Cases

Shell’s Air Permit in the Beaufort Sea

In Brief:

For a second year in a row, Earthjustice is enforcing the Clean Air Act relating to Shell’s offshore oil exploration plan in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea. In 2007, we convinced the Environmental Appeals Board to remand the original permit back to Environmental Protection Agency. Unfortunately, the revised plan still violates the Act by treating separate drill sites as distinct sources of air pollution, even though all wells will be drilled by the same drill ship.  

Earthjustice is appealing the revised permit on behalf of conservationists and an Alaskan Native organization.

Updated: August 21, 2008

Case #1814