Judge orders moratorium on offshore fracking in federal waters off California
U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez today ordered the Trump administration to stop issuing permits for offshore fracking in federal waters — waters over 3 miles from shore — off California. This...
View ArticleTrump administration moves to lease 65 million acres of public waters for...
One of the nice little additions to the Republican money-grab-for-billionaires tax bill last year was to open up all kinds of oil and mineral drilling of wildlife areas and untouched natural...
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Norway decides NOT to drill for oil in the Arctic off of the beautiful...
Norway is walking away from billions of barrels of oil and gasNorway is walking away from billions of barrels of oil and natural gas.To the dismay of the nation’s powerful oil industry and its worker...
View ArticleCalifornia's Biggest Secret? How Big Oil Dominates Public Discourse to...
This article is based on an Earth Day week presentation that I made at the Events Center at Chabot College in Hayward on April 25 at the invitation of physics professor Nick Alexander.On Earth Day...
View ArticleAs Oil Drilling Expands, Coalition Urges Governor to Take Immediate Action to...
As the expansion of oil and gas drilling begun under Governor Jerry Brown continues in California, Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday signed into law a state budget that allocates $1.5 million for “a...
View ArticleNewsom Administration begins public process for SWP contract amendments for...
The Department of Water Resources on July 9 announced the beginning of the “public process” to negotiate proposed amendments to the State Water Project water supply contracts for a new Delta Conveyance...
View ArticleBill To Ban Oil Drilling In Marine Protected Area Fails!
Only in a Big Oil state like California would a Legislator have to author a bill to ban offshore oil drilling in a "marine protected area."And only in a Big Oil state like California would the...
View ArticleExxonMobil Seeks to Restart Offshore Platforms Five Years After Refugio Oil...
Tuesday, May 19, marks the fifth anniversary of the massive Plains All American Pipeline spill near the Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County.The collapse of the severely corroded pipeline...
View ArticleSC-Sen: Jaime Harrison's (D) Brutal Ad Hits Graham (R) For Attacking UI...
Love this:xYouTube VideoDemocrat Jaime Harrison is returning fire on Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) in South Carolina’s Senate race with a new ad accusing the GOP stalwart of playing politics with Congress’s...
View ArticleTrump tries to turn his polling around with a last-minute flurry of...
Donald Trump is frantically trying to make himself look like an effective leader in the final weeks before the elections, and he couldn’t be much more obvious about it. He’s used a series of...
View ArticleCalifornia AG believes proposal to drill for gas in Suisun Marsh is not 'in...
In California, so-called "protected areas" on both land and water are often NOT protected from oil and gas drilling. The classic case of this is the privately funded Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA)...
View ArticleWe told you so - California's ocean waters and coast still aren't protected...
I wrote the below article in 2010 warning of the consequences of not protecting the ocean from oil spills, oil drilling, pollution and all human impacts other than fishing and gathering in the "marine...
View ArticleDaily Kos Week in Action: Veterans, striking workers, democracy, and climate...
Hello Daily Kos Community, and welcome to this new series by the Daily Kos Activism team! Each week, we’ll check in to share the issues we’re working on and get feedback on where you think we should...
View ArticleHow many oil spills does it take for lawmakers to end offshore drilling?
After a pipeline failed and spilled 144,000 gallons of crude into the ocean, dead fish and birds coated in black tarry oil washed up on California’s shores.It produced an oil slick in the Pacific the...
View ArticleThree companies indicted for negligence in Orange County oil spill
A federal grand jury indicted three companies on Wednesday for their role in the October pipeline rupture in Orange County, California that spewed 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean...
View ArticleState Senator Dave Min introduces bill to ban offshore drilling in California...
SACRAMENTO, CA — In a major challenge to the powerful oil industry in California, Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) has introduced a bill to ban offshore drilling in state ocean waters, including oil...
View ArticleCalifornia's proposed offshore drilling ban would only shutter 3 rigs
A California bill could end offshore drilling for the state, though drilling further out in federal waters near the coast would still continue. SB953 seeks a “relinquishment of the leases and...
View ArticleThe Interior Department will release its next offshore oil and gas lease plan...
My hopes for a lapsed oil and gas lease plan may not come true after all. During an appearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource on Thursday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland...
View ArticleBiden administration bends to optics in its support of Alaska LNG export...
The last thing this planet needs is another liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal and yet that’s exactly what will be built in Alaska—with the blessing of the Biden administration. A draft...
View Article'Every oil spill begins with a lease sale': Dozens flood offshore drilling...
Late Monday afternoon, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a public comment hearing for the government’s proposed five-year offshore oil and gas lease program. The plan calls for 11...
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