Interior launches broad probe of Shell’s Arctic drilling program

The Obama administration ordered a broad review of Shell’s Arctic drilling program on Tuesday, following a series of mishaps that culminated with the grounding of the company’s Kulluk rig on New Year’s Eve. Energy experts and environmentalists like Amy Myers Jaffe, the executive director of energy and sustainability at University of California, Davis, said that approach makes sense.

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