Fed decision triggers 30-day review of Shell plan
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The Anchorage Daily News reports that determination triggers a 30-day deadline for the Minerals Management Service to review the plan. The agency can approve, reject or require changes.
Shell says it hopes to drill one or two wells next year in the Chukchi Sea.
It also wants to drill two wells next year in the Beaufort Sea, a plan that received conditional approval Monday.
Shell has not yet received permits to drill.
Environmental groups oppose the drilling because of risks. They say petroleum companies have not proven they can clean up a spill in Arctic conditions, especially broken ice.
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« DirkWigdoubt wrote on Saturday, Oct 24 at 08:40 AM »
Let em drill in the Upchuck... nobody lives up there anyway,,, environmentalists are opposed to everything...
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« tyrant wrote on Friday, Oct 23 at 11:21 PM »
go ahead and delay delay delay ,let the animals and birds live but the people are starving.reverse logic is rampant in juneau and d.c. they dont think with their brains they think with their greedy eyes.go ahead and bail out the rich again and again and again .
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