Sentences with phrase «drilling ban in»

Florida can now refuse to grant leases to drill for oil or natural gas in our coastal waters, but putting a drilling ban in our Constitution is more permanent.

When Baker Hughes and Halliburton were both downgraded by equity analysts following an Obama administration oil drilling ban in 2010, several of their long - serving directors decamped to take up seats at other firms.

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Oil stocks closed lower on Wednesday on news that the U.S. President Barack Obama had banned a new oil drilling in Alaska forever.

The Gulf oil spill resulted in an outright ban on the drilling of exploratory wells that was only recently lifted.

Overturning Obama's Arctic drilling ban April 28 Trump issued an executive order overturning an indefinite ban on drilling in much of the U.S. Arctic Ocean and parts of the Atlantic.

The sanctions prevented SNC - Lavalin from purchasing high - quality American drilling rigs, and since flights over Libya were banned, the company trucked everything in.

Cuomo announced a ban against offshore drilling and exploration with the «Save Our Waters» bill, which prohibits the leasing of lands, including underwater lands, for offshore drilling and exploration in New York state waters.

Cuomo has «delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country,» Shafran said, listing the legalization of gay marriage, the new minimum wage law, a gun control law and the ban on hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas.

On a hot and breezy August morning, more than 1,000 protesters gathered in Albany calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban the drilling practice called hydraulic fracturing in New York State.

Pro-fracking supporters are proclaiming victory in two recent court cases that have overturned municipal bans on drilling.

He helped lead the successful effort to ban the environmentally destructive practice of drilling for gas known as «fracking,» and is a leader in the fight against gun violence.

He said Cuomo has «delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country,» listing the legalization of gay marriage, the new minimum wage law, a gun - control law and the ban on hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas.

The group Environment Massachusetts is urging Massachusetts lawmakers to enact a ban on fracking even though geologists and the petroleum industry insist the chances are remote the controversial gas drilling technique — where water and chemicals are used to break rock — would ever be used in the Bay State.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned hydrofracking in 2014, but that hasn't brought an end to controversies over the natural - gas drilling technique.

Due to the inherent danger of un-natural gas drilling and the potentially massive impact on our local rural communities, we are calling on Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo to support a complete ban on drilling in low permeable stone deposits in New York State.

The prohibited area outlined by Martens includes the New York City and Syracuse watersheds, state parks and towns where bans on drilling are already in place.

Even as the anti-frackers gather in Albany this week for another celebration, uncertainty remains about whether the Cuomo administration's planned drilling ban will be challenged in court, or perhaps undermined through legislative action in Congress.

The governor's administration this week moved to ban hydrofracking in the state, but the poll found New Yorkers remain divided on the natural gas drilling issue.

Cuomo took a «wait and see what the studies say» approach when addressing the protestors, although as DN City Hall Bureau Chief Adam Lisberg has noted, the AG has in fact taken a position in favor of banning drilling in places that would impact the NYC water supply.

The Green party candidate wants to ban the gas drilling process in New York, while Cuomo is so far undecided.

New York City officials succeeded in getting the DEC to ban drilling in the city's watershed region in upstate New York.

Anti fracking advocates rallied in Albany to try to convince Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban the natural gas drilling process in New York.

In the wake of an EPA study that found no evidence fracking has had a «widespread, systematic impact on drinking water,» supporters of the controversial drilling practice are calling on the Cuomo administration to scrap its plans for a ban.

Hawkins says he would ban fracking in New York and prevent the import and treatment of out - of - state drilling waste.

COOPERSTOWN — Taking his campaign for governor to the heartland of New York's home - rule movement, Howie Hawkins on Wednesday eagerly pointed out that he is the only candidate in the race to favor a statewide ban on natural gas drilling....

In the latest legal move, lawyers for Cabot argued that Scroggins showed «blatant disregard» for the ban when she escorted a Green Party politician [Howie Hawkins] and others on a tour of rural areas subject to heavy drilling.

