Even with the Arctic out, offshore drilling isn’t slowing down

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By Melissa CroninMay 11, 2016, 5:22 pm75 pts
The oil industry just lost its chance at finding a fossil fuel goldmine in the U.S. Arctic. On Tuesday, Royal Dutch Shell formally gave up on its decade-long attempt of striking oil in the Arctic’s icy waters, relinquishing all but one of its oil and gas leases off of Alaska’s northwest coast. Last fall,…

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