US Coast Guard Creates 'Protest-Free Zone' in Alaska Oil Drilling Zone
<div class='node-body'><p>The US Coast Guard will establish and enforce "a 500-meter safety zone" around the Shell oil drilling vessel <em>Noble Discoverer</em> as it drills exploratory offshore wells in the sensitive arctic waters off the coast of Alaska beginning this July.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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