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Shell oil rig arrives Seattle waters amid protests, permit controversy
2015-05-15 01:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The first of two Royal Dutch Shell drilling rigs slated for Arctic oil exploration arrived in Seattle on Thursday as environmental activists geared up for days of protests over plans to store the equipment at the city's port. Shell is planning to use Seattle as a base to store and maintain the rigs and other equipment as it resumes exploration and drilling this summer in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, where it has not drilled since a mishap-filled 2012 season. The decision to resume drilling,...
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