UNESCO sees bright side to Shell’s Arctic pullout

UNESCO sees bright side to Shell’s Arctic pullout

Oct 9th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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Alaska Dispatch News: October 8, 2015

Shell’s decision to end its program to drill for oil in Arctic waters off Alaska is being cheered by one international organization.

Shell’s drilling in the Chukchi Sea threatened Russia’s Wrangel Island Reserve, an ecologically rich site that is the only designated World Heritage site in the Arctic, said theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, also known as UNESCO.

“This Arctic jewel, and the wealth of wildlife it supports, were threatened by Shell’s Chukchi Sea operations,” UNESCO said in astatement released Wednesday.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Environment, Oil Spill,Pollution, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · Environment · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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