EPA board stops Shell's Arctic clean air permits

cory777

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Tue Jan-04-11 12:15 AM
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EPA board stops Shell's Arctic clean air permits

Source: Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska � Alaska Native and conservation groups have succeeded in challenging clean air permits granted to Shell Oil to drill exploration wells in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.

Numerous groups alleged that Shell's permits granted by the Environmental Protection Agency would allow the company to emit tons of pollutants into the Arctic environment from a drill ship and support vessels.

The federal Environmental Appeals Board reviewed the permits and last week found that the EPA's analysis of the impact of nitrogen dioxide emissions from the ships on Alaska Native communities was too limited.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_arctic_drilling_air_permits

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Tue Jan-04-11 12:42 AM
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1. The toe heads will be in full frothe mode tomorrow at the ADN site.

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Tue Jan-04-11 12:53 AM
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2. k&r. nt

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