awaits-offshore-oil-drilling [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/science/earth/shell-arctic-ocean-drilling-stands-to-open-new-oil-frontier.html?_r=1&ref=energy-environment [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81