Raising Shell with the 9th Circuit Court

By: Josh Painter (Diary)  |  December 19th at 09:16 AM  | 

Shell Oil wanted to drill in the Beaufort Sea region of the Artic Ocean and submitted its drilling plan with the U.S. Minerals Management Service, which analyzed the company’s exploratory plan, determined that it would have minimal impact on marine mammals and eskimo subsistence activities and issued its approval in February 2007. But several environmental groups, the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and the North Slope Borough (county) filed | Read More »