Sentences with phrase «federal waters off»

«Fracking has largely been in a shroud of secrecy,» explained Miyoko Sakashita, oceans director at Center for Biological Diversity, whose group was tipped off to the practice after reporters revealed that fracking was occurring in federal waters off California.

A court settlement filed today requires the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure that toxic oil - dispersing chemicals used in federal waters off California will not harm sea turtles, whales and other endangered species or their habitats.

The Interior Department recently announced a plan to open up federal waters off our coast for wind development, and we're working to make sure this process moves forward as quickly as possible.

The US government is progressing offshore wind zones in federal waters off Massachusetts and in the New York / New Jersey Bight.

A utility - scale offshore wind farm planned for the federal waters off the coast of New Jersey, Garden State Offshore Energy is a partnership between Deepwater Wind and PSEG.

Last week, DOE announced it will hold an auction for the rights to build wind turbines in 344,000 acres of federal waters off New Jersey in November, the latest of several lease auctions it has announced (E&EN ews PM, Sept. 23).

Cuomo urged LIPA to approve an offshore wind farm 30 miles from Montauk and said the state would commit to other offshore projects that would place hundreds of turbines in federal waters off the Long Island coast by 2030.

An oil and gas lease sale allows qualified bidders to compete for exclusive rights to explore blocks in federal waters off Alaska.

Trump's new executive order now urges the U.S. Department of Interior to reassess and replace the most recent five - year oil and gas development plan the Obama administration put in place for the outer continental shelf, which covers federal waters off all U.S. coasts.

Not exact matches

In April, Trump signed the America First Offshore Energy Executive Order instructing Zinke to revise the current five - year schedule for leasing blocks of the U.S. outer continental shelf, the waters off the U.S. shore that the federal government governs.

In the face of blistering criticism from both Florida senators that the federal government was cutting off food and water supplies to Puerto Rico, federal management officials said Wednesday that they will continue...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo flanked by former Vice Preisdent Al Gore on Friday moved to request that the federal government exempt New York - area waters from off - shore drilling.

Oversight of pipelines is generally a federal issue, but the state has to sign off on water certifications for the path of a pipeline when it crosses stream beds and wetlands.

The incoming administration will have full control over leasing of renewable energy on federal lands and waters, including vast tracts of public lands across the West and the open waters off the East and West coasts.

CURWOOD: So, if I hear you correctly, Pat, you're saying perhaps the strong if not the strongest strategy here would be to be suing the federal government for selling off fossil fuels from public lands and waters at a time when the government knows that the combustion of those fuels is in the process of destroying the planet?

Today, some 4,000 platforms operate in the U.S. federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, primarily off the coastlines of Louisiana and Texas, and off the coast of Alaska, producing approximately 565 million barrels of oil per year, according to the Energy Information Agency.

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Jan 4, 2018 — The Trump administration has just announced that it would open up vast new stretches of federal waters for offshore oil and gas drilling off the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

Now under a federal state of emergency, following a government edict in February, local media reports say that Day Zero — the day when the city's water supply is switched off — has been set back to July 9 — a relief to those who had previously believed that April 16 or May 11 would see the taps stop running.