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U.S. and Canada move to ban drilling in Arctic waters

caption: Shell Oil's Polar Pioneer sits at anchor aboard the Blue Marlin in Port Angeles.
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Shell Oil's Polar Pioneer sits at anchor aboard the Blue Marlin in Port Angeles.
KUOW Photo/Joshua McNichols

Jeannie Yandel speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about a move by President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make oil and gas development off limits in Arctic waters.

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