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A judge found that Shell and Impact Africa had failed to engage in a “genuine, bona fide substantive two-way process” with Indigenous tribes “aimed at achieving, as far as possible, consensus.”
Protesters are calling for Shell to stop prospecting in a pristine stretch of coastline. The company is expected to use seismic blasting, which locals fear would cripple local fishing communities and marine life.
The Alaska state agency that holds oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge said it has selected contractors to do seismic surveys in the disputed region, despite the Biden administration's pause on oil exploration there.
Opponents of offshore drilling and seismic testing plan to participate Saturday in Hands Across the Sand events all along the N.C. coast to spotlight their numbers.
