Audubon feature: Offshore regulators pressured to meet Shell’s deadline

A story in Audubon magazine this month details how regulators cut corners and rushed the work schedule as they worked to accommodate Shell’s plan to drill in the Arctic last summer. The article follows an Inspector General report released last week showing federal scientists felt they were too rushed to do an adequate job on the environmental review of Shell’s proposal.
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Screen shot of Audubon’s investigative feature on Shell’s ‘Arctic assault.’