House of Representatives Passes Bill Leaving Coasts Vulnerable to Oil Spill...
(Source: Earthjustice) Washington, D.C. - By a vote of 235-186 the House of Representatives passed an offshore drilling bill that aims to increase oil production in the Outer Continental Shelf,...
View ArticleShell gears up for new Arctic quest
VALDEZ, Alaska - A new chapter in U.S. oil exploration could open within days as Shell sails into seas north of Alaska, hoping to tap into a potential 90 billion barrels of crude that have beckoned for...
View ArticleCoastal governors decry limited role in offshore drilling plan
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 4:00 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in BOEM, Gulf of Mexico, Interior Department, Offshore, Politics and Policy The Obama administration ignored the wishes of coastal leaders when...
View ArticleSalazar: U.S. to open more of Arctic Ocean to oil, gas drilling
Even as the in the Arctic in nearly two decades is poised to get underway, Obama administration officials said Tuesday they are preparing to open additional areas of the Arctic Ocean to oil and gas...
View ArticleGOP governors decry limited role in offshore planning
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration ignored the wishes of coastal leaders when assembling a plan for offshore drilling near their shores, a group of Republican governors from Texas, Louisiana and...
View ArticleUS to open more of Arctic Ocean to oil and gas drilling
Even as the first offshore drilling in the Arctic in nearly two decades is poised to get under way, Obama administration officials said Tuesday they are preparing to open additional areas of the Arctic...
View ArticleExxon Valdez Oil Spill a Cautionary Tale for Arctic Ocean Drilling
As the Obama administration prepares to issue final permits for exploratory oil drilling on the outer continental shelf off Alaska's Arctic coast this summer, the public is hearing some familiar...
View ArticleUS House Rejects Obama Offshore Drilling Plan
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected the Obama administration's proposed five-year offshore drilling plan, replacing it with legislation that would implement a new drilling plan....
View ArticleDear Shell: Please Be Honest About Risks from Your Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling...
The letter below was sent to Royal Dutch Shell at The Hague and Alaska, seeking their confirmation and clarification of several important issues regarding Shell's Arctic Ocean drilling plans this...
View ArticleFeds finalizing 5-year drilling plan with heavy Gulf focus
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:34 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in General The Noble Discoverer drill ship is shown near Alaska. Shell Oil Co., plans to use the ship for drilling in the Beaufort Sea. (Photo...
View Article>Feds approve oil exploration off US Eastern Coast
ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Obama administration has sided with energy developers over environmentalists, approving the use of underwater blasts of sound to pinpoint oil and gas deposits in...
View ArticlePRICE SPEARHEADS LETTER OPPOSING ATLANTIC DRILLING (David Price)
(Source: David Price) PRICE SPEARHEADS LETTER OPPOSING ATLANTIC DRILLING 08/07/14 Washington, D.C.- Today, Representatives David Price (NC-04) and Rush Holt (NJ-12), along with Congresswoman Niki...
View ArticleFeds approve oil exploration off US Eastern Coast
The Obama administration has sided with energy developers over environmentalists, approving the use of underwater blasts of sound to pinpoint oil and gas deposits in federal Atlantic Ocean waters. The...
View ArticleShell gears up for a new Arctic oil exploration
VALDEZ, Alaska — A new chapter in U.S. oil exploration could open within days as Shell sails into seas north of Alaska, hoping to tap into a potential 90 billion barrels of crude that have beckoned for...
View ArticleShell gears up for new Arctic oil quest
VALDEZ, Alaska — A new chapter in U.S. oil exploration could open within days as Shell sails into seas north of Alaska, hoping to tap into a potential 90 billion barrels of crude that have beckoned for...
View ArticleFeds Approve Oil Exporation off East Coast
The Obama administration has sided with energy developers over environmentalists, approving the use of underwater blasts of sound to pinpoint oil and gas deposits in federal Atlantic Ocean waters. The...
View ArticleShell Arctic Spill Response Plan Gets Approval
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal offshore drilling regulators on Wednesday approved Shell Oil's spill response plan for exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea, drawing strong criticism from...
