Environmentalists challenge air permits for Shell’s Arctic drilling
Environmentalists on Monday mounted a legal challenge of the federal government's decision to grant Shell Oil Co. air pollution permits it needs to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters near Alaska....
View ArticleEnvironmentalists mount fresh challenge against Shell’s Arctic drilling plans
Environmentalists have opened a new front in their campaign to block Shell's planned drilling in Arctic waters near Alaska, by challenging the government's decision to issue the company essential air...
View ArticleFirst offshore bids to be opened since spill
The government is set today to auction offshore drilling leases in the western Gulf of Mexico -- the first such sale since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Early details suggest there is plenty of...
View ArticleFeds approve Shell’s Chukchi Sea drilling plan – with strings attached
The federal government today gave Shell Oil Co. the green light to drill up to six exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea near Alaska, but major hurdles still remain before the company can launch its...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists challenge Shell’s Arctic spill plans
Roughly a dozen environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the government's decision to sign off on Shell's plans for cleaning up any oil spilled during Arctic drilling over the next two...
View ArticleBritish government joins BP’s fight against contract suspension
BP picked up new allies in its fight against a suspension from new government contracts, as oil industry and business groups filed a legal brief labeling the punishment an "overreach" by the Obama...
View ArticleFeds writing new oil payment mandates
Financial regulators have quietly confirmed they are rewriting a rule requiring companies to disclose what they pay foreign interests in exchange for rights to harvest oil, gas and other minerals.
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