Environmental Groups Challenge Arctic Drilling

Local native and environmental groups alike are unhappy with the recent approval of a few hundred oil and gas leases in the Alaskan Arctic, which they believe pose a great ecological threat to the area.
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Shell co. has invested billions for leases to drill in Alaska's northern Chukchi Sea, but the approval of the leases is being challenged in court by environmental groups and the area's native Inupiat people. (Shaun Curry/Getty Images )
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