Shell gets OK for Arctic drilling

[Judi Lynn]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Shell gets OK for Arctic drilling
Jennifer A. Dlouhy
Updated 11:06 p.m., Thursday, August 30, 2012

The Obama administration Thursday agreed to immediately allow Shell to drill in Arctic waters, even though a critical spill-containment barge is still a two-week trip away.

Administration officials stressed that Shell is allowed to begin initial site work and to only drill 1,400 feet below the surface of the Chukchi Sea, without penetrating underground oil reservoirs, until that emergency equipment wins Coast Guard certification and is on the site.

Shell Alaska Vice President Pete Slaiby celebrated the development as a major milestone in the company's six-year quest to begin drilling in remote Arctic waters last tapped in the early 1990s.

"Today's announcement is extremely exciting," he told reporters on a conference call. "And our goal of being able to drill in the Chukchi is about to take place."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Shell-gets-OK-for-Arctic-drilling-3829644.php#ixzz256Mxq331

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[limpyhobbler]

2. This is a form of climate change denial.

This is bullshit.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. Drill, baby, drill. Spill, baby, spill. Kill, baby, kill.

Just another day at the DLC.


Operation Northwoods

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. This makes me so sad. :(

And the saddest thing is that this will not be solved at the ballot box this year -- both Parties are in the pocket of Big Oil.

[wordpix]

5. there goes the last of our nation's fish stocks - this is one reason I'm not excited about O

He talks a good line about the envt but what his admin actually does is another thing

[lunasun]

6. not just envirmnt.........

[Smilo]

7. The bell has just tolled

for the Arctic.

This is not needed - when there is no more oil then may be - but not now - we should be looking at alternatives and promoting them.

This makes me sick.

[primavera]

8. Fuck

I was hoping there might have been enough pressure on this one to prevent approval from going through. I know, I'm irretrievably naive.

[OnyxCollie]

9. It's chess!

Brilliant!