Hillary Clinton declares opposition to Arctic drilling as Shell begins search

She’s exactly right: “everything we know about risky oil drilling in the Arctic indicates it imperils a national treasure and is guaranteed to make our climate crisis worse”, Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, said.

Hillary Clinton is taking heat from Republicans for breaking with the Obama administration on Arctic drilling while continuing to hedge on her position on the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Environmentalists have long opposed the Arctic drilling, fearing that any oil spill would cause irrevocable damages to the local eco-system.

As much as the groups praise Obama for his overall body of work – from stricter fuel-efficiency standards to regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants – they consider the approval of exploratory drilling in the Arctic a stain on his environmental legacy.

Back in May, when his decision was first indicated, the president justified it by arguing that it would be impossible to abandon fossil fuels until the transition to clean energy sources was finally accomplished.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has not gotten a single question on the campaign trail from voters about her private email setup, her campaign’s communications director said Wednesday.

According to the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press (AP), the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced Monday that it was granting Shell permission to drill below the ocean floor after the company confirmed that it had purchased a piece of equipment, called a capping stack, designed to prevent a potential well blowout. “The people will continue to call on President Obama to protect the Arctic and our environment”.

Activists have lambasted the Obama administration for being “deeply hypocritical” in regards to climate change.

Shell has projected that even if exploration confirms that sizable and recoverable resources are present in the region, production will not begin until at least the early 2020s.

“Safe, efficient operations will ultimately determine the progress we make”, Curtis noted. He said Alaskans are on the front lines of the problem.