Sentences with phrase «offshore oil development»

The Center is challenging Arctic offshore oil development in court and fighting global warming in the courthouse, statehouse and everywhere in between.

Habitat is being disturbed and polluted by offshore oil development in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, and as CO2 warms our planet, the arctic ice pack is rapidly melting; the whales are in danger from noise, oil spills and deadly collisions with ships, while global warming is steadily melting their icy abode and reducing available food.

The company is focused on offshore oil developments in Malaysia and China.

The presidential mandate to review our Sanctuaries protective status and offshore oil development places this protection under risk.

We urge NOAA and the Department of Commerce to adhere to CEQA and the requirements under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and follow overwhelming public support to leave the boundaries of our Sanctuaries alone and prohibit offshore oil development off the west coast.

, an internationally recognized NGO originating from the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, he successfully sought greater transparency regarding the energy sector and controls over offshore oil development in the Santa Barbara Channel.

«We have allowed the privatization of profits by major corporations in offshore oil developments, while we've allowed the socialization of the liability,» National Wildlife Federation President & CEO Larry Schweiger said late last night.

Currently companies pay 12.5 - 18.8 % to the feds for on and offshore oil development, while the lowest Interior Department proposal fixes the royalty rate for oil shale at 5 %.

«Some of the best Islamic finance lawyers can be found in Houston because you've got inbound financing activity from the Middle East investing in offshore oil development,» he says.