In this phone call, the Skeloses lament Cuomo's ban on fracking because they had hoped that the younger Skelos could profit from the gas drilling process.

Moreau says the state's highest court has already ruled in June that localities that don't want to drill, can vote to ban it.

He said that an amendment was already planned that would extend the ban to include wastewater from vertically drilled oil and gas wells (which is being used elsewhere in the state for deicing roads), as well as those using horizontal fracking techniques.

Anti-fracking advocates rallied in Albany to try to convince Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban the natural gas drilling process in New York.

Lead by 17 - year - old senior, Anna Wysocki, who served as spokesperson for the student panel cited the governors endorsement of the ban on hydraulic fracturing in New York State because of the danger the drilling process posed to the safety of drinking water.

«There's been a movement in New York to have towns ban oil and gas drilling or pass a moratorium and many, many towns that frankly are not even in the oil and gas play have been passing these bans,» says Kurkoski.

ALBANY — In recommending a ban on fracking in New York, acting state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said he wouldn't want his kids growing up near a drilling sitIn recommending a ban on fracking in New York, acting state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said he wouldn't want his kids growing up near a drilling sitin New York, acting state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said he wouldn't want his kids growing up near a drilling site.

Corning, NY — Prior to his press conference in Corning to discuss his plans to ban frack drilling wastes in New York landfills, Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor of New York, will tour the area around the Chemung County Landfill in Lowman.

(Cooperstown, New York)-- Lou Allstadt, as a former Executive Vice President of Mobil Oil Corporation, is an authority on gas and oil drilling and has become a central figure in the movement to ban fracking in New York state.

Amendment 9 combines a proposed ban on offshore oil drilling with a proposed ban on vaping in the workplace.

Even the pro-fracking Republican candidate Rob Astorino signed a law as Westchester County Executive in December 2012 to ban the import and treatment of frack drilling waste in his county.

In a decision released last week, the highest court in New York ruled that local governments can ban drilling within their borderIn a decision released last week, the highest court in New York ruled that local governments can ban drilling within their borderin New York ruled that local governments can ban drilling within their borders.

I will support renewable energy, hold polluters accountable, ban oil drilling in our Great Lakes, and promote public transit.

Stringer supports a ban on all watershed drilling in New York State.

In practice, however, the ban — which applies to wells using more than a certain amount of fluid — will eliminate the most attractive sites because drillers now won't «have enough water» to operate effectively, says Robert Jackson, a professor of environmental earth system science at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CaliforniIn practice, however, the ban — which applies to wells using more than a certain amount of fluid — will eliminate the most attractive sites because drillers now won't «have enough water» to operate effectively, says Robert Jackson, a professor of environmental earth system science at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Californiin Palo Alto, California.

No one disputes that a lot of oil lies untapped under the rocky floors of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans off the U.S. coasts, in areas where Congress has banned drilling since 1982.

Over the past year Pennsylvania proposed doubling fines for safety violations at drill sites, and New York renewed a temporary ban on drilling in the state.

Two of the counties — Bradford and Susquehanna — saw a significant increase in drilling activity over this time period, while the control county, Wayne, experienced no drilling activity due to a ban on drilling in that county because of its proximity to the Delaware River watershed.

The plans don't ban oil and gas drilling, but restrict them in certain areas that have been identified as critical to the sage grouse.

Trump's administration has already reversed Obama - era bans on offshore drilling in certain parts of the Arctic, a turn that could intensify competition for resources in the region with major oil producer Russia.

For example, she said, attending last year's rally helped encourage her to work in her state to support petitions to ban offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.

I have already messed up too many holes in the walls of our home... so I have banned myself from using the drill... for now.

March 31, 2010 • President Obama's reversal of a ban on drilling off most U.S. shores could put new oil and natural gas platforms in waters along the southern Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and part of Alaska.

In certain high security areas, certain electronic devices are banned to avoid theft of plans or information surrounding potential drilling sites.