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Environmental group WWF Scotland has reacted with dismay at news today [1] that Edinburgh-based oil firm, Cairn Energy, has begun drilling oil exploration wells in the waters off Greenland. WWF Scotland had hoped plans to drill in the environmentally-sensitive Arctic environment would be postponed following the recent BP oil disaster. WWF is calling for an immediate moratorium on new drilling activities in the Arctic.
The environmental organisation SkyTruth uses satellite images to monitor mining, drilling, logging and pollution – here is some of what it's seen.
An interesting 2 page study on the price of energy from wind vs offshore oil
Federal regulators approved Wednesday the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban on drilling in shallow water, even while deepwater projects remain frozen after the massive BP spill
In its first action to overturn Bush administration policies on energy, the Obama administration on Wednesday said it will cancel oil drilling leases on more than 130,000 acres near two national parks and other protected areas in Utah.
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