WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama visits Alaska this week, he is facing criticism and outright outrage from environmental advocates who say his focus on climate change while in the region contradicts his administration's decision to allow Shell to drill there. The administration granted Shell permission to begin exploratory oil and gas drilling in the Chukchi Sea this summer.
In Alaska, Obama Highlights Climate Change While His Decisions Draw Accusations Of 'hypocrisy'
Kate Sheppard, Huffington Post: Politics
Mon, 08/31/2015 - 3:16pm
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