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Arctic drilling not worth the risk, Clinton says

18 August 2015 23:32 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has expressed opposition to the Obama administration’s approval of drilling in the Arctic, saying the move is not “worth the risk’, APA reports quoting Press TV.

“The Arctic is a unique treasure. Given what we know, it's not worth the risk of drilling,” said the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in a Tuesday tweet, one day after the administration of President Barack Obama gave Royal Dutch Shell permission to start drilling in the oil-rich Chukchi Sea off northern Alaska.

The move has outraged environmentalist groups, given the vulnerability of the region, which is being strongly hit global warming.

Among other GOP members, Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Short denounced Clinton’s tweet, calling Arctic drilling “yet another job-creating energy project.”

“Once again, Hillary Clinton is reminding voters she’ll say or do anything to get elected,” read a statement.

Shell, which has so far spent $7 billion in its search for oil, stopped drilling there in 2012 due to a series of incidents its operations caused.