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oil drilling

ANWR porcupine caribou
Economics
Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is more likely now than ever before
"Kayaktivists" demonstrate in Seattle's Elliot Bay against the arrival last month of the Shell's massive Polar Pioneer oil rig, rising behind them above the city's waterfront. Shell is using Seattle as a staging area for its new offshore drilling operatio
Environment
The road to Arctic oil drilling runs through Seattle. People there are trying to block it.
Populations of marlin and other big game fish in the waters between Florida and Cuba are under growing pressure from overfishing and habitat destruction.
Environment
Can Hemingway help break down the barriers between the US and Cuba?
A passenger train starts, with a green carriage which is believed to transport 30 people who were arrested over a Greenpeace protest at the Prirazlomnaya oil rig seen in the train formation, in Murmansk on the way to St. Petersburg, November 11, 2013.
Conflict & Justice
Greenpeace activist tells of life in a Russian prison