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Shell Suspends Arctic Drilling Plan for 2013

Posted by Marianne Lavelle of National Geographic on February 27, 2013
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Shell's rig, the Kulluk, floats aside the yellow tug, the Alert, in Kiliuda Bay, Alaska, where it was towed after its New Year's Eve grounding. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.

The troubles that roiled Shell’s rig, the Kulluk, off the coast of Alaska this past winter will reverberate through the summer; the oil company announced today it would not seek to drill in U.S. Arctic waters in 2013. (Related: “In Kulluk’s Wake, Deeper Debate Roils on Arctic Drilling“) “We’ve made progress in Alaska, but this…