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Obama administration grants Shell conditional approval for Arctic drilling
2015-05-12 20:00:45| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: An effort to bring oil rigs to waters off the Alaskan coast took a step forward Monday as the Obama administration granted conditional approval to a plan by Shell Gulf of Mexico to begin exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea. The decision by the Interior Departments Bureau of Ocean Energy Management removes a major obstacle to Shells years-long effort to begin oil and gas operations in U.S. Arctic waters. But the company must still obtain federal and state permits before any drilling can begin....
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Obama administration gives the nod to Arctic oil drilling
2015-05-12 12:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The US Interior Department has given its approval to the oil giant Shell to begin drilling in Arctic waters, subject to safety conditions being met. But pressure groups have responded with criticism over Shell`s ability to overcome safety concerns. After a long review into the procedures, American officials referred to rigorous safety standards and said that, should Shell receive approval from safety agencies, it can begin drilling for oil in the region. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management...
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Obama Administration Approves Shells Plan to Drill in Arctic
2015-05-11 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Obama administration gave conditional approval today to Shell to start drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean this summer. Shell has been fighting for the right to drill in the Arctic for years, despite a number of botched forays in recent years, and it looks like they are still going to get their way. Last month, the Department of the Interior opened the door to selling offshore drilling leases in the Arctic, even though a court-ordered re-analysis showed that the environmental impacts...
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Obama administration sets agenda to modernize energy infrastructure
2015-04-21 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration on Tuesday announced plans to modernize the country's aging energy infrastructure and make it more resilient to challenges ranging from extreme weather to changing domestic energy production. The Quadrennial Energy Review, more than a year in the making, recommends a program that would accelerate natural gas pipeline replacement, modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and award up to $350 million to help states improve the reliability of their electricity delivery. The...
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Obama administration releases new measures to prevent seafood fraud
2015-03-17 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
The Obama administration has announced new measures to prevent mislabelling of seafood and black-market fishing.
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