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Press REleasesApril 10, 2013 – ConocoPhillips Halts Plans to Drill in Alaskan Arctic January 2, 2013 – Shell Drilling Rig, Run Aground Near Kodiak Island, Another Clear Warning of Danger of Arctic Drilling September 17, 2012 – Shell Abandons Drilling in Arctic Ocean for 2012 After Failing to Meet Oil-spill Protection Standards August 30, 2012 – Obama Ignores Huge Dangers in Approving Arctic Drilling Permit for Shell July 11, 2012 – Shell's Inadequate Oil Spill Response Plans Threaten America's Arctic May 1, 2012 – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Asked to Investigate Shell's Statements of Arctic Drilling Risks April 13, 2012 – Appeal Challenges Arctic Oil Drilling Decision in Chukchi Sea March 28, 2012 – Feds OK Unproven Oil-spill Response Plan in Arctic; Move Toward Offshore Drilling Off Virginia February 21, 2012 – Lawsuit Challenges Air Pollution Permit for Arctic Oil Drilling November 29, 2011 – Appeal Challenges Shell's Air Permits for Arctic Oil Drilling August 18, 2011 – As Imperiled Walruses Are Forced to Shore by Melting Ice, Obama Administration Moves Forward With Dangerous Arctic Drilling Plan August 4, 2011 – Feds Ignore Risks and Green-light Shell Drilling in Arctic Ocean May 18, 2011 – Senate Rejects Massive Expansion of Dangerous Offshore Drilling May 13, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Shell's Submission of Its Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan for 2012-2013 February 3, 2011 – Shell Halts Plans to Drill in Heart of Polar Bear's Alaska Habitat January 13, 2011 – Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Polar Bear Critical Habitat From Oil Development December 1, 2010 – Obama Offshore Oil Plan Fails to Protect Fragile Arctic, Polar Bears From Drilling November 10, 2010 – Lawsuit Seeks Full Disclosure of Oil-spill Cleanup Impacts on Alaska’s Endangered Wildlife October 12, 2010 – Feds Rush Incomplete Environmental Review of Oil and Gas Drilling in Arctic Ocean September 9, 2010 – Center for Biological Diversity Statement on State of Alaska's Lawsuit Challenging Offshore Drilling Moratorium July 21, 2010 – Federal Court Halts Oil and Gas Activities Under Chukchi Sea Lease Sale May 13, 2010 – Despite Court's Decision, Groups Vow to Continue to Fight Shell's Arctic Drilling May 5, 2010 – Lawsuit Launched to Protect Polar Bears From Interior Secretary Salazar's Arctic Offshore Drilling Plan May 4, 2010 – As Gulf of Mexico Spill Worsens, Groups Challenge Shell's Air Permits to Drill in the Arctic July 8, 2008 – Lawsuit Filed to Protect Polar Bears and Pacific Walrus From Oil Drilling in Chukchi Sea: Rule Exempting Oil Industry Activities From Marine Mammal Protection Act Challenged June 10, 2008 – Department of Interior Issues Oil Industry Blank Check to Harass Polar Bears and Pacific Walrus in Chukchi Sea: Rule Exempting Oil Industry Activities From Marine Mammal Protection Act Finalized June 9, 2008 – Lawsuit to be Filed to Protect Polar Bears From Oil Development and Greenhouse Gases: Offshore Oil Development in Arctic Seas Challenged April 8, 2008 – Oil Drilling to Hit Heart of Right Whale Habitat in Bering Sea: World’s Most Endangered Whale Will Be Sacrificed to Oil Companies July 20, 2007 – Federal Appeals Court Calls Time Out on Controversial Arctic Oil Drilling February 13, 2007 – Suit Filed to Protect Polar Bears and Walrus From Oil Exploration and Global Warming |
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