Ninth Circuit definitively shuts down fall drilling plans for Shell

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today denied Shell Offshore’s request to reconsider a ban on oil exploration in Alaska’s Beaufort sea. The suit against the exploration plan had been brought by the North Slope Borough and several conservation groups.

Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage

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