Shell faces legal challenge over Arctic drilling | Business | guardian.co.uk 5.0 star rating

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/24/shell-challenged-on-alaska-drilling

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Royal Dutch Shell's controversial plans to drill for billions of barrels of oil in the Arctic's environmentally sensitive frozen waters face a potentially damaging legal challenge.

An alliance of conservation and Alaskan indigenous groups has filed a legal claim to prevent Shell drilling for oil this year in the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea. Two years ago, Shell paid $2.1bn (£1.3bn) to the US government for 275 oil leases there.

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vero  
Created by vero on 25 January 2010

vero's thoughts:

Another controversial Shell activity - this time in the Arctic Sea

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