Balancing these is the job of the federal government, and so far during President Obama’s 2nd term, some parts of the government are doing better than others.
This is wonderful news for one of the most sensitive and remote environments in the world, and it comes only after oil companies were humbled by Arctic weather conditions last year.
After a year of set-backs and accidents by Royal Dutch Shell, the Arctic Ocean got a welcome break when the company announced it will not drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean in 2013.
After years of fighting to protect Alaska’s western Arctic from unrestricted oil drilling, our campaign to protect America’s largest tract of public land has paid off.
The oil and gas industry and their allies continue to insist that the only way to address our country’s energy challenges is to open more public lands and waters to oil and natural gas drilling, and reduce environmental and safety standards. In truth, oil and gas drilling in America
