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    Archives: Offshore Drilling
    • Katrina’s legacy – oil spills that no one is being held accountable for

      Posted by Bill on December 29, 2019
      Laws Regulations, Offshore Drilling, Sierra Club, Toxic Waste

      This article discusses 540 oil spills that the oil companies are escaping liability for. All told, the federal agency overseeing oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico reported that more than 400 pipelines and 100 drilling platforms were damaged. The U.S. Coast Guard, the first responder for […]


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    • Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon

      Posted by Bill on May 7, 2019
      Alternative Energy, Laws Regulations, Offshore Drilling, US Government Agencies, Water

      This NY Times article discusses how the US Interior Dept. has loosened Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon.

      The Trump administration on Thursday made public its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put […]


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    • Trump administration’s proposed offshore oil drilling expansion ‘sidelined indefinitely’

      Posted by Bill on April 26, 2019
      Laws Regulations, Offshore Drilling

      This Virginia Mercury article discusses a Wall Street Journal article on how the Trump administration’s proposed offshore oil drilling expansion is being ‘sidelined indefinitely’.

      President Donald Trump’s administration has shelved for the moment a plan to potentially open vast stretches of American waters, including off the coast of Virginia, to […]


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    • Report: Trump and Offshore Drilling & South Carolina efforts to stop it

      Posted by Bill on April 20, 2019
      Alternative Energy, Climate Crisis, Laws Regulations, Offshore Drilling, Studies and Reports

      This The Guardian article discusses how the Trump policy of less safety and more offshore drilling is ‘a recipe for disaster’. Nine years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Trump administration is exacerbating the industry’s ‘systemic failures’, report warns.

      Offshore oil and gas drilling in the US is plagued by […]


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    • Another DeSmogBlog post – worth reading!

      Posted by Bill on October 1, 2018
      Climate Crisis, Denialism, Laws Regulations, Offshore Drilling, Plastics

      Another blog post from DeSmogBlog. It highlights:

      In the U.S., it’s been hard to ignore the current, messy battle playing out over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination (and we’ve covered what it might mean for regulations and the climate if he’s confirmed). Despite the tough news week, we haven’t […]


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    • Scientists: Offshore oil drilling would put Chesapeake Bay at risk

      Posted by Bill on August 22, 2018
      Climate Crisis, Food Production, Offshore Drilling, Species Survival, Toxic Waste, Water

      This article discusses how offshore drilling could impact the Chesapeake Bay. Many fear a spill would be inevitable and could reach the Bay and its resources under the right conditions.

      After the Trump administration proposed allowing oil and gas exploration off the East Coast in January, the debate has largely focused on […]


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    • Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan Is Roiling Coastal Elections

      Posted by Bill on August 6, 2018
      Offshore Drilling

      This article discusses the Trump administration’s proposal to allow offshore oil and gas drilling. That has met significant opposition from Republican candidates up and down the Eastern Seaboard.

      Carteret County sits in a region of North Carolina known as the Crystal Coast. It’s celebrated for its charming lighthouses, sun-bleached […]


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    • Mi’kmaq chiefs voice concern over BP drilling off Nova Scotia coast

      Posted by Bill on June 25, 2018
      International, Offshore Drilling

      This article discusses offshore drilling concerns in Nova Scotia.

      First Nations and environmental activists say they’re “extremely concerned” after drilling fluids were spilled off the coast of Nova Scotia during a BP Canada oil exploration project.

      The incident came just two months after the province’s offshore petroleum regulator granted the energy […]


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    • Study: Sunshine is making Deepwater Horizon oil stick around

      Posted by Bill on June 17, 2018
      Offshore Drilling, Studies and Reports, Water

      This article discusses the impact that the Deep Water Horizon oil disaster is still havaing on the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly a decade after the spill, oxygen-rich by-products don’t seem to be going anywhere. So much for BP’s claims that it has cleaned up its mess.

      Sunlight shapes oil […]


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    • Oil lobby seeks to boost support for offshore drilling despite bipartisan opposition

      Posted by Bill on June 7, 2018
      Offshore Drilling

      This article discusses how the fossil fuel industry is attempting to change people’s minds over offshore drilling.

      Top oil and natural gas lobbyists are attempting to breathe life into a Trump administration plan to expand offshore drilling across U.S. coasts despite vocal opposition from Democrats and even many Republicans in […]


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