Arctic Drilling: News Releases

May 15, 2008  U.S. TRUSTING OIL COMPANIES TO SAFEGUARD ARCTIC WILDLIFE — Industry Permit Plans Not Subjected to Required Peer-Review or Monitoring

April 10, 2008  U.S. OFFSHORE LEASING PREMISED ON FUTURE OF CHEAP OIL — Planning Assumes $30 a Barrel Oil to Minimize Potential Environmental Impacts

March 20, 2008  OIL DEAL FOR ALASKA WILDLIFE REFUGE ON FAST TRACK — Yukon Flats Land Exchange Tied to Oil Development but No Time for Appraisals

February 19, 2008  BOWHEAD WHALE IMPERILED BY ARCTIC DRILLING PLANS — Scientific Warnings on Oil Spills and Seismic Noise Disregarded to Speed Lease Sales

February 13, 2008  ARCTIC OCEAN OIL REVIEWS SOFT-PEDALED EXXON VALDEZ — Oil Spill Dangers to Wildlife Minimized to Keep Lease Sales on Schedule

February 4, 2008  LEAKED E-MAILS MAY SINK ARCTIC OFFSHORE LEASE SALES — Officials Scramble to Suppress Scientific Dissent over Bush Arctic Oil Initiative

January 24, 2008  INVASIVE SPECIES THREAT FROM ARCTIC OFFSHORE DRILLING IGNORED — Interior Purged Scientific Concerns about Introduction of Exotics in Arctic Waters

January 21, 2008  INTERIOR STIFLES POLAR BEAR PROTECTIONS FROM ARCTIC DRILLING — Listing Delay Blocks Safeguards Urged by Scientists Contrary to Agency Testimony

January 17, 2008  INTERIOR WITHHOLDING KEY DOCUMENTS ON ARCTIC DRILLING — Shell Plans for LNG and Tanker Traffic in Chukchi Sea Barred from Lease Review