View ArticleStudy Envisions Possible Fallout From a Canadian Beaufort Oil Spill (WWF -...
(Source: WWF - World Wildlife Fund USA) A well blowout, pipeline breach or vessel accident in the Canadian Beaufort Sea could spew spilled oil westward for months, polluting waters off Alaska and...
View ArticlePerry to lawmakers: Do more to advance offshore drilling
Posted on July 19, 2013 at 3:08 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Politics/Policy Comments() | E-mail | Print Texas Gov. Rick Perry prepares for a presidential debate in October...
View ArticleMenendez & Booker Lead Senate Letter Against Oil & Gas Drilling off the East...
(Source: Robert Menendez) Menendez & Booker Lead Senate Letter Against Oil & Gas Drilling off the East Coast August 8, 2014 NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Cory Booker (D-NJ)...
View ArticleCapps Leads California Delegation Against New Oil or Gas Leasing Off...
(Source: Lois Capps) Washington - Today, Rep. Lois Capps (CA-24) led a letter from members of the California Congressional Delegation to U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, urging her...
View ArticleHouse passes Rigell's offshore drilling amendment
The waters off Virginia's coast could eventually reopen for oil and gas development after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a plan Thursday that would open a vast stretch of the outer...
View ArticleIn the Icy North, Risk of an Arctic Oil Disaster Looms
Across the nation’s breadbasket, many farmers are out of time waiting for cooling rains to salvage crops blistered by one of the hottest and driest summers on record. But up in the frigid arctic,...
View ArticleShell gets approval for Arctic spill response plan
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal offshore drilling regulators on Wednesday approved Shell Oil's spill response plan for exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea, drawing strong criticism from...
View ArticleBP Disaster Anniversary a Reminder of Regulatory Changes Needed
The BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and well blowout was a human tragedy and an environmental disaster. As a nation, we watched in dismay while crude oil spread through much of the Gulf of Mexico,...
View Article25 years after Exxon Valdez, we still haven’t learned to limit oil drilling
Frances Beinecke is president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. She was a member of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Twenty-five years ago...
View ArticleIndustry Groups Press Obama to Give Green Light to Drilling in Alaska – Reports
MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) – The coalition of eleven US industry groups is pushing President Barack Obama to allow offshore drilling in “as many areas as feasible,” including the east and west...
View ArticleNo New Oil Drilling in Our Oceans
Labor Day represents the end of summer-- and nothing says summer quite like a trip to the beach. At the beginning of summer, my family spent a few wonderful days exploring the beaches lining a small...
View ArticleHouse moving to expand offshore drilling
Posted on June 28, 2013 at 10:10 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Offshore, Politics/Policy Comments() | E-mail | Print BP's Thunder Horse semi-submersible facility in the Gulf of Mexico, about 150 miles...
View ArticleInspectors take different approach to curb spills
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 6:46 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Drilling, Shell, arctic Comments() | E-mail | Print Part 1 of Arctic series: Shell navigates obstacles in Arctic drilling Related story:...
View ArticleShell gears up to tap into Arctic crude again
Posted on June 23, 2012 at 11:20 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Alaska, Crude Oil Prices, Drilling, Gasoline, Oil Priscilla Ridley holds tight to a guideline before equipment is hoisted onto Shell's Nanuq...
View ArticleNew Offshore Oil Plan Could Be 'Game Over' for Climate
In a move that could rival the climate impacts of the Alberta tar sands and Keystone XL pipeline, and would release far more atmospheric carbon than that saved by the new EPA power plant and vehicle...
View ArticleCourt Denies Offshore Oil Lease Sale in America's Arctic (Center for...
(Source: Center for Biological Diversity) For Immediate Release, January 22, 2014 Contacts: Erik Grafe, Earthjustice, (907) 792‐7102 Gwen Dobbs, Alaska Wilderness League, (202) 544-5205 Beth Peluso,...
View ArticleCourt Denies Offshore Oil Lease Sale in America’s Arctic (Earthjustice)
(Source: Earthjustice) Today, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Department of the Interior violated the law when it sold offshore oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea off the...
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