Canada should strengthen its capability to handle Arctic oil spills before it allows deepwater drilling in its Arctic waters and it should continue to insist on stringent relief-well requirements, a study released on Friday said. In the study, the Pew Environment Group asks that environmental rules for the sensitive region be strengthened before new drilling is approved and that greater consultation with the region's indigenous Inuit people take place (IOD Jul.21'11).
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