EXPOSING AN ARCTIC SHELL GAME

摘要

In February, The U.S. Bureau Of Safty And Environmental Enforcement approved Shell's Oil Spill Response Plan for the Chukchi Sea, effectively authorizing the company to drill in the Arctic. OnEarth asked two NRDC experts-Chuck Clusen, director of national parks and Alaska projects, and senior attorney Niel Lawrence-to explain why the bureau, a branch of the Department of the Interior, may have been too quick to give Shell the green light.