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      As Biden Revives Offshore Safety Rules, Advocates Say Drilling Must End to Prevent Disaster

      Even with oil spill prevention measures, said one advocate, "offshore drilling simply will never be safe."

      Julia Conley
      Aug 23, 2023

      Environmental advocates on Tuesday said the Biden administration's decision to reinstate offshore drilling safety rules would help undo damage caused by former Republican President Donald Trump's repeal of the regulations, but were clear that the rules would not change the fact that fossil fuel extraction is imperiling ecosystems and the planet.

      U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced that the rules have once again been finalized and will go into effect in October, governing the use of safety equipment on offshore oil rigs.

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      The Deepwater Horizon explosion

      13 Years After BP Disaster, Oceana Urges Biden to Block New Offshore Drilling

      A report from the ocean conservation organization details how the president can still keep a key campaign promise.

      Olivia Rosane
      Apr 18, 2023

      Thursday will mark the 13th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in which a BP drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and hundreds of thousands of animals. The disaster, one of the worst environmental catastrophes in U.S. history, was an object lesson in the dangers of fossil fuels.

      Despite this, President Joe Biden has so far violated his campaign promise to stop further offshore oil and gas drilling, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—regardless of its status as the most important U.S. climate legislation to date—actually mandates its expansion.

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      The sun sets over container ships and oil platforms off the coast of Huntington Beach, California on January 12, 2021. (Photo: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

      After Biden Cancels Lease Sales, Groups Call for End to All Offshore Drilling

      "It is time for the U.S. to commit to no new offshore oil and gas leasing and to invest in the clean energy future that we—and our planet—need."

      Jessica Corbett
      May 12, 2022

      While welcoming the Biden administration's decision to cancel three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska, conservation and climate groups on Thursday also renewed demands for an end to all offshore drilling in U.S. waters.

      "We need to end new leasing and phase out existing drilling."

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