Obama Administration announces new rules for Arctic drilling

The Obama Administration Thursday issued new regulations covering offshore drilling in the Arctic.
Shell’s Polar Pioneer leaving Dutch Harbor on Oct. 12, heading for Washington state. (Photo by John Ryan, KUCB – Unalaska)The new rules will hold oil companies in the Arctic Ocean to a higher standard than those drilling in, say, the Gulf of Mexico.
No company currently has any plans to drill in the Arctic — and that seems unlikely to change any time soon.
The Interior Department