Law of the Sea Treaty Is Found on Capitol Hill, Again

Alert Name: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
May 24, 2012 Compiled: 1:07 AM

By MARK LANDLER (NYT)

The United Nations treaty that governs the world’s oceans is undergoing one of its periodic resurrections in Congress.

By JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS (NYT)

Despite lively opposition, Shell, with President Obama’s support, will start test wells in Alaska’s North, in a moment of major promise and considerable danger.