For years the drilling industry has steadfastly insisted that there has never been a proven case in which fracking has led to contamination of drinking water. Now Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization engaged in the debate over the safety of fracking, has unearthed a 24-year-old case study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-Both Senator Lisa Murlowski and Representative Don Young responded to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Enforcement's issuing of a conditional approval of Shell's revised exploration plan regarding the Beaufort Sea today. Shell has been seeking approval since 2005.
It is week two of Community Archaeology and all continues to go well. We have not found lots and lots of artifacts, but the ones recovered support our interpretation of the site as a temporary hunting camp.