Tag: Offshore Oil Drilling
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Study Shows Oil and Gas Industry Can Reduce Methane Emissions By 40 Percent
After analyzing data and commentary from producers, pipeline operators, equipment vendors, service providers and more, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and ICF International conclude that the onshore oil and gas industry could collectively reduce methane emissions by at least 40 percent below 2018 projections. According to a report released Monday, the organizations say that could be…
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U.S. to Allow Seismic Airgun Testing for Offshore Drilling Exploration, Will Threaten Marine Life
Yesterday, the U.S. government released a final proposal to allow the use of controversial seismic airguns to look for oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean floor in an area twice the size of California, stretching from Delaware to Florida. According to the Department of the Interior (DOI), these dynamite-like blasts are expected to injure and possibly kill large…
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New Zealanders Say No to Offshore Oil Drilling, Yes to Clean Energy
Thousands of New Zealanders are coming together to say no to deep sea oil. [caption id="attachment_323059" align="alignnone" width="500"] Akaroa Banks Peninsula. Photo credit: Greenpeace New Zealand[/caption] The Get Active and Get Free campaign aims to reclaim New Zealand’s future by putting a stop to oil exploration in New Zealand waters. [caption id="attachment_323060" align="alignnone" width="500"] More than 350…
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Study Finds Proximity to Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Rigs Threaten Humpback Whales
By Rob Jordan When you are 50 feet long and weigh more than 40 tons—the maximum allowed weight on most U.S. highways—you need a lot of space to move around. Humpback whales, still recovering from whaling that wiped out as much as 90 percent of their global population, are confronted with new challenges caused by…
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Court Denies Offshore Oil Drilling Lease Sale in Arctic
Yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the Department of the Interior violated the law when it opened almost 30 million acres of the outer continental shelf in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska to oil and gas drilling. [caption id="attachment_318994" align="alignnone" width="500"] Icebergs in the high Arctic. Photo credit: Wikimedia[/caption] The court…