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| Subject: Imbecilic environmentalists sue over Shell plan to drill in Arctic Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:26 am | |
| Several environmental groups sued the United States on Tuesday to derail Royal Dutch Shell PLC's plan to drill in the Arctic Ocean as soon as July.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, gave conditional approval in May to Shell's resumption of fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic, which was paused after a mishap-filled 2012 season.
The decision was met with approval by some Alaska lawmakers, who believe it will bring money and jobs to the state, as well as protests from environmentalists.
The Sierra Club and nine other groups sought to overturn the government's decision in a petition with the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/28315031/environmentalists-sue-over-shell-plan-to-drill-in-arctic/ |
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