Sentences with phrase «allowing oil drilling»

He was no strict party - line guy either, breaking with his Democratic colleagues on two high - profile issues: He voted against authorizing the use of military force in Iraq, against reauthorizing the Patriot Act and favored allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, framing it as a matter of indigenous people's rights.

«Allowing oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean takes us in the wrong direction on combating climate change and downplays the catastrophic consequences of an oil spill here.

Conservationists and climate activists failed to persuade legislators to drop a provision allowing oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to one of North America's largest caribou herds.

She added that research suggests the plan will allow oil drilling activity both too close to mating grounds, and too close to places where females nest.

Earlier, when the UN moved to block the drilling in Ecuador's Yasuni region, President Correa stated that he would not allow the oil drilling if the country was given a total of $ 3.6 billion, paid out by other nations.

Not exact matches

New U.S. oil drilling has produced loads of crude oil, allowing companies to purchase it domestically for much less than it was selling for overseas.

95 % foreign ownership allowed Plantation firms with more than 25 hectares of land integrated with a processing plant Oil drilling and related

Hey cnn, here's a nice muslim story for you: Turkey's Ergodan is threatening to attack Cyprus is they allow Noble Energy to drill for oil & gas.

In the early years of the Cuomo Administration, oil giant Exxon - Mobil put its considerable political clout behind an effort to get New York to allow fracking; a controversial type of drilling that allowed for the extraction of natural gas.

With the release of its master plan for offshore wind energy, New York State is doubling down on its commitment to renewable energy at a time when the Trump administration is moving to allow coastal drilling for oil and gas.

At the same time, he said he didn't think the president would use the state as a case study against oil development, considering the recent decision to allow exploratory offshore drilling near Alaska.

Meadows fears this could be construed to allow road building, timber cutting, mining, oil and gas drilling and other development in our remaining wilderness areas.

With the oil staunched, Chu allowed BP to proceed with a so - called «static kill» — another attempt to push the oil back down the well with heavy drilling mud, made much easier by the fact that the oil no longer had a clear path out of the seafloor.

As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill proved, allowing drilling technology to outpace the development of sound safeguards is courting disaster.

It will go down vertically for the first 1.1 miles, then bend eastward toward the fault at a 50 degree angle for another 1.8 miles, using the directional drilling techniques invented to allow more complete extraction of tough - to - reach oil deposits.

With President Trump's plans to lift regulations and allow drilling on federal land, there are no signs that the oil and gas industry will be slowing down.

Rather than wholeheartedly support the kind of energy policy, civic infrastructure and lifestyle changes that will allow the United States to prosper in a post-carbon, green economy — and build a clean energy independence — the focus is on populist false promises that developing oil shale or lifting bans on offshore oil drilling will reduce short term energy costs.

Andy, I still feel the same way, but my rationale for allowing drilling wasn't (isn't) the same as McCain and others, who support it to increase oil supplies and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

(Oh, and if we restrict the exporting of oil drilled in ANWR or the Gulf, thereby allowing us to stick with our delirious estimate of 7 % delivery from this hellhole, such a move could easily be classified as «protectionist»... and ask Newt and his followers if they're willing to cross that line)

While the immense amount of rain and devastating floods that hit Colorado nearly two weeks ago were already tragic, they have also exposed a larger issue of concern regarding the lax environmental regulations that allow the oil and gas industry to drill in flood zones.

Here are a few highlights from Environmental Journalism Today: House Democrats to Let Ban on Drilling Expire: «Congressional Democrats bowed to political pressure yesterday and agreed to let the ban on offshore oil drilling expire, a decision that would allow exploration just three miles off the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines unless the next president reinstates an executive branch order that prohibits dDrilling Expire: «Congressional Democrats bowed to political pressure yesterday and agreed to let the ban on offshore oil drilling expire, a decision that would allow exploration just three miles off the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines unless the next president reinstates an executive branch order that prohibits ddrilling expire, a decision that would allow exploration just three miles off the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines unless the next president reinstates an executive branch order that prohibits drillingdrilling.

This ignorance leads to radio ads decrying NIMBYism as the only reason for disallowing offshore drilling, even while these rich landowners still don't allow any wind / solar where they can see, make up all sorts of lies about wind / solar, while bush refuses to give equal subsidies to «alternative» energy and refuses to tax windfall profits to oil companies, who break records year after year in profits...

Don't allow the oil and gas industry to drill in a flood plane.

Additionally, in January the Trump administration said it would allow new offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all United States coastal waters, including near our west coast National Marine Sanctuaries.

