Agency gives Shell clearance to drill in fragile Arctic Ocean, despite threats to climate, wildlife and region

A walrus and pup on an ice floe in the Chukchi Sea. Shell Oil was given its two remaining permits for oil exploration to drill in the Chukchi on July 22, 2015. Sarah Sonsthagen / U.S. Geological Survey
Anchorage, AK —(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2015. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) granted Shell the two remaining federal permits…






