Obama Offshore Drilling

Obama Takes To Nevada And Colorado To Talk Energy, Expanding Drilling In The Gulf

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.27.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will double down on his "all-of-the-above" energy strategy on Thursday when he announces the Interior Department'...

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North Sea Spill Reveals Risks of Drilling in the More Remote, Less Regulated Arctic

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.19.2011

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Drilling in the inhospitable waters of the Arctic Oceans presents far more logistical and environmental challenges than the well-charted North Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

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Obama Allows Chevron, Shell And 11 Others To Resume Offshore Drilling Without Further Review

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Monday it will allow 13 companies to resume deepwater drilling without any additional environmental s...

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A Return to Common Sense for Our Coasts

Ted Danson | Posted 05.25.2011

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I haven't heard news this good in a long time. The Obama administration's announcement to protect the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and both coasts from offshore drilling is a massive win for our oceans and every living thing that relies on them.

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Obama Wants To Double Offshore Oil Inspection Fees

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants to double the fees the government charges oil and gas companies to inspect their offshore operations...

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Obama Administration Issues NEW Offshore Drilling Moratorium

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is issuing a new moratorium on deep-water offshore drilling and it's no longer based on water depth. Inte...

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MoveOn Ad Urges Obama To Stop Future Offshore Drilling (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Activists opposed to new offshore drilling projects are seeing the Gulf coast oil spill as a call to action, using the crisis to urge President Obama ...

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The Misfortunates: Obama and Offshore Drilling

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama thought he was being oh-so-clever by embracing offshore testing and drilling along the Atlantic coast. Now that oil is gushing out of the Gulf of Mexico, the oiliness of that decision is patent.

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Nobody Knows the Trouble We'll See

James Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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BP, which has been marketing itself as an energy company "beyond petroleum," is setting loose upon the planet what is quickly turning into humankind's worst environmental disaster.

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New Offshore Drilling Projects ON HOLD, White House Says (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP)— President Barack Obama on Friday, in a largely symbolic gesture, promised that no new offshore oil drilling leases will be issued u...

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Gulf Oil Spill Could Impact Obama's Offshore Drilling Plan, Says White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House advisers acknowledged on Thursday that a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could force the president to reconsider plans to open coa...

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Gulf Oil Spill Gives Senators Pause On Energy And Climate Bill

The New York Times | JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The loss of life and the looming ecological catastrophe from the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico have piled political complicati...

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Obama's Speech: Not The Turning Point He Had In Mind

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The most depressing thing about President Obama's profoundly underwhelming speech Tuesday night was that the White House thought it would change every...

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Al Gore Expresses Disapproval Of Obama's Offshore Drilling Plan

Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Gore and his group, the Alliance for Climate Protection, think President Obama's decision to pursue offshore oil drilling is a bad idea and they're...

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Obama Administration Pushing To Reopen New Offshore Drilling Exploration In Shallow Waters

Wall Street Journal | By LAURA MECKLER and JONATHAN WEISMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON--The Obama administration, facing rising anger on the Gulf Coast over the loss of jobs and income from a drilling moratorium, said Monday t...

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Obama on Energy: Two Steps Forward, One Big Step Back

Erich Pica | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration's decision to open 167 million acres of pristine ocean to drilling is poor policy. It threatens our coastal communities while perpetuating our dependence on dirty fossil fuels.

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Media Drills Vapidity On Drilling Into Our Faces (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama came straight out of the blue this week with a decision to start up some crazy new offshore drilling campaign. It's an opportunity to ask some pretty substantive questions. Unfortunately, the media all had much better things to talk about.

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Kaine: Obama Is Doing 'OK' With The Base

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's decision to include offshore drilling as a component of a broader energy policy has reignited a debate that dominated much of...

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Obama Offshore Drilling Announcement: Everything You Need To Know

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Shaking up years of energy policy and his own environmental backers, President Barack Obama threw open a huge swath of East Coast w...

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Obama's Offshore Drilling Plan Brings Flood Of Reactions (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama announced an offshore drilling agenda today that outraged environmentalists and wasn't quite enough for some conservatives. Obama's ne...

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