When the massive trial over liability in the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill begins in New Orleans on Monday, teams of lawyers will debate what led to the deaths of 11 workers and an oil spill that spewed into the ocean for 86 days.
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
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.
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.
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:
On June 24, 2010, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall introduced the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act (CLEAR Act). The Wilderness Society President Bill Meadows sent a letter to the Chairman supporting the legislation.
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.
