Sentences with phrase «expanding offshore drilling»

Despite that, support for expanding offshore drilling remains, somewhat surprisingly high (in the 40 percent zone).

She knows that expanding offshore drilling to the mid-Atlantic would threaten New Jersey's beaches and the thousands of jobs that rely on summer tourism.

By contrast, only 38 % of Democrats now favor expanding offshore drilling, down from 54 % in February.

Currently, a majority of Democrats (56 %) oppose expanding offshore drilling.

Given that President Obama and other members of his administration have continued to express support for offshore drilling, provided that additional safeguards are put in place to prevent a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, once the gushing oil is stopped there remains a possibility of expanding offshore drilling once again.

The responses were heavily divided along political party lines: the majority of Conservative Republicans were in favor of expanding offshore drilling (76 % in favor) and coal mining (73 % in favor) while only 26 % and 14 % of liberal Democrats supported increases in offshore drilling and coal mining, respectively.

Expanding offshore drilling April 28 In the same executive order, Trump ordered the Department of the Interior to create a new five - year schedule for leasing blocks of the U.S. outer continental shelf for oil and gas exploration.

U.S. President Donald Trump just signed an executive order to expand offshore drilling to areas that were previously off - limits, despite low industry demands.

Zinke pledged to meet with every governor affected by the Trump administration's move to expand offshore drilling rights off nearly all of the nation's outer continental shelf.

After moving last month against former President Obama's efforts to limit fossil fuel exploration and combat climate change, Trump will complete his effort to overturn environmental policy this week, signing two executive orders to expand offshore drilling and roll back conservation on public lands.

Former Vice President Al Gore and Gov. Andrew Cuomo today denounced the Trump administration's proposal to open up new areas to offshore drilling, and the governor announced that the state would formally request that New York be excluded from any federal move to expand offshore drilling.

The Governor's action to protect New York's waters from oil and gas exploration was prompted by the Trump administration's plan to vastly expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

He's also implying that he'll stick with his (ill - timed) support for expanded offshore drilling — although obviously with an aggressive clampdown on the oil industry and the agencies that, in theory at least, were supposed to protect workers and the environment.

Why isn't expanded offshore drilling predicated on real movement toward a tougher federal gas tax, at least one that is revenue neutral — something that even some ardent conservatives support?

However, the Trump administration is now planning to expand offshore drilling, putting the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Arctic at risk of new oil rigs.

«We applaud President Obama's actions today, which will permanently protect most of the Arctic Ocean and important parts of the Atlantic from expanded offshore drilling.

OFFSHORE DRILLING: More than half of voters oppose a Trump administration plan to expand offshore drilling, while two - thirds support states» rights to request exemptions, according to a recent survey.

The Governor's action to protect New York's waters from oil and gas exploration was prompted by the Trump administration's plan to vastly expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

With President - elect Donald Trump pledging to expand offshore drilling, a coalition of environmental groups called on President Obama to permanently protect federal waters from expanded oil leasing.

As a member of the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Hirono has cosponsored legislation to prevent expanded offshore drilling, to clean up ocean garbage, and to protect coral reefs.

He's held Big Oil and other polluters accountable for their actions, and fought against expanded offshore drilling in the Arctic, by showing that the industry is not technologically prepared to do so.

President Obama pushed to expand offshore drilling, in part, to win votes for climate legislation, which remains blocked in the Senate.

The oil spill sealed the fate of the Kerry - Lieberman bill, making any push to expand offshore drilling untenable in the short term.

In private, big energy firms were offered sweetheart deals to acquiesce to the climate bill, including expanded offshore drilling for oil giants like BP and taxpayer subsidies for coal and nuclear interests that outstripped those for clean energy.

Not exact matches

He has scheduled some high prolife events focusing on national issues in recent days, including an event with Al Gore to ask that New York be excluded from the Trump administration's expanded offshore oil and gas drilling program.

A new Quinnipiac poll shows expanded offshore oil drilling and Arizona's strict new immigration law garnering majority support among the American public.

Former Vice President Al Gore and Gov. Andrew Cuomo ask that New York be excluded from the Trump administration's expanded offshore oil and gas drilling program.

Green leaders worry that if Bush administration plans to expand offshore oil drilling are not overturned by President Obama, oil spills in U.S. waters could remain a sad fact of life.

He also mentioned that he would consider a halt to all offshore drilling, and told assembled reporters that the Department of the Interior had expanded the former buffer zone in the Channel by an additional 34,000 acres (140 km2), and was converting the previous buffer zone into a permanent ecological preserve.

It is appalling that while the federal government is pushing offshore oil drilling and mountaintop - removal coal mining, proposing to strip - mine shale oil and tar sands and to dramatically expand the production of high - level nuclear waste, they have declared a two - year moratorium on new solar electric power plants on public lands — which have some of the best solar energy resources in the world — for «environmental reasons».

Friends of the Earth — US is proud to stand with a broad coalition in opposition to the draft 5 - year plan to expand offshore oil drilling in US federal waters.

The Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy (SECURE Act) includes similar provisions, as well as other language to promote new offshore drilling.

Unfortunately, this plan calls for expanding offshore oil drilling to over 90 percent of our coastal waters!

Supply, cost, environmental consequences - these are among the central features of debate over energy policy in the U.S. Those who want to open up more areas to drilling - on land and offshore - and expand the use of fracking to extract natural gas from deep underground argue that we must reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Political divides over expanding the use of offshore drilling, hydraulic fracturing and nuclear power are consistent with past Pew Research Center surveys using somewhat different question wording and polling methods.

, are also still hoping to cobble together compromise environmental legislation that would require emissions reductions, but also expand nuclear energy production and allow limited offshore drilling.

The national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted March 27 - April 9 among 2,541 adults, finds pockets of partisan agreement over expanding solar and wind power, though wide political divides remain over increasing fossil fuels through such methods as coal mining, hydraulic fracturing and offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, a pattern consistent with a 2016 Pew Research Center survey.

It expanded extraction using hydrofracturing in tar sands to increase activity in offshore oil drilling all over the world, thereby maximizing its rate of fossil fuel extraction and processing.

His broad - based strategy begat the trans - Alaska pipeline (to get North Slope oil to Lower 48 markets), expanded onshore and offshore oil drilling, an all - of - the - above strategy for electric power generation that brought lignite mining and natural gas into prominence, and a host of conservation measures, including 55 - mph speed limits.

He supports offshore oil drilling as a way of expanding fossil fuel production.

His opponent, Congressman Bilbray has jumped on the «drill, baby drill» bandwagon, voting to lower offshore drilling safety standards to levels that led to the BP Gulf oil spill and failing to vote against a bill that expanded offshore oil drilling to new coastal areas, including Southern California.

The Congressman has protected sea otters, turtles and sharks, and has fought to prevent expanded offshore oil drilling.

The Natural Resources Defense Council applauded it — with reservations about the expanded offshore oil drilling and the lack of minimum performance standards for the largest carbon polluters.

The Republican platform slated for approval at the party's convention includes expanded offshore oil - and - gas development, opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling rigs and thwarting Environmental Protection Agency climate change regulations.

«Whether it's fighting expanded offshore oil drilling, addressing toxic red tides or keeping environmental conservation front and center in the RESTORE Act, he's a true champion.»

He has worked to prevent expanded offshore oil drilling, and to ensure that the EPA has the ability to regulate greenhouse gases and water pollution.

Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 2018 budget increases spending for expanding offshore oil and gas drilling by more than $ 10 million through the national Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.