Shell Oil Clear To Drill In Arctic

This is The Dicoverer (deep sea drilling rig)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arctic-oilspill-20120217,0,3943782.story?track=rss

Keep saying the Obama administration is against domestic oil exploration..
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Shell Oil Moves Ahead With Arctic Oil

The EPA gives the go-ahead, after air quality issues were addressed.  That's good.  Everyone else has opened up their Arctic waters to drilling, so we should too.

I just wish like hell, that people would realize that this does VERY LITTLE for America.  Oil production is dumped into a Global Market, and OPEC can offset any increase in production elsewhere.  This oil does not belong to America.  We are giving it to rich companies for pennies, so they can make rich stock-holder people, richer.

In my opinion, that means they can all pay some more taxes.  Drill baby drill...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/arctic-oil-shell-epa-air-permit-chukchi.html

The Struggle Over The Northwest Passage...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11388654

I am just glad they are taliking. Make it free to the US, Russia and Canada, charge others a fee...