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Activists Across 6 Countries Stage Day of Action Against North Sea Oil Drilling
Protesters in the UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands blockaded roads, ports and refineries.
Biden Administration to Auction Off Gulf of Mexico for Offshore Drilling
More than 250 environmental and Indigenous groups urged President Joe Biden to cancel the auction this week.
Environmentalists Demand End to Offshore Drilling as California Faces Oil Spill
Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr called the spill "a potential ecological disaster."
Biden Administration Shuns IPCC Report in Argument to Expand Offshore Drilling
Biden's all-talk-and-no-action approach to the existential threat of climate change has frustrated climate advocates.
Hurricane Laura Signaled the Arrival of Climate-Intensified Toxic Disasters
Pollution will become a significantly worse consequence of climate disasters as greenhouse gas levels continue to rise.
Trump Quietly Provides Offshore Drilling Industry Sweetheart Giveaway
Federal officials are offering companies a discount on the fees they pay the government to drill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Retired Oil Rigs Off California Coast Could Find New Lives as Artificial Reefs
Rigs-to-reefs conversions could serve as a model for decommissioning thousands of other offshore platforms worldwide.
Trump Guts Offshore Drilling Rules Put in Place After Deepwater Horizon Spill
The Trump administration moved to dismantle offshore drilling regulations aimed at preventing another catastrophic leak.
Is the United States About to Lose Its Best Conservation Program?
For 50 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped support thousands of projects across the country.
Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Massive Offshore Drilling Sale in Gulf of Mexico
Trump is using the very protections he is rolling back to show that the lease sale will have no environmental impact.