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White House memo says oil conservation is no longer a priority

Aug 20, 2018

In a new White House policy declaration, the Trump administration has said that increasingly ample oil supplies mean it is no longer necessary to conserve oil use as past administrations have recommended, accor...

Rhode Island becomes the first state to sue oil companies over climate change

West Side Story

Jul 2, 2018

Environment, Science

Rhode Island’s attorney general is suing major oil companies in state court, over their role in causing climate change and inaction in mitigating its destructive effects. According to Attorney General Peter Kil...

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...

Benefits of Arctic drilling are unclear, while environmental damage is a certainty

West Side Story

Dec 31, 2017

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

The Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) first received federal protection in 1960, when President Eisenhower called on the nation to safeguard its “unique wildlife, wilderness and recreational values...

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