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Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon
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’
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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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Judge: Trump Consider Climate Change in Drilling & Mining Lease Plan
This article discusses a recent court ruling against EPA and Trump, requiring that the administration must consider Climate Change in creating its mining and drilling leases.
A federal court has ruled against a U.S. Interior Department plan to open more than 15 million acres of public land and mineral […]
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