Sentences with phrase «offshore drilling plan»

Today's new offshore drilling plan reveals, once again, that Trump's energy strategy entails little more than smoothing the road for Big Oil to to get whatever they want.

The Obama administration must say no to drilling in the Arctic Ocean, cancel these leases, and remove future leasing from the five - year offshore drilling plan.»

The federal government's offshore drilling plan significantly increases the risk of even greater environmental disasters across our coastal regions.

Mr. Thiele lent support to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's request to the federal government to exempt New York State from the offshore drilling plan, and said that, barring action by the secretary of the interior, New York's congressional delegation should enact legislation to remove the state from the initiative.

«Such a quick reversal begs the question: Will the Trump administration give equal consideration to all the other coastal governors from both parties who overwhelmingly reject this radical offshore drilling plan?»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

In addition to tax changes (more on that below), Trump's plan to grow the economy focuses largely on generating more jobs in the fossil fuel economy (in coal and onshore and offshore drilling for oil and gas) and as a result of new infrastructure projects.

Pushing for coastal drilling: In their energy plan, the B.C. Liberals promise to work «to lift the federal moratorium on offshore exploration and development and reiterate the intention to simultaneously lift the provincial moratorium.»

Release of the master plan comes as the federal government, even as it forges ahead on offshore wind leases, also has released plans to open nearly the entire U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling.

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.

Gore and Cuomo are speaking out against the Trump administration's plans to open up new areas to offshore drilling.

At the event, Cuomo made comparisons between his administration and that of President Trump, saying while Trump is focusing on offshore drilling, he's planning to build more offshore wind - generating sites.

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.

The Trump administration is preparing to unveil as soon as this week an expansive offshore oil plan that would open the door to selling new drilling rights in Atlantic waters, according to people familiar with the plan.

Al Gore gave Gov. Cuomo his environmental stamp of approval Friday during a joint appearance in which they blasted President Trump's plan for offshore drilling.

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.

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.

As the Trump administration advances plans to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the offshore waters of Alaska to drilling — and as decreasing sea ice increases options of Arctic drilling — that could mean an increase in black carbon.

In fairness to this terrifying description, if the Administration succeeds with their plan as introduced, they would indeed open more than 90 % of our coast to new offshore drilling!

In the meantime, top White House officials today, echoing calls from the Senate and environmental groups, said any plans to move forward with new offshore drilling were on hold while the Deepwater Horizon spill was dealt with and investigated.

What is true is we've said if you're going to drill offshore you've got to have a plan to make sure that we don't have the kind of catastrophe that we had last year.

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.

Now, after years of inaction, and in the face of public frustration over rising gas prices, the only energy proposal he's really promoting is more offshore drilling — a position he recently adopted that has become the centerpiece of his plan, and one that will not make a real dent in current gas prices or meet the long - term challenge of energy independence.

[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.]

Now the Obama administration is trying to backtrack on offshore drilling, but Shell and BP are planning to drill off the Arctic coast of Alaska this summer.

It includes a limited amount of new offshore drilling, and while I still don't believe that's a particularly meaningful short - term or long - term solution, I am willing to consider it if it's necessary to actually pass a comprehensive plan.

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.

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.

Founded in 2009 by Dave Rauschkolb, Hands Across The Sand aims to steer America's energy policy away from its dependence on offshore drilling and call for a new energy plan, which incorporates clean and renewable sources, and encourages conservation.

Norway's Statoil, the world's most active offshore Arctic explorer in 2014, for example, has relinquished three exploration licenses off Greenland's west coast; Chevron has already put its Arctic drilling plans on hold, and it's likely that Shell will be forced to follow suit.

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.

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.

In 2016, Surfrider Foundation and our partners successfully stopped the federal government's plans for offshore oil drilling and related seismic blasting off the Atlantic coast (read more).

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

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.

We focus on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), offshore oil drilling, renewable ocean energy, and marine spatial planning.

The Trump Administration plans to open the Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern Gulf, and Arctic to new offshore oil drilling.

«The Trump administration's embattled offshore oil drilling plan that exposes our public oceans to oil spills has unified the public in strong opposition that cuts across party lines.

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.

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.

Instead of advocating for more offshore drilling, Congress should develop a comprehensive and sustainable energy plan that includes conservation.»

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.

In light of last week's explosion of the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent oil spill, the Surfrider Foundation is urging President Obama to withdraw his recent plans to open up our coasts to offshore drilling and to restore the federal moratorium.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP)-- New Jersey is prepared to thwart President Trump's plan for offshore oil and gas drilling by enacting a ban on such activ...

In many ways, I have seen California set ambitious climate goals by reducing its greenhouse gas emissions through stringent fuel emission standards while fighting back against the Trump Administration's plans for offshore drilling.

The plan, released by the Department of Interior through BOEM, would open up just about every U.S. shore for offshore drilling.

The Trump Adminstration has released the next phase in its plan to turn over America's public oceans to dangerous offshore drilling.

On January 4, 2018, the Trump Administration released a new draft plan that would open up just about every U.S. shore for offshore drilling.