Green fury after Shell is given go-ahead for Arctic drilling

Aug 19th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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Green fury after Shell is given go-ahead for Arctic drilling

US President accused of ‘double-speak’ by activists as Hillary Clinton joins chorus of criticism

DAVID USBORNE , TOM BAWDEN: THE INDEPENDENT: Wednesday 19 August 2015

Shell has been granted final permission by the US regulatory authorities to begin exploratory drilling for oil and gas beneath the Arctic seabed. The decision by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to allow the multinational to drill off the Alaskan coast prompted environmentalists to accuse President Barack Obama of “double-speak” over his calls to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.

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Alaska oil prospecting project splits Democrats

Alaska oil prospecting project splits Democrats

Aug 19th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has contradicted fellow Democrat President Barack Obama by rejecting a Shell oil prospecting project off Alaska. Obama’s administration has given Shell approval to resume drilling.

18 August 2015

Clinton put herself at odds with Obama’s administration late on Tuesday by describing the Arctic as a “unique treasure” and “not worth the risk of drilling” because of multiple environmental risks.

Obama’s administration on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell final approval to resume drilling into an oil-bearing rock, 2,400 meters (8,000 feet) below the ocean floor off northern Alaska.

Shell’s original leases were obtained from the administration of the previous Republican president, George W. Bush.

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