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Obama's Arctic drilling strategy: It's complicated
2015-05-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: It was just in January when environmentalists were praising President Obama for setting aside nearly 10 million acres in the Arctic Ocean for protection from oil and gas development. Weeks before that, his administration announced he would not allow drilling in Alaska`s Bristol Bay, home to one of the world`s richest runs of wild salmon. Now, after his administration on Monday announced conditional approval for Shell Alaska to drill exploratory wells in parts of the Arctic, critics were quick...
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