Guardian: Some of Britain's top environmental science agencies are being told to use their skills to help "de-risk" investment for UK oil companies in the polar regions. The demands are contained in a consultation document on an already controversial move to merge the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) with the National Oceanographic Centre. The "outrageous" new strategy direction is at odds with a House of Commons committee calling on the government to stop drilling by Shell in the Arctic over safety concerns...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/14/environmental-science-agencies-oil-polar
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/10/14/1350226843247/Arctic-iceberg-009.jpg
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