The Obama administration on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell permission to drill for oil off Alaska’s coast for the first time in more than 20 years.
Oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer is towed toward a dock in Elliott Bay in Seattle.
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The federal government on Monday granted Royal Dutch Shell the final permit it needs to start drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean after it brought in a cap capable of stopping a well blowout, the Associated Press reported.
It was the first time the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has granted a permit for exploratory drilling off Alaska's northwest coast in more than 20 years.
Environmental groups have long fought to stop the oil giant from drilling in Alaska's Chukchi Sea — a remote environment that is home to threatened animals, but which is also said to hold more recoverable oil and gas than coastal areas outside the Gulf of Mexico.
In late July, Greenpeace activists hanging from a bridge in Oregon momentarily blocked the newly repaired capping stack from returning to Alaska.
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