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"One of Shell’s Arctic Drilling Ships Hits a Snag" [1]

"In another setback for Shell Oil’s summer Arctic drilling plans, a ship headed for the Shell prospect in the Chukchi Sea off northwest Alaska was forced to return to Dutch Harbor Friday after a hole was discovered in its hull."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: ENS [7], 07/08/2015

"Judge: Maui Ban On GMO Crops Is Invalid" [8]

"A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Maui County ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered crops is pre-empted by federal and state law and invalid."

Biodiversity [9]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: AP [10], 07/01/2015

"Arctic Oil Rig Departs Seattle-Area Port Despite Protest" [11]

"U.S. Coast Guard and police boats cleared a way through protesters in kayaks at a Seattle-area port on Tuesday so Royal Dutch Shell's second of two Arctic drilling rigs could depart for Alaska."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: Reuters [15], 07/01/2015

"Shell's Arctic Plan Counters U.S. Walrus Protections: Green Groups" [16]

"Green groups urged the U.S. Department of Interior on Tuesday to revoke the agency's conditional approval of Royal Dutch Shell's 2015 Arctic oil exploration plan, saying it runs counter to established protections for walruses."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Wildlife [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Antarctica & Arctic [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 06/24/2015

"Alaska’s Glaciers Are Now Losing 75 Billion Tons of Ice Every Year" [20]

"In a new study, scientists with the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and several other institutions report a staggering finding: Glaciers of the United States’ largest — and only Arctic — state, Alaska, have lost 75 gigatons (a gigaton is a billion metric tons) of ice per year from 1994 through 2013."

Climate Change [21]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
International [22]
Source: Wash Post [23], 06/18/2015

"Alaska Wildfires Destroy Dozens of Homes, Menace Highway" [24]

"Two fast-spreading Alaska wildfires have forced a series of evacuations, destroyed up to 45 homes and forced authorities to restrict traffic on a major highway connecting two of the state's largest cities, state officials said on Monday."

Forests [25]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: Reuters [26], 06/17/2015

"NTSB Blames Shell for Wreck of Arctic Drilling Ship" [27]

"The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is putting the blame squarely on Royal Dutch Shell’s shoulders for the late 2012 grounding of an offshore drilling rig it owned on an Alaska island."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: The Hill [28], 06/01/2015

"Courts Rule Against Proposed Alaska Mine" [29]

"State and federal courts handed down three decisions against a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska that environmentalists are staging a nationwide fight against."

Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [31]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: The Hill [32], 06/01/2015

"In Arctic Drilling Debate, A Dispute Over Cleanup Preparedness" [33]

"Royal Dutch Shell can drill oil exploration wells this summer in the Chukchi Sea, if Shell shows it can prevent and clean up a potential spill. Environmentalists are skeptical; Shell says it's ready."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: NPR [34], 05/18/2015

"More Protests Planned After Giant Oil Rig Muscles In" [35]

"Paddle-powered activists hit the waters of Elliott Bay in kayaks Thursday to throw an 'unwelcome party' for a massive Shell drilling rig as it reached the Port of Seattle."

Activism [36]
Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Source: Seattle Times [38], 05/15/2015

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