I recently spent time in a village in Alaska and was astonished that most villages depend largely on
subsistence activities and commercial fishing as major contributors to residents' livelihoods.
Unless Shell can come up with a reasonable backup plan and a legitimate license with no hidden clauses, they should not be allowed to drill. It would throw thousands of people (Indian and the like)
into complete chaos.
Subsistence activities contribute substantially to villager's diets, particularly salmon, freshwater fish, game birds, and berries. Poor fish returns since 1997 have significantly affected the community with
a hardship, never mind having to cope with an oil well disaster. As well as our planet into an environmental induced chaos.
We should escalate funding for alternative energy sources and stop destroying are planet.

Thanks for listening..........

The oil industry doesn't even know how to clean up big oil spills and yet downplays the dangers. Anyone can see they have no idea what they are doing. They never were trustworthy to regulate themselves. And now they want to be trusted with Alaska too. There are so many worthy energy sources that just need funding and grants, that are doable, making amazing technological breakthroughs, clean, create jobs. Divest in coal and oil and get on the bandwagon with alternative solutions. Stop the planned drilling and let fishermen and the people of Alaska have their livelihoods and way of life. And please look into these allegations of illegal drilling that the lawsuit is claiming before allowing Shell to drill.