Guest gloating by David Middleton Senate Republicans approve plan to allow drilling in Arctic refuge with tax legislation Senate Republicans passed legislation early Saturday allowing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as part of a tax reform package, moving...

But just four days later, he directly undermined his own message, when his administration issued the final permit allowing Shell Oil to drill in the Arctic, despite the administration's own assessment that the chances of a significant oil spill in the area were 75 % — not to mention that a good deal of existing known oil reserves must be left in the ground to protect against global warmiOil to drill in the Arctic, despite the administration's own assessment that the chances of a significant oil spill in the area were 75 % — not to mention that a good deal of existing known oil reserves must be left in the ground to protect against global warmioil spill in the area were 75 % — not to mention that a good deal of existing known oil reserves must be left in the ground to protect against global warmioil reserves must be left in the ground to protect against global warming.

In its draft leasing plan that will set the boundaries for oil development in federal waters from 2017 to 2022, the Obama Administration proposed allowing offshore drilling along the Atlantic Coast between Virginia and Georgia.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler said, «The proposal to allow oil and gas drilling in nearly all U.S. coastal waters is yet another ploy by the Trump Administration to unravel environmental protections and promote profits for the big oil companies.

Hydraulic fracturing, and the similar techniques used for «tight oil» drilling, have actually allowed the United States to become the world's leading oil producer in 2014.

Modern hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling allows multiple wells to be drilled from one spot, reducing the size of the drilling area above ground by as much as 90 percent.4 Fracking is the key to unlocking vast U.S. shale resources, freeing up oil and natural gas that previously was inaccessible while protecting groundwater supplies and the environment.

The problem is that treating oil and gas waste from fracked wells remains particularly tricky because the industry is still allowed to keep secret information about which chemicals drillers use when injecting fluids to crack open shale formations to release oil and gas.

In California, state officials have admitted to allowing oil companies to drill injection wells into protected aquifers and dispose of oil waste fluid into underground water supplies across the state.

And I think that we should look at offshore drilling and implement it in a way that allows us to get some additional oil.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new offshore oil and gas plan from the U.S. Department of the Interior blocks two drilling leases in the Arctic, but allows a new lease in Alaska's Cook Inlet and 10 new leases in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years — a step that will worsen climate change by ensuring significant greenhouse gas pollution for the next 70 years.

Currently, 51 % of Americans favor allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling in U.S. waters while 41 % are opposed.

As we fill our vehicles with gasoline and watch the cost numbers whirl with artificially inflated prices, we might ponder, just why is it that, by refusing permits, our government did not allow us to drill for oil off the coast of Virginia?

States that allow drilling would get 37.5 percent of revenues from sale of the oil to help protect coastal ecosystems.

It is irresponsible and reckless to allow any oil company to drill in our special places and America's Arctic Ocean is one of them,» said Cindy Shogan, Executive Director, Alaska Wilderness League.

Chevron and other giant energy companies are demanding a TTIP investment chapter that will allow them to sue governments if environmental or other regulations interfere with their expected future profits by, for example, restricting oil and gas drilling, imposing pollution and oil spill controls or constraining the use of hydraulic fracking techniques to extract natural gas and oil from shale formations.

As the House of Representatives just approved a new energy package which contains provisions to allow some offshore oil drilling, it may seem to be a moot point to go into a discussion of where John McCain and Barack Obama stand on the issue, but as there are still legislative hurdles to be cleared before any law is actually passed on the matter, it's worthwhile to go over their positions.

As the House of Representatives just approved a new energy package which contains provisions to allow some offshore oil drilling, it may seem to be a moot point to go into a discussion of where John McCain and Barack Obama stand on

Congressional Democrats bowed to political pressure yesterday and agreed to let the ban on offshore oil drilling expire, a decision that would allow exploration just three miles off the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines unless the next president reinstates an executive branch order that prohibits drilling.

Well, this one starts by opening up the North Slope of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, clearing the way for oil shale development on public lands, and allowing offshore drilling on heretofore off - limits areas of the Atlanta and Pacific coasts - including, of course, California.

The House voted this week to pass an expansion of offshore drilling to allow companies to extract oil from coastal regions as little as 50 miles from the shoreline.

There may be interest in addressing public and environmental safety issues concerning last year's Gulf oil spill (so that rules can be clarified and drilling allowed to increase) and nuclear power in light of Japan's recent struggles.

In order to meet high customer demands, some oil drilling companies allow equipment to remain in the field without the required routine maintenance.