* Environmentalists blast Obama's decision to let Shell drill in arctic

25/08/15
Author: 
Reynard Loki
Kulluk aground on the southeast side of Sitkalidak Island on January 1, 2013. (image: U.S. Coast Guard)

. . . "It sends a terrible signal to the rest of the world for the United States to be using public resources to promote [Arctic] development," said Niel Lawrence of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). "We have to make clear to the rest of the world that we are all in on a clean energy future. And we've got to stop giving the rest of the world license to go exploring by permitting Shell to do it."