MARXIST, BLOCKS ARCTIC DRILLING - KILLS MORE JOBS - ARE AT IT AGAIN

CALL THEM MARXIST, THEIR ACTIONS SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS. THIS ADMINISTRATION AGAIN PREFERS KILLING THE VERY JOBS TO GROW THIS ECONOMY. JOBS THAT ARE KEPT IN AMERICA AND NOT SOME FOREIGN LAND. 


Shell’s Alaskan woes continue

“Royal Dutch Shell was dealt a new setback in its plans to drill offshore in the arctic, after environmentalists successfully challenged a decision to grant the company air-quality permits,” the Wall Street Journal reports.


Shell has invested $3.5 billion in an exploration program in
Alaska's Beaufort and Chukchi seas, but has yet to drill. The company's plans have been dogged by legal challenges and regulatory obstacles.


Shell had finally overcome all hurdles last spring, until BP PLC's Gulf of Mexico oil well exploded, triggering the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The Obama administration responded by suspending most new offshore drilling, including in the arctic, throwing Shell's exploration program into disarray.


Yet the Anglo-Dutch oil company remains committed to the region, which it believes contains up to 25 billion barrels of oil reserves—most of it in the Chukchi Sea. In 2008, Shell spent $2.1 billion to obtain leases in the Chukchi.

Shell was issued the air-quality permits by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last year, allowing the company to operate the Frontier Discoverer drilling ship and support vessels, such as icebreakers and a supply ship, in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas.

But two conservation groups and a group representing Native American communities in Alaska requested a review, arguing that in granting the permits, the EPA had applied outdated nitrogen-dioxide standards.

(HOW CAN AIR RESEARCH BE ANY DIFFERENT LAST YEAR AS THIS YEAR???? MARXIST GROUPS SEEMS LIKE IT TO ME PREVENTING THIS JOB CREATION EFFORT. THEY HATE AMERICA TO BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SUCCEED)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808704576061993221978686.html

SHELL HAS BEEN DRILLING IN THIS AREA FOR AS LONG AS THE PIPELINE HAS BEEN IN ACTIVITY. HOW MUCH MORE SCIENCE DO YOU NEED WHEN HISTORY ALREADY PROVES YOU CAN DRILL SAFELY IN THIS AREA. THIS IS ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO CURTAIL JOB CREATION AND NEEDED ENERGY CREATION IN THIS AREA. 
See SHELL'S SCIENTIFIC STUDIES:
http://www.shell.us/home/content/usa/aboutshell/projects_locations/alaska/