Hollywood will bring Alaska’s Arctic to theaters nationwide next month when Drew Barrymore stars in the movie “Big Miracle” about the 1988 effort to rescue three endangered gray whales trapped by sea ice o
The Wilderness Society has joined a coalition of Alaska Native and conservation groups in a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s decision to allow Shell to begin offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean next summer.
The Wilderness Society continues to sound the warning that Shell lacks the ability to adequately respond to an offshore oil spill in remote, stormy seas that are covered in ice much of the year.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Inspired by the “Really!?!” segment on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, we have taken a fresh look at arguments for allowing Shell to drill in the Arctic Ocean next summer:
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig accident – which could become the largest ecological disaster in history – a coalition of environmental organizations sent a letter to the U.S.
This petition to Interior Secretary Salazar was submitted to the Department of the Interior on May 5, 2010 regarding the need to reconsider Arctic Ocean exploration drilling plans for 2010.
Interior Department spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff said the Louisiana court decision has no effect on the administration's decision to suspend until 2011 new offshore drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.
"We wish it did," said Julie Hasquet, a spokeswoman for Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska. "But we don't think it does."
