The rig was at the mercy of the north Pacific’s relentless waves for six days until salvage crews managed to attach a tow line and begin moving it to a safe harbor where they plan to assess how heavily it was damaged.
While Prudhoe Bay has its place in meeting U.S. energy needs, there is no doubt that oil development has caused irreversible changes to the Prudhoe Bay region.
As part of the largest Arctic Ocean drilling proposal in U.S. history, oil giant Shell is getting close to securing final approvals to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea, off the north coast of Alaska.
Shell's ongoing oil spill battle in the North Sea is disturbing, but it is made even more disturbing given that Shell recently received conditional approval to move forward with dangerous drilling plans in Alaska's Arctic waters next summer.
There was an oil spill on Capitol Hill recently, when the truth about tax giveaways to the oil industry spilled from House Speaker John Boehner's mouth.
