Suit over Shell Alaska drilling planned

On the march: Vessels begin the journey from Seattle to Alaska for potential drilling campaign.

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 10 July 2012 04:31 GMT

A coalition of environmental groups has announced plans to file a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn approvals for Shell's planned exploration drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska.

The 10 groups said they had prepared a lawsuit to be filed Tuesday in the US District Court in Anchorage, Reuters reported.

The lawsuit will seek to overturn approvals of Shell's oil-spill plans that were granted in February and March by the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

The lawsuit is aimed at stopping planned drilling of up to two wells in the Beaufort Sea and up to three in the Chukchi Sea starting later this summer, the groups said. Those icy regions are too vulnerable to allow drilling to proceed,…

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