Sentences with phrase «oil drilling in»

Recently there was a protest against oil drilling in Seattle where one environmentalist flew in from Washington.

He was no strict party - line guy either, breaking with his Democratic colleagues on two high - profile issues: He voted against authorizing the use of military force in Iraq, against reauthorizing the Patriot Act and favored allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, framing it as a matter of indigenous people's rights.

The other surprise was when Obama channeled Sarah Palin by calling for increased offshore oil drilling in order to achieve «energy independence.»

Oil drilling in areas falling within the U.S. and Canada's territorial jurisdiction of the Arctic Ocean, as well as certain areas of the Atlantic ocean, is now illegal.

As the race to stake claims for future oil drilling in the Arctic takes off in anticipation of an ice - free region sooner rather than later, and as oil companies and Congress members continue to push for the US to drill in the Arctic, here are some sobering words from the head of the Coast Guard on how woefully unprepared the US is to deal with an oil spill there (h / t Climate Progress).

Gas is surging out of West Texas, a byproduct of frenzied oil drilling in the Permian Basin.

This BP representative probably was correct was way off base in his Congressional testimony, made back in November of 2009, that offshore oil drilling in the Gulf has a long history of being «safe.»

Oil drilling in the United States has doubled since 2009, without putting Arctic waters at risk.

If the Bush administration would comply with the Energy Policy Act, the U.S. could annually save more than four times as much fuel each year that oil drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge would provide.

He has also called for a massive expansion of oil drilling in the United States, apparently in an effort to defuse criticism from those who argue speciously that «drill, baby, drill» is the answer to our growing dependence on foreign oil.

The President, in his remaining days in office, has the power to further protect our climate and coasts by permanently barring oil drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

«Allowing oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean takes us in the wrong direction on combating climate change and downplays the catastrophic consequences of an oil spill here.

I'm not lobbying Congress to open oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean.

«Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, has become the first major business organisation to raise its voice about huge potential environmental damage from oil drilling in the Arctic.»

(04/02/2012) Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior approved oil spill clean - up plans by Royal Dutch Shell Oil in the Beaufort Sea, paving the way for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic to begin as soon this year.

Some of that Trump could do through executive actions, like lifting the Obama - era restrictions around oil drilling in Alaska or the Arctic Ocean or even parts of the Atlantic Coast.

Norway, which along with the other Scandinavian countries has been among the most ambitious and successful of all nations in reducing its emissions, nevertheless approves expanded oil drilling in the Arctic and development of tar sands as a majority owner of Statoil [258]--[259].

He's a busy guy, and despite sending him thousands of comment letters and making hundreds of phone calls, he just doesn't seem to understand that Americans don't want oil drilling in the fragile waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Collapse has some interesting chapters on environmentally sensitive oil drilling in Indonesia -LRB-?)

Just a day shy of 100 days into his presidency, Trump signed an executive order to open more offshore oil drilling in U.S. waters.

activists face 7 years in prison under hooliganism charges for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic, also put the blame at the door of the fossil fuel industry:

Greenpeace International's chair, Kumi Naidoo, whose #Arctic30 activists face 7 years in prison under hooliganism charges for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic, also put the blame at the door of the fossil fuel industry:

At the same time it declared that the listing should not be used as a «back door» to combat global warming, indicating that the listing would provide polar bears no more protection than before from oil drilling in Arctic waters.

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.

I hope you'll read «Applying Creativity to a Byproduct of Oil Drilling in North Dakota,» a valuable Clifford Krauss feature on baby steps taken by the oil and gas industry to stanch the wasteful, polluting flaring of natural gas from the country's booming Bakken oil fields in North Dakota.

As the race to stake claims for future oil drilling in the Arctic takes off in anticipation of an ice - free region sooner rather than later, and as oil companies and Congress members continue to push for the US to drill in the Arctic, here are some

The book also mentions Norway as a shining example regarding the tackling of climate change, but the world is more nuanced; Norway also pushed for more oil drilling in the Arctic, and is involved in tar sands in Canada, as well as oil exploration in Libya.

Vice President of Oceana Belize, Audrey Matura, says that the fight continues, but this is one great step in reaching the goal of stopping offshore oil drilling in the country.

This resource explores oil drilling in Turkana County.

Norway's government has approved oil drilling in what environmentalists say is a highly sensitive breeding area for fish and birds.

«The magnitude of oil drilling in North Dakota is overwhelming,» Vengosh said.

Conservationists and climate activists failed to persuade legislators to drop a provision allowing oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to one of North America's largest caribou herds.

The Web site for ANWR, an organization committed to restricting oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, gives some background information on the environmental damage that drilling would cause: www.anwr.org.

I will support renewable energy, hold polluters accountable, ban oil drilling in our Great Lakes, and promote public transit.

A coalition of climate activists have held a march in West Sussex to protest at test oil drilling in the area.

MIAMI, Florida (CNN)- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday he wants a special session of the state Legislature to put before voters a constitutional amendment that would bar oil drilling in state waters.

Dave Channon noted that «there's no gas and oil drilling in Ulster County because it's not corrupted yet.»

«The CRC is giving Floridians the opportunity to vote «yes» on several important issues including ethics reform in government, rights for victims of crime, prohibiting oil drilling in state waters, and necessary education reforms,» Chairman

As ice melts and shipping becomes easier and at some point, oil drilling in the arctic ocean will probably increase, Having a strong military will benefit Russia.

Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would create jobs and enhance energy security, while maintaining important environmental protections and conserving caribou and other wildlife, Alaska's governor and congressional delegation said...

Oil stocks closed lower on Wednesday on news that the U.S. President Barack Obama had banned a new oil drilling in Alaska forever.

In this retelling of the «untold real story», the personalities and camaraderie among Arthur's army is not unlike Harry's world - saving oil drillers in Armageddon (only with less recognizable faces).

(Oh, and if we restrict the exporting of oil drilled in ANWR or the Gulf, thereby allowing us to stick with our delirious estimate of 7 % delivery from this hellhole, such a move could easily be classified as «protectionist»... and ask Newt and his followers if they're willing to cross that line)

Not exact matches

Oil fell earlier in the day after a weekly report showed U.S. drillers added five oil rigs in the week to April Oil fell earlier in the day after a weekly report showed U.S. drillers added five oil rigs in the week to April oil rigs in the week to April 27.

Transporting sand, drilling pipe, and crude oil furnished only 4.5 % of UP's volumes at the peak in 2014.

There have been a number of high - profile derailments of trains — including one by UP — carrying shale oil, much of which is produced in new drilling areas without established pipeline networks and must be moved by rail.

The higher the oil price the Saudis (or OPEC) target and possibly reach, the more areas in the U.S. would be profitable to drill and add to the global oil supply, potentially wiping out the effect of the cuts and depressing oil prices again.

When the company auctions that oilfield drill, for example, the goal is for its pricing model to forecast demand in the near future based on different factors, such as the price of oil, leaving Ritchie Bros. less vulnerable to market surprises.

With oil, which is traded internationally, prices collapsed (mainly) because the Saudis have flooded the market with supply in an attempt to retake lost market share from U.S. producers — whom also drilled too many successful wells.

The detail of a driller's hands is from a story on oil operations in Union County, Kentucky.