Arctic Drilling

• RBC announces new restrictions on financing coal, oil developments

  Canada's largest bank is putting new restrictions on lending to some fossil fuel developments.

  Money

  Oct 2, 2020
  
• Canada, First Nations concerned about U.S. plans to drill in caribou refuge

  The Trump administration is drafting plans to study the environmental impact of selling exploration leases on the ecologically rich Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2019
  
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• Northwest Territories premier believes talks to manage offshore Arctic drilling may signal end of ban

  The federal government is opening talks with northerners on managing offshore energy exploration in the Canadian Arctic, a move some hope signals a coming relaxation of the current ban on potential development.

  Environment

  Oct 4, 2018
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• Obama administration bans new offshore drilling in Arctic Ocean

  Industry leaders and Alaska's Republican members of Congress laid into the decision.

  Environment

  Nov 18, 2016
• Arctic-bound ship leaves Portland after oil drilling protest

  Authorities used boats, personal watercraft, poles and their bare hands to remove protesters in kayaks and hanging from bridges who had tried to block a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker bound for an Arctic drilling operation.

  Environment

  Jul 31, 2015
• Environmental protesters blockade entrance to Seattle seaport

  Entrances to a seaport terminal in Seattle were blocked on Monday as protesters standing against oil-drilling in the Arctic made themselves heard.

  Environment

  May 18, 2015
• Shell exploration plans in Alaska stoking concern, hope in Canada

  Royal Dutch Shell's plans to explore for oil off Alaska's northwestern coast are being closely watched in Canada with a mixture of hope and concern.

  Canada

  May 13, 2015
• Shell clears major U.S. government hurdle for Arctic drilling

  Just days ahead of a planned protest of Royal Dutch Shell's Arctic drilling program in Seattle, the company on Monday cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to drill off Alaska's northwestern coast.

  Environment

  May 11, 2015