Associated Press: There's no indication of a fuel leak from a petroleum drilling ship that ran aground on a remote Alaska island, the Coast Guard says, but the maritime accident has refueled debate over oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean. The Royal Dutch Shell PLC ship was being towed to a Pacific Northwest shipyard for maintenance when it went aground during a vicious storm New Year's Eve. "There are still no signs of any sheen or environmental impact and the Kulluk appears to be stable," Coast Guard...
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