The conical drilling unit Kulluk sits grounded near a beach 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Royal Dutch Shell's Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for oil and gas off Alaska's northwestern coast this summer. The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Shell Clears Major US Government Hurdle For Arctic Drilling
“This decision places big oil before people, putting the Arctic’s iconic wildlife and the health of our planet on the line.”