Federal Judge Strikes Down Drilling Ban
A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled against the federal government's moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.Judge Martin Feldman has ordered the federal government to halt its...
View ArticleGov't Issues New Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling
The federal government has issued a new moratorium on deepwater drilling, days after an appeals court upheld a ruling against the ban.The Department of the Interior initially sought to ban all...
View ArticleBP Installs New Cap, Begins Testing Device
Underwater robots successfully installed a new 150,000-pound cap onto the gushing Deepwater Horizon well on Monday evening. The next step will be to see if the new device will stay in place to keep oil...
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TN Moving Stories: Senate Nixes Offshore Drilling Expansion; LaHood Says HSR...
Oil Rigs near Huntington Beach (Aaron Logan)The Senate rejected Republican-backed legislation intended to speed up and expand offshore oil and gas drilling. (The Hill)One card to rule them all: Clipper...
View ArticleExplainer: Is Oil Production Really Down 14 Percent?
Mitt Romney went on the offensive in Tuesday night’s presidential debate when it came to the question of gas prices and oil production, charging President Obama with obstructing domestic energy...
View ArticleAs the Arctic Melts, Oil Companies Race To Drain It
Shell is once again attempting to drill offshore in the U.S. Arctic, and the door could fly open to wholesale American development in the previously untouched region. Environmentalists fear that...
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California governor seeks permanent ban on offshore drilling
Flaring operations aboard the Transocean drillship Discoverer Enterprise are suspended as the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 attempts a technique known as “top kill” at the Deepwater Horizon...
View ArticleWATCH: Trump signs order aimed at opening Arctic drilling
WASHINGTON — Working to dismantle his predecessor’s environmental legacy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at expanding drilling in the Arctic and opening other federal...
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Experts: Long road ahead for Trump offshore drilling order
Tug boats transport the Chevron Corp. Jack St. Malo semi-submersible drilling and production platform to the Gulf of Mexico from Kiewit Offshore Services in Ingleside, Texas, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 15,...
View ArticleNew Jersey Bans Offshore Drilling
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill Friday banning oil and gas drilling in state waters. The ban, supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the state, is a direct response to the Trump...
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