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Quite scan for you, let me explain. as we first reported last week, commissioners from the port of seattle, with little notice to the public, agreed in february to a the two-year $13 million deal that paves the way for royal dutch shell to pave the way for drilling which would take place thousands of miles away off the coast of alaska. although there would be no drilling in seattle, shell would keep and service its rigs in the port. this is a big deal, and not just because it creates environmental risks for seattle itself. as outraged seattle environmentalists have pointed out, the deal means their city is poised to play a central role in shell kick-starting its arctic oil drilling efforts, which after a series of setbacks, have been suspended since 2012, despite the company reportedly having spent more than $4 billion on the endeavor. the seattle department of planning and development is now reviewing the legitimacy of the deal. and environmental groups have sued the port to block it. ....
The fight over arctic drilling is heating up in seattle. and if that sentence doesn t quite scan for you, let me explain. as we first reported last week, commissioners from the port of seattle, with little notice to the public, agreed in february to a the two-year $13 million deal that paves the way for royal dutch shell to pave the way for drilling which would take place thousands of miles away off the coast of alaska. although there would be no drilling in seattle, shell would keep and service its rigs in the port. this is a big deal, and not just because it creates environmental risks for seattle itself. as outraged seattle environmentalists have pointed out, the deal means their city is poised to play a central role in shell kick-starting its arctic oil drilling efforts, which after a series of setbacks, have been suspended since 2012, despite the company reportedly having spent more than $4 billion on the endeavor. ....
Royal dutch shell to pave the way for drilling which would take place thousands of miles away off the coast of alaska. although there would be no drilling in seattle, shell would keep and service its rigs in the port. this is a big deal and not just because it creates environmental risks for seattle itself. as outraged seattle environmentalists have pointed out, the deal means their city is poised to play a central role in shell kick-starting its arctic oil drilling efforts, which after a series of setbacks have been suspended since 2012 despite the company reportedly having spent more than $4 billion on the endeavor. the seattle department of planning and development is now reviewing the legitimacy of the deal. and environmental groups have sued the port to block it. but for now, the deal is moving forward. on tuesday, port commissioners upheld their decision to let the ark thinking drilling rigs dog at the port. in audio leaked to the seattle newspaper, the stranger, over the weeke ....