New York Times: When the Obama administration announced on Monday that it would let Shell drill for oil off the Alaskan coast this year if it met certain conditions, environmentalists were outraged not just by the administrations decision to allow drilling, but by its decision to give Shell, in particular, the green light.
They said that the companys track record in the Arctic should rule out another chance for it. Shell tried to drill in the Arctic in 2012, and the companys multibillion-dollar drilling...