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 »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 »Analysis: Trump has big plans for offshore oil development; but will it ever happen?
With characteristic flamboyance, the Trump administration has set in motion a grand scheme to lure energy companies to explore for oil and gas across virtually all of America’s outer continental … 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 »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 »
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