NUUK, Greenland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, a high-level forum of eight nations and their Arctic indigenous peoples, has agreed to develop an Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) initiative for protecting the Arctic’s environment and to negotiate measures for oil spill preparedness and response throughout the region.
Salazar joined Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in praising the U.S. proposals for EBM and oil pollution prevention, which…
