BOEM staffers say rush for Arctic study undermined their work

When Shell announced it was giving up on its leases in the Arctic Ocean, it blamed, in part, the challenging regulatory climate. But an inspector general’s report released today says many government regulators who worked the Arctic lease case felt they were too rushed to provide a rigorous scientific review.
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The IG report looks at the last  Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Lease Sale 193. It was the second court-mandated do-over for the study, c