Fortunately, Shrub Bush’s last –minute environmental shenanigans can’t extend to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which put the kibosh on Shell’s plans for offshore drilling north of Alaska.
In a 2-1 ruling, the court said the Minerals Management Service, the federal agency in charge of offshore leasing, violated the National Environmental Policy Act by not taking a deep enough look at the impact offshore drilling would have on bowhead whales in the Beaufort Sea and Native Alaska communities on the North Slope.
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November 21, 2008
Court says no to Shell in Alaska
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Alaska,
offshore oil drilling,
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