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Arctic oil spill plan leaked, criticized as 'useless'

An arctic oil spill cleanup plan is inadequate, activists say.

Shell suspends Arctic drilling for remainder of year

Shell temporarily freezes Arctic work.

Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly,' scientists warn

Global warming is to blame.

A Greenpeace activist covers the logo of the Shell oil company to protest on May 10, 2012 against the heading of the an icebreaker for Shell's Arctic oil drilling project in the north of Alaska.

Michal Cizek

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