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Colorado seeds placed in doomsday vault
July 12, 2010 1:05 PM
Seeds from Colorado were placed in a doomsday vault over the weekend. Wenk's Yellow Hots, Pico de Gallos and the unpredictably hot San Juan "Tsiles" chili peppers are now in a vault on a remote archipelago in the Arctic. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., says he and other congressmen... more » -
Court OKs approval of Shell Arctic drilling plan
May 14, 2010 8:26 AM
An environmental group challenging Shell Oil's plans to drill exploratory wells off Alaska's coast calls a federal appeals court decision disappointing, given the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico spill. A federal appeals court in Portland, Oregon ruled that the federal government met its obligations to consider the potential threat to wildlife... more » -
Arctic oil drilling arguments due in federal court
May 6, 2010 8:31 AM
Environmentalists who challenged plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean will have the Gulf of Mexico disaster to boost their arguments against offshore exploration to a federal appeals court in Oregon. Shell Oil has already been granted permits to drill exploratory wells this summer in the Arctic... more »
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