Post-Intelligencer: Shells plan to take up oil drilling again this summer in remote Arctic waters of the Chukchi Sea cleared a key hurdle on Monday, winning approval from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
As we move forward, any offshore exploratory activities will continue to be subject to rigorous safety standards, the bureaus director, Abigail Ross Harper, said in a statement.
We have taken a thoughtful approach to carefully considering potential exploration in the Chukchi Sea, recognizing the...