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Posted Sat Nov 13 2010: from
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Arctic waters vulnerable to oil spill: 'so hard to clean up' offshore development should stop http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1289656436
An oil spill in the Arctic Ocean would be so hard to clean up that offshore development there should be put on hold, a U.S. environmental group said Friday.
Because of the difficulties, "all proposed oil and gas leasing, exploration and development in the U.S. Arctic should be delayed" until energy companies can ensure they can respond to spills, said Marilyn Heiman, the director of the Pew Charitable Trust's U.S. Arctic program....
The Gulf spill would have been even worse in the Arctic, said Trevor Taylor of Oceans North Canada, a Pew-led conservation campaign.
Comparing the response of BP in the Gulf and the capacity that's available in the Arctic, "it is extremely scary," he said.
The report says it would be hard to deploy boats and skimmers to remove the oil, and containment booms could be torn in the tough Arctic weather.
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