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This month the US approved four wells for drilling by Shell Oil in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska, an energy frontier. But Shell's plan to recover after an oil spill is completely inadequate, given the region's remoteness and weather.
Gov. Sarah Palin's recent op-ed in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reads like a talking points memo from Arctic Power.
For Alaska conservationists, it's a new day in Washington. I'm not talking about the fact that Obama actually takes climate change seriously, or Interior Secretary-designee Ken Salazar's longtime support for protecting Alaska's wilderness. I'm talking about Sen. Mark Begich.