Sierra Club: Shell Announces Plans for 2015 Arctic Drilling

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015.  Shell Oil announced today that it will seek drill in the Arctic Ocean this summer, despite its dismal record in the area and a number of outstanding challenges, including the fact its permits to drill in the Chukchi Sea have not been approved.

The company has poured millions of dollars into drilling plans for the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas but has yet to recover any oil. In 2012 the total failure…