The continental shelf: geological, legal, or geopolitical?
With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up…
Russian minister draws parallels between Space Race and Arctic offshore development
The reaction to the U.S. government’s decision to conditionally allow Shell to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer has…
Obama defends Arctic drilling weeks after Kerry promotes clean energy at Arctic Council
At the Arctic Council ministerial in Iqaluit, Canada on April 25, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waxed poetic about…