A sweeping proposal by the Trump administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling could result in more than 4,000 oil ...
California politicians and local activists heavily criticized the Trump administration’s plan to lease coastal waters for ...
"We've got a $1.7 trillion coastal economy," Rep. Jared Huffman said. "... $1.7 trillion every single year. We're not going ...
California learned the hard way that oil drilling and healthy oceans don’t mix, writes Dennis Kelso, a former UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professor who served as Alaska commissioner of ...
It’s back—the federal government’s push to expand offshore oil drilling. As the headline last month in the Long Island newspaper Newsday reported: “Plan for New Oil Drilling Off Fla. and Calif. Coasts ...
In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 and ignited a fireball so large it could be seen from 40 miles away. For nearly ...
Tuesday, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors are set to pen a resolution in opposition to offshore drilling for oil and gas. The Department of the Interior is reviewing a five-year program for ...
WASHINGTON— The Trump administration’s proposal to dramatically ramp up offshore oil drilling could lead to 4,232 oil spills, dumping 12.1 million gallons of oil into ocean waters, according to an ...
Many environmental groups are opposing the Trump administration’s plans for new oil drilling off the coasts of California, ...
Florida officials, including Republicans, have opposed Donald Trump's plan to expand offshore oil drilling near the state's coast. Drilling anywhere poses a risk, citing the 2010 BP oil spill's ...
The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and resulting oil spill ranks as one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Much has been learned to date about preventing, responding to, and ...
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In April 2010, a state-of-the-art ...