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3. Ah, you're probably right, damn it.

Mon Sep 28, 2015, 03:07 AM

Sep 2015

At least it does give the wilderness a reprieve, even if it's only a brief one.

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Shell says it will abandon oil exploration in Alaska's Arctic. [View all] Blue_In_AK Sep 2015 OP

ALL RIGHT! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2015 #1

It's a delay, not a stop Warpy Sep 2015 #2

Ah, you're probably right, damn it. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2015 #3

When....and IF.....oil prices spike back up again. DFW Sep 2015 #4

The leases will expire Blue_In_AK Sep 2015 #5

Alaska's economy is also largely based on oil, Blue_In_AK Sep 2015 #8

Yes, this may be the last year that we get dividends this large. Blue_In_AK Sep 2015 #10

Great news, Blue! Suich Sep 2015 #7

Was that in Seattle? F4lconF16 Sep 2015 #11

Yup! Suich Sep 2015 #12

Thank your friends Blue_In_AK Sep 2015 #13

Wow! Fantastic! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #14

Good news! NV Whino Sep 2015 #15

Heard this on NPR a short while ago malaise Sep 2015 #16

and when the price of oil goes back up... Javaman Sep 2015 #17