A new draft agreement text emerged from the Paris climate meeting late Thursday that brought the process “extremely close to the finishing line,” said French foreign minister Laurent Fabius. [The Washington Post] Royal Dutch Shell waged a behind-the-scenes campaign to circumvent environmental regulations to enable it to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea. [Alaska… Keep reading →
The DOI has proposed additional regulations for exploratory drilling in the Alaska OCS to ensure that operators implement necessary measures – including integrated operations and spill-response plans – through all phases of offshore exploration. The oil and gas resource potential of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) has received considerable attention from industry. On February… Keep reading →
