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July 11, 2012

Lawsuit Challenges Shell’s Safety Plans for Arctic Oil Drilling 
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Ten environmental groups have filed suit to challenge the oil giant
Shell’s safety plans for oil drilling in the Alaskan Arctic. In a
statement, the groups say government regulators "rubber-stamped plans
that rely on unbelievable assumptions, include equipment that has never
been tested in Arctic conditions, and ignore the very real possibility
that an [oil] spill could continue through the winter." Shell is set to
begin exploratory drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas later this
summer.

 

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