A Small Post-Spill Victory: Safety Concerns Delay Shell’s Plans to Drill Off Alaska Coast

In a move at least partly credited to the fallout over the BP spill, Royal Dutch Shell announced that its plans to drill offshore of Alaska in 2011 won’t be implemented until at least 2012. Environmentalists are calling it a short-term victory, but oil industry supporters say it’s just slow-motion regulation. The Wall Street Journal … Continue reading A Small Post-Spill Victory: Safety Concerns Delay Shell’s Plans to Drill Off Alaska Coast