Subject: POLITICO Breaking News
From: "POLITICO Breaking News" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:11:45 -0600

The Obama administration gave Shell approval today to drill for oil and gas in the undersea Arctic, escalating a battle with the same environmentalists who cheered the president's actions on climate change earlier this month.

The Interior Department's expanded permit will allow Shell to tap oil- and gas-bearing zones beneath Alaska's Chukchi Sea before the drilling season ends late next month. The move also puts new pressure on Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton to speak out about Arctic drilling, just weeks after she said she had "doubts" about allowing it.

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