By Katarzyna Klimasinska – Sep 29, 2011 7:01 PM GMT+0100
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA)s U.S. approval for oil exploration in Alaskas Beaufort Sea will be contested by groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council and an Inupiat village worried about the risk of spills.
The Natural Resources Defense Council, based in New York, and Point Hope, a settlement on Alaskas North Slope, will sue the Obama administration for a decision allowing drilling in the Beaufort Sea, according to an e-mailed statement today from the groups.