offshore oil exploration

Enviro Group’s 'Scorecard' Urges More Arctic Council Action on Conservation, Biodiversity

Tim Ellis

The environmental organization World Wide Fund for Nature says the Arctic Council and its eight member nations need to do more to conserve the region’s…

Energy & Environment

ASRC Official: Feds’ Inconsistent Regulations Led to Shell Quitting Chukchi Sea Project

Tim Ellis

The Arctic Energy Summit’s agenda didn’t include any presentations on Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to halt offshore oil exploration in the Chukchi Sea.…

Changing Arctic

Alaska Native Leaders Offer Diverging Views on Offshore Oil Drilling

Tim Ellis

The Inupiat people of Point Hope, Alaska, celebrate a successful whaling season with song and dance.But community leader Steve Oomittuk worries about what…