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May 12, 2016

Shell Abandons All But One Lease for Drilling in Arctic's Chukchi Sea
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Oil giant Shell has announced it is abandoning all but one of its
federal offshore leases for drilling in Alaska's remote Chukchi Sea.
Last summer, the Obama administration approved Shell's permit to drill
in the remote Arctic waters, despite fierce opposition from
environmental groups. Shell dropped its leases after its exploratory
well in the Chukchi Sea showed only traces of oil and gas. On Tuesday,
Greenpeace campaigner Vicky Wyatt called for further protection of the
Arctic, saying: "President Obama must seize this opportunity and place
the entire Arctic and U.S. outer continental shelf off limits to the
fossil fuel industry for good."


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