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Despite 'Enormous Risk' White House Reaffirms Commitment to Arctic Drilling
Despite 'Enormous Risk' White House Reaffirms Commitment to Arctic Drilling
As US renews pledge to drill in Arctic waters, Greenland places moratorium on new leases
- Lauren McCauley, staff writer
A White House official reaffirmed Wednesday the Obama administration's commitment to the Arctic offshore drilling program despite the "dangerous risk" of catastrophic consequences for the pristine marine ecosystem.
Celebrating news of the moratorium, Greenpeace now calls for "total ban of drilling" in Arctic waters. Speaking via video conference before a Alaskan Senate hearing in Anchorage regarding the recent grounding of Shell's Kulluk drilling rig, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau said, The administration is committed to supporting safe and responsible exploration of potential energy resources in frontier areas such as the Arctic.
Beaudreau's statement came as the US Coast Guard made a plea to the Justice Department to consider "taking action" against Shell for marine pollution violationsreferring to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Shipscommitted in the operations of the Kulluk drillship, said head of the Alaskan Coast Guard Rear Admiral Thomas Ostebo.
Environmental groups, who have long campaigned against the Arctic offshore drilling program citing an assuredly "catastrophic impact on one of the most pristine, unique and beautiful landscapes on earth," are calling on the Administration to completely shut down operations there.
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Despite 'Enormous Risk' White House Reaffirms Commitment to Arctic Drilling (Original Post)
KoKo
Mar 2013
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Phlem
(6,323 posts)1. And we were expecting
something different from a moderate Republican?
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)2. Time to stop digging for oil and use alternative energy
sound like the White house is being bought
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)3. Or maybe he's trying to appease Big Oil with a dog-and-pony show.
Not the kind of development I'd have hoped for, but I'm convinced Obama has something up his sleeve; he's had a pretty consistent track record of playing 3-dimensional chess, and has largely been successful.