TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida is still under consideration for offshore oil drilling, a top Interior Department official said Friday, contradicting an announcement last week from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump unites Democrats and Republicans – to oppose his offshore drilling plan
Members of Congress from both parties and both coasts have intensified their opposition to the Trump administration’s plan to open almost all of America’s outer continental shelf to energy exploration. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Editorial: Stop Trump from drilling for oil off California’s majestic coast
Remember the devastation of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill: Union oil’s inadequate safety precautions resulted in 3 million gallons of crude oil spewing into the Pacific Ocean, spawning what … Click to Continue »
Read More »Florida to be spared in offshore drilling expansion, Zinke says
A plan to open Florida’s tourism-dependent Atlantic and Gulf coasts to offshore oil and gas drilling was dropped by the Trump administration Tuesday after a bipartisan backlash that also threatened … Click to Continue »
Read More »Northeastern lawmakers unite against Trump offshore drilling plan
Lawmakers in the Northeast united across party lines on Monday to hazard against President Donald Trump’s offshore drilling plan to re-open more than 90 percent of the U.S. coastline to … Click to Continue »
Read More »California is well-equipped to block new drilling
There are two things working against the Trump administration’s proposal to open up California coastal waters to new oil and gas drilling: state regulators and simple economics. California has powerful … Click to Continue »
Read More »West Coast, Florida officials resist Trump administration offshore drilling plan
There is a reason why the last federal sale of oil or gas drilling leases off Florida’s Gulf coast or California’s Pacific coast was in the 1980s: The local and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump administration moves to expand oil and gas drilling off US coasts
The Trump administration, inviting a political backlash from coastal state leaders, on Thursday proposed to open for exploration the largest expanse of the nation’s offshore oil and natural gas reserves … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump is said to open door for oil drilling off East Coast
The Trump administration is preparing to unveil as soon as this week an expansive offshore oil plan that would open the door to selling new drilling rights in Atlantic waters, … Click to Continue »
Read More »12 House Republicans sign letter opposing Arctic drilling
A dozen House Republicans, half of whom voted for the House tax overhaul bill that passed Nov. 13, wrote a letter to GOP leaders urging them not to allow oil … Click to Continue »
Read More »US Senate committee moves Arctic drilling legislation one step closer
The U.S. Senate energy committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The 13-10 vote, which would lift an existing … Click to Continue »
Read More »Environmental groups sue to block Trump’s offshore drilling order
Less than a week after President Donald Trump moved to open protected coastal waters to offshore oil drilling, environmental groups are pushing back with a federal lawsuit. The suit, filed … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump will face seawall of opposition in California over his drilling order
President Donald Trump painted a golden future of “great wealth” and “great jobs” powered by oil pumped from the ocean floor as he signed an executive order Friday to consider … Click to Continue »
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