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Offshore Drilling

'Definition of Insane Greed': Investing Billions in New Projects, Fossil Fuel Corporations Undermining World's Climate Targets

'Recipe for Disaster': Trump Guts Offshore Drilling Rules Put in Place After Deepwater Horizon Spill

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We should be implementing new safety reforms, not rolling back the few safety measures currently in place."

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Groups Warn Against Trump Effort to Unleash 'Fracking Frenzy' by Unlocking Million+ Acres of Public Land for Drilling

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Pumpjacks on Lost Hills Oil Field in California on Route 46.

"There's no place for this backwards plan in California's clean energy future."

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'This Is a Big Deal': Warren Vows to Ban New Leases for Fossil Fuel Drilling Offshore and on Public Lands

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

"Sen. Warren just set a new bar for #ClimateLeadership."

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Trump Uses 'Art of Distraction' to Push Through Dangerous Policies Like Offshore Drilling, Interior Official Admits

Trump Greenlights Another 'Violent, Destructive' Assault on Marine Life With Seismic Testing Approval

'Disaster Waiting to Happen' as Trump Quietly Approves Massive Oil Drilling Project in Arctic Waters Off Alaska Coast

'Belly Flop': With Only One Percent of Leases Sold, Even Fossil Fuel Industry Understands Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan Is Ridiculous

Investors Controlling $2.5 Trillion Stand With Indigenous People Against Trump Plan to Drill 'Sacred' Arctic Refuge

'Callously Indifferent' BP Argued Oil Spills Would Provide 'Welcome Boost' to Coastal Economy

An 'Oil-Soaked Nightmare': New Analysis Shows Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan Could Mean Over 5,000 Spills

As Florida Gets Drilling Exemption, Former WH Ethics Chief Accuses Trump of Creating 'Banana Republic'

BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Trump Administration Condemned for Plan to 'Recklessly' Expand Offshore Drilling

In Bid to Save Big Oil $900M, Trump Moves to Scrap Offshore Drilling Safety Rules

Green Groups Vow to Fight Trump's "Reckless Giveaway to Big Oil"

'Incredible Victory': Obama Bans Drilling in Parts of Arctic and Atlantic

Newswire

Center for Biological Diversity

Poll: Most Santa Barbara County Voters Oppose Plans to Restart Offshore Drilling

Oceana

Coastal Business Leaders and Elected Officials Urge Congress to Protect Our Coasts from Offshore Drilling

Oceana

House Votes to Protect Coasts from New Offshore Drilling Activities

Earthjustice

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regs

Sierra Club

Pressure Mounts on Oil Companies and Banks to Reject Arctic Drilling

Oceana

President Trump Weakens Key Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations

Views

Hallie Templeton

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Charles P. Pierce

Climate Change Destroys the Lives of the Poorest Human Beings First

Andy Rowell

Coast Guard Responders 'Harmed by Chemicals Used to Clean Up BP’s Spill'

Subhankar Banerjee

The Last Oil: Gathering to Resist Trump’s Reckless Arctic Energy Policy

Sue Sturgis

Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan Flouts Law by Ignoring Governors' Wishes

Sue Sturgis

The Energy Lobbyists Linked to Trump's Offshore Drilling Plans

Adam Markham

Nine Questions for Ryan Zinke, Donald Trump’s Pick to Lead the Interior Department

Arlie Hochschild

Donald Trump in the Bayou

David Turnbull

The American Petroleum Institute’s Desperate PR is Failing

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright

Climate Change’s Iniquitous Transmission of Urgency: The Gulf South