Tagged Offshore drilling

Offshore drilling

Trump administration to open nearly all offshore US waters to oil drilling

West Side Story

Jan 4, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

On Thursday, the Trump administration moved to open most of the country’s coastal waters to oil and gas drilling, in order to bolster energy production, according to a Reuters report by Valerie Volcovici. Th...

Obama, alongside Trudeau, announces ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters from Maryland to Alaska

West Side Story

Dec 23, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

On Tuesday, the Obama administration enacted a permanent ban on drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. Through the use of a 1953 law, the ban blocks the sale of offshore drilling and mining...