Shell clears major hurdle for Arctic drilling

WASHINGTON — Just days ahead of planned protests of Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program in Seattle, the Obama administration Monday gave conditional approval to allow drilling for oil off the Alaska coast this summer, a major victory for the petroleum industry and a bitter blow to environmentalists. Read more in The Seattle Times

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