As Royal Dutch Shell and other oil companies prepare to drill offshore in the Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), a new report commissioned by the Washington, DC–based Pew Environment Group concludes current response capabilities aren’t adequate to contain and clean up a major spill in the area.1 Marilyn Heiman, who directs the group’s U.S. Arctic program, says drilling on the Alaskan OCS requires a science-based precautionary approach. “And right now, we don’t know enough about the potential consequences of a spill to the ecosystem,” she says.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/arctic-oil-drilling-plans-raise-environmental-health-concerns
[2] http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/119/3/ehp.119-a116.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/charles-w-schmidt
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-health-perspectives
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arctic
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-exploration
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/multicorporations
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
