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This shortsighted effort to re-open offshore drilling in the federal waters is a glaring example of how Big Oil has its claws dug deep into our nation's halls of power.

The bill, called the «Keep it in the Ground Act,» would also ban offshore drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has also announced that in April the agency will hold a series of public hearings on offshore drilling in Alaska, New Jersey, New Orleans and San Francisco.

Jeff Ruch of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which provided Monnett legal representation, said that Monnett leaked the emails under the Bush administration to expose suppression of scientists» concerns about the environmental risks of offshore drilling in the Arctic.

Clinton's main opponents in the Democratic primaries, Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, have staked out ample ground to her left on environmental issues by opposing Keystone, Arctic drilling and offshore drilling in general.

However, should oil prices recover, interest in offshore drilling in the Arctic in the future may be renewed.

More good news for the Arctic as the Obama administration pushes off further offshore drilling in Alaska.

To illustrate, I bring you the 7 stupidest things said about the BP oil spill so far... Some of these statements are made out of pure ignorance, while others are clearly intended to downplay the impact of the event, and any ramifications it might have on offshore drilling in general.

But the other source of lost jobs is bound to be a greater source of controversy — and it's why we're already seeing a bevy of politicians calling for more offshore drilling in the midst of the greatest offshore drilling - caused crisis the US has ever seen.

While the Gulf oil spill has led to a momentary moratorium on offshore drilling in the US, we are sure to face a time when offshore drilling again becomes viable... including in lands where polar bears roam.

Some deals will no doubt be cut, but they certainly won't involve offshore drilling in California.

Hoping to use oil as a bargaining chip to win votes for climate legislation in Congress, Obama unveiled an aggressive push for new offshore drilling in the Arctic, the Southeastern seaboard and new waters in the Gulf, closer to Florida than ever before.

This briefing paper examines how US oil production might be phased down to align with the Paris Agreement goals, focusing on offshore drilling in federal waters in particular.

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.

«There's no offshore drilling in it and no cap and trade,» he said.

«Hillary Clinton is half the way there,» climate activist Bill McKibben said in a statement Monday that made it clear he and his allies will be watching for Clinton to weigh in on offshore drilling in the Arctic and coal mining in the Powder River Basin.

It would also stop new leases for offshore drilling in the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico and prohibit offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Also newsworthy is the Trump Administration's capricious process for public participation and comment on the release of a draft 5 - year plan for outer continental shelf offshore drilling in U.S. federal waters, including Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's back - and - forth exemption of Florida and the inclusion of Arctic leases.

Vote 4 Energy is a continuation of API's Energy Citizens astroturf campaign intended to portray citizen support for the oil industry's business priorities, such as the tar sands Keystone XL pipeline, offshore drilling in the Arctic and hydraulic fracturing.

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.

We've already seen Gov Schwarzenegger reject proposals to increase offshore drilling in CA, and West Coast Senators banding together against offshore drilling.

We also urge those in affected communities to attend upcoming public hearing to provide testimony against new offshore drilling in our oceans!

These threatened species also face the prospect of offshore drilling in the Arctic after the Obama Administration recently approved a number of plans to move forward on oil exploration.

The upcoming report will no doubt fault Shell for being ill - prepared for offshore drilling in Alaska.

In fact, he raised more than one million dollars from big oil just last month, most of which came after he announced his plan for offshore drilling in a room full of cheering oil executives.

However, offshore drilling in new areas won't deliver a drop of oil for ten years, according to numbers cited by the Bush administration last year.

[May 27, 7:57 a.m. Updated A Democratic senator from Alaska said Thursday night that President Obama plans to suspend new permits for offshore drilling in Arctic waters at least through the rest of this year.]

As it stands as the start of June 2010, expansion of offshore drilling in US coastal waters remains on hold pending investigation of the causes of the BP oil spill.

Given continuing plans to proceed with offshore drilling in the Arctic, you'd like to think the country has the capacity to operate its vessels in those waters regardless of ice conditions.

Deepwater and all offshore drilling in the US has been set back for a generation, just as Three Mile Island set back nuclear power development for decades.

Early in December, Belize's Cabinet announced their decision to adopt a policy that will permanently ban offshore drilling in eight specific areas.

 «This goes to show that people are very concerned for this issue and wanted to vote against offshore drilling in Belize.»

As prices rose in late June, President Bush called for lifting the restrictions on offshore drilling in the US.

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.

Obama will visit the Gulf again on May 28 and ordered today an extension of a moratorium on new offshore drilling in all U.S. waters until the end of the year as well as cancelled planned lease sales.

A U.S. Senate vote on Doney's nomination had been blocked for more than a year by Senator David Vitter (R - LA), who was unhappy with the Obama Administration's decision to impose a moratorium on offshore drilling in the wake of the April 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

There is only one official source of data on pollution caused by offshore drilling in U.S. waters: the National Response Center, an online reporting system for oil and chemical spills managed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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.

East Hampton Town Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc will sponsor a resolution expressing opposition to the expansion of offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean proposed by President Donald Trump.

After Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke exempted Florida from his proposal last week to reopen offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, Cuomo tweeted: «Where do we sign up for a waiver @SecretaryZinke?»

The plan would open the door for drilling in areas far beyond the U.S. epicenter of offshore drilling in the central and western Gulf of Mexico, giving oil and gas companies the opportunity to explore areas left out of leases for decades.

On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to reverse the coal industry's declining fortunes and supported opening up offshore drilling in the Atlantic.

At the time, Seadrill was the largest offshore driller in the world by market cap.

Not exact matches

In 2004, my mission was drug discovery (Pfizer), and by 2005, my mission had changed to offshore drilling (BP), and then enterprise software (Microsoft).

Referring to President Donald Trump, DiCaprio continued, «But how can we do this when we have a president who, just this week, proposed a massive increase in offshore drilling?»

Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV) are becoming critical in offshore oil - and natural gas — drilling operations.

The Trump offshore drilling plan would let oil suppliers drill in protected areas of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans — places where governors, attorneys general and lawmakers along the East and West Coasts oppose offshore drilling.

Again, its offshore drilling expertise proved its worth, as the two struck oil in the only well to be completed before Russia invaded Ukraine, triggering wide - ranging sanctions from the U.S. and EU.

The five - year program, launched by the federal government in early January, proposes to make over 90 percent of the total U.S. offshore acreage available to oil and gas drilling.

Andrews said Victoria, which gets most of its gas from offshore fields in the Bass Strait, would extend a moratorium on onshore conventional gas drilling until 2020, while it evaluates the risks and benefits of allowing it.