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Feds allow 21 days to cap an offshore oil well blowout in Shell’s Shelburne Basin
Critics call the long response window "not reasonable," pointing to U.S. regulations requiring a 24-hour response

Shell gets OK to take 21 days to cap blowouts off Nova Scotia coast
Environmentalist says it's 'almost inconceivable' to give oil giant that much time to act

Capping oil well blowouts within 24 hours too expensive, says Ottawa
Shell Canada Ltd. given up to 21 days to contain subsea blowouts

Offshore drilling concerns Maritime Fishermen’s Union

Data says oil spill would pollute fishing grounds

Projects to east and west could lead to oil spill

MLA calls for emergency meeting on Shelburne Basin drilling plan

 

Shell could drill test well soon

 

Bill C-22 would rewrite the rules for oil spill cleanups
New rules would expedite approval for cleanups

 

BP oil spill dispersants concern Nova Scotia environmentalist
Bill C-22 is 'an absolute, total abdication of regulatory responsibility'

BP oil spill cleanup toxic to key species
Plankton-like animals suffer when chemical dispersants and crude are mixed, study finds

 

BP oil spill: The economic and environmental cost, 5 years later

 

BP spill: 5 years later, offshore oil drillers push to riskier depths
Ocean wells started in past five years are 40 per cent deeper on average than in 2010

 

BP spill left big oily 'bathtub ring' on seafloor
BP says researchers failed to identify source of oil

 

CBC radio interview with John Davis, a long-time environmentalist who spends a lot of time on Nova Scotia's South Shore

 

CBC radio interview - Petroleum board explains its options