The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Anchorage, targets permits issued to Shell and BP by the US Minerals Management Service (MMS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Shell holds permits ...

"As a result of the court's ruling, we have ... decided not to pursue a drilling program in 2009. Additionally, we will not pursue a 3D seismic program in 2009," Shell said in a release, according to ...

BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) - The City of Beaufort unanimously passed a resolution opposing offshore drilling and the use of seismic airguns to search for oil and gas deposits of its coast on Tuesday night.

Some northern Beaufort County businesses and organizations have joined a new organization of merchants up and down the Atlantic coast opposing off-shore oil exploration. The Business Alliance for ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Biden administration issued a final rule today allowing oil and gas companies operating in the Beaufort Sea and Western Arctic to harass polar bears and Pacific walruses when ...

Scientists have used undersea fiber-optic cables in the Arctic to remotely track the presence and extent of sea ice. Sea ice is usually monitored with the help of satellites; however, the lack of high ...