Kulluk, Shell Oil's Arctic drilling rig barge runs aground on
Sitkalidak Island, on the Alaskan coast in December 2012.
Another round of our benighted "all of the above" energy policy. Timothy Gardner
U.S. approval moves Shell a step closer to Arctic drilling:
The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday upheld a 2008 lease sale in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, moving Royal Dutch Shell a step closer to returning to oil and gas exploration in the Arctic since it suffered mishaps in the region in 2012.
"The Arctic is an important component of the Administration's national energy strategy, and we remain committed to taking a thoughtful and balanced approach to oil and gas leasing and exploration offshore Alaska," said Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will next consider Shell's exploration plan and perform an environmental assessment on it, which could take at least 30 days.
Shell lost control of a massive oil rig called the Kulluk in 2012, which eventually ran aground. But in anticipation of returning to the region for the first time since then, Shell has already moved rigs to Alaska. [...]
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2010—AR-Sen: Why we're fighting:
Lincoln led the fight against the public option. She's led the fight against regulating greenhouse gasses. She's led the fight against unions. She calls groups like the League of Conservation Voters "extremists."
There's no reason for Lincoln to be in our party. She's a sure loser in November anyway, having alienated virtually everyone in her state.
The national party may stick with her out of misguided loyalty, but Bill Halter aims to rescue the Democrats from themselves, and we can help offset the big corporate backing Lincoln is getting.
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Armando discusses it, and the common roots